BUILDING SELF CONTROL AS PART OF HEALING-NORMAN COUSINS
BUILDING SELF CONTROL AS PART OF HEALING-NORMAN COUSINS

Summary/Abstract: Born into a Jewish family settled in America, Norman Cousins (1915-1990) had to face several vicissitudes including a misdiagnosis of tuberculosis, and even ankylosing spondilitis, cancer and a heart attack. But that didn't stop him from looking at life with optimism and teaching others to do the same. As a teenager, Cousins discovered his literary talent by editing the high school newspaper. At Columbia University Cousins gained a broad perspective on fields such as psychology and education. These two landmarks together with the leaning towards writing would guide his steps in life. Norman Cousins practiced journalism at the New York Evening Post in 1934 and literary reviews for Current History in 1935. After other five years he joined the staff of The Saturday Review of Literature whose editor was from 1940 to 1971. This literary magazine offered readers a wide range of reporting on topics as diverse as world events, science, art and medicine. His first book, The Good Inheritance: The Democratic Chance (co-written with William Rose Benét in 1942), promoted freedom as the foundation of existence. In fact, all his subsequent books and articles promote freedom as the foundation of individual or social development.

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