Saving the Modern Soul : Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help.

Saving the Modern Soul : Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help.

Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Illouz, Eva
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton, 2004.
Subjects:
Social values > United States.
Psychoanalysis and culture > United States.
Psychotherapy > Social aspects > United States.
Emotions > Social aspects > United States.
Social norms > United States.
Emotions > Social aspects
Psychoanalysis and culture
Psychotherapy > Social aspects
Social norms
Social values
United States
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Summary:Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma.
Physical Description:1 online resource (305 pages)
ISBN:9780520941311
0520941314
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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