Control and consolation in American culture and politics : rhetoric of therapy /

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In this perceptive analysis, Dana Cloud traces the replacement of social and political activism by the pursuit of personal, psychological change. She identifies the new movement as the "rhetoric of therapy", where a persuasive cultural discourse that applies concepts such as coping and ada...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cloud, Dana L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1997.
Colección:Rhetoric and society series.
Temas:
Social problems > United States > Psychological aspects.
Psychotherapy > Social aspects > United States.
Psychotherapy > Political aspects > United States.
English language > United States > Rhetoric.
Psychoanalysis and culture > United States.
Social control > United States.
Rhetoric and psychology.
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Psychothérapie > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Rhétorique.
Contrôle social > États-Unis.
Rhétorique et psychologie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
English language > Rhetoric
Psychoanalysis and culture
Psychotherapy > Political aspects
Psychotherapy > Social aspects
Rhetoric and psychology
Social control
Social problems > Psychological aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: On Therapy and the Therapeutic
  • 1. Perspectives on the Therapeutic
  • 2. Therapeutic in History: Inventing and Disciplining the Modern Self
  • 3. Family Therapies: From the White House to the 'Hood
  • 4. Support Group Nation
  • 5. Therapeutics of Feminism: From Self-Esteem to Suicide
  • 6. New Age of Post-Marxism
  • Conclusion: Antidotes to the Therapeutic Hegemony.

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