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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480501803321

Autore

Cloud Dana L

Titolo

Control and consolation in American culture and politics [[electronic resource] ] : rhetoric of therapy / / by Dana L. Cloud

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1998

ISBN

1-322-41738-5

1-4833-2792-2

1-4522-4936-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric and society ; ; v. 1

Disciplina

303.3

361.10973

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and culture - United States

Psychotherapy - Political aspects - United States

Psychotherapy - Social aspects - United States

Rhetoric and psychology

Social control - United States

Social problems - United States - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: On Therapy and the Therapeutic; Chapter 1 - Perspectives on the Therapeutic; Chapter 2 - The Therapeutic in History: Inventing and Disciplining the Modern Self; Chapter 3 - Family Therapies: From the White House to the 'Hood; Chapter 4 - The Support Group Nation; Chapter 5 - The Therapeutics of Feminism: From Self-Esteem to Suicide; Chapter 6 - The New Age of Post-Marxism; Conclusion: Antidotes to the Therapeutic Hegemony; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

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



adapting replaces active attempts to reform flawed systems of social and political power. Cloud focuses on the therapeutic discourse that emerged after the Vietnam War and links its rise to specific political and economic interests.