03409nam 2200709 a 450 991079172740332120161219111804.01-5063-3873-91-322-41738-51-4833-2792-21-4522-4936-9(CKB)2560000000089856(EBL)997093(OCoLC)809773960(SSID)ssj0000704702(PQKBManifestationID)12315803(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704702(PQKBWorkID)10719385(PQKB)10489617(MiAaPQ)EBC997093(OCoLC)811403185(StDuBDS)EDZ0000159463(EXLCZ)99256000000008985620130912d1998 fy| 0engur|||||||||||txtccrControl and consolation in American culture and politics[electronic resource] rhetoric of therapy /by Dana L. CloudThousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE19981 online resource (xxiv, 192 p.)Rhetoric and society ;v. 1Description based upon print version of record.0-7619-0506-5 0-7619-0507-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-181) and index.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 AuthorIn 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.Rhetoric & society (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ;v. 1.Social problemsUnited StatesPsychological aspectsPsychotherapySocial aspectsUnited StatesPsychotherapyPolitical aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageUnited StatesRhetoricPsychoanalysis and cultureUnited StatesSocial controlUnited StatesRhetoric and psychologySocial problemsPsychological aspects.PsychotherapySocial aspectsPsychotherapyPolitical aspectsEnglish languageRhetoric.Psychoanalysis and cultureSocial controlRhetoric and psychology.361.10973Cloud Dana L1189441StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910791727403321Control and consolation in American culture and politics3768115UNINA