04422nam 2201153 a 450 991082662180332120240418061115.097866113857051-281-38570-01-4356-5360-20-520-94131-410.1525/9780520941311(CKB)1000000000533712(EBL)345569(OCoLC)476162475(SSID)ssj0000241462(PQKBManifestationID)11228607(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241462(PQKBWorkID)10298243(PQKB)10174124(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056074(MiAaPQ)EBC345569(OCoLC)646747917(MdBmJHUP)muse30523(DE-B1597)519734(DE-B1597)9780520941311(Au-PeEL)EBL345569(CaPaEBR)ebr10229957(CaONFJC)MIL138570(EXLCZ)99100000000053371220070227d2008 ub 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrSaving the modern soul[electronic resource] therapy, emotions, and the culture of self-help /Eva Illouz1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22446-9 0-520-25373-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-286) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction --2. Freud: A Cultural Innovator --3. From Homo economicus to Homo communicans --4. The Tyranny of Intimacy --5. Triumphant Suffering --6. A New Emotional Stratification? --7. Conclusion: Institutional Pragmatism in the Study of Culture --Notes --IndexThe language of psychology is all-pervasive in American culture-from The Sopranos to Oprah, from the abundance of self-help books to the private consulting room, and from the support group to the magazine advice column. Saving the Modern Soul examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. Eva Illouz plumbs today's particular cultural moment to understand how and why psychology has secured its place at the core of modern identity. She examines a wide 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.Culture of self-helpSocial valuesUnited StatesPsychoanalysis and cultureUnited StatesPsychotherapySocial aspectsUnited StatesEmotionsSocial aspectsUnited StatesSocial normsUnited Statesamerican culture.communicative ethic.communicative rationality.cultural sociology.cultural studies.emotional control.emotional experiences.emotional life.feminism.freud.freudian charisma.human condition.identity.intimacy.magazine advice column.marriage.modern identity.passion.popular culture.private consulting room.psychoanalysis.psychology.pure emotion.self help culture.self help.selfhood.social organization.sociology.suffering.support group.therapeutic discourse.therapeutic therapy.trauma.Social valuesPsychoanalysis and culturePsychotherapySocial aspectsEmotionsSocial aspectsSocial norms306.4/613Illouz Eva1961-515245MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826621803321Saving the modern soul3931328UNINA