Control and consolation in American culture and politics : rhetoric of therapy / / Dana L. Cloud
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| Autore: |
Cloud Dana L
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| Titolo: |
Control and consolation in American culture and politics : rhetoric of therapy / / Dana L. Cloud
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| Pubblicazione: | Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c1998 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 192 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 361.1/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Control and consolation in American culture and politics |
| ISBN: | 1-5063-3873-9 |
| 1-322-41738-5 | |
| 1-4833-2792-2 | |
| 1-4522-4936-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808819903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Rhetoric & society (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ; ; v. 1.