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Saving the modern soul : therapy, emotions, and the culture of self-help / / Eva Illouz



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Autore: Illouz Eva <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Saving the modern soul : therapy, emotions, and the culture of self-help / / Eva Illouz Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina: 306.4/613
Soggetto topico: Social values - United States
Psychoanalysis and culture - United States
Psychotherapy - Social aspects - United States
Emotions - Social aspects - United States
Social norms - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-286) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
Altri titoli varianti: Culture of self-help
Titolo autorizzato: Saving the modern soul  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786611385705
1-281-38570-0
1-4356-5360-2
0-520-94131-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826621803321
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