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



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Autore: Cloud Dana L Visualizza persona
Titolo: Control and consolation in American culture and politics [[electronic resource] ] : rhetoric of therapy / / by Dana L. Cloud Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1998
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 303.3
361.10973
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 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.: 9910480501803321
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Serie: Rhetoric & society (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ; ; v. 1.