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Therapy culture : cultivating vulnerability in an uncertain age / Frank Furedi.

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Van Pelt Library HM1033 .F87 2004
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Furedi, Frank, 1947-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social psychology.
Emotions--Social aspects.
Emotions.
Psychotherapy--Social aspects.
Psychotherapy.
Social problems--Psychological aspects.
Social problems.
Physical Description:
245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Contents:
The culture of emotionalism
The politics of emotion
Targetting privacy and informal relations
How did we get here?
The diminished self
The self at risk
Fragile identity : hooked on self-esteem
Conferring recognition : the quest for identity and the state
Therapeutic claims-making and the demand for a diagnosis.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [226]-236) and index.
ISBN:
041532159X
0415321603
OCLC:
52166272

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