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Constructing the self, constructing America : a cultural history of psychotherapy / Philip Cushman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cushman, Philip.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychotherapy--Social aspects--United States.
- Psychotherapy.
- Civilization.
- Psychological aspects.
- Psychotherapy--Social aspects.
- United States--Civilization--Psychological aspects.
- United States.
- Psychotherapy--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Identity (Psychology)--United States.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Individualism--United States.
- Individualism.
- Civilization--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Da Capo Press, [1995]
- Contents:
- Psychotherapy, the impossible bridge
- Selves, illnesses, healers, technologies
- The self in America
- Healing through self-domination
- Healing through self-liberation
- Strange bedfellows
- The road not taken
- Self-liberation through consumerism
- Psychotherapy as moral discourse
- The politics of the self
- The self in Western society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-414) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0201441926
- 9780201441925
- OCLC:
- 71259226
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