Therapy Culture:Cultivating Vu

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autorentext

Frank Furedi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Klappentext

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Inhalt

Introduction; Chapter 1 The culture of emotionalism; Chapter 2 The politics of emotion; Chapter 3 Targeting privacy and informal relations; Chapter 4 How did we get here?; Chapter 5 The diminished self; Chapter 6 The self at risk; Chapter 7 Fragile identity; Chapter 8 Conferring recognition; Chapter 9 Therapeutic claims-making and the demand for a diagnosis; Final thoughts;