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Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help
Eva Illouz
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Description for Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help
Paperback. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a 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. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help. 304 pages. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a 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. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 406.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520253735
SKU
V9780520253735
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About Eva Illouz
Eva Illouz is a professor of sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Center for the Study of Rationality. She is also the Academic Director of the Program in Cultural Studies. She is the author of Consuming the Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (UC Press; honorable mention, Outstanding Contribution Award, American ... Read more
Reviews for Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help
"Eva Illouz is a great scholar, and her book has been hailed by many as an important contribution to the field of therapeutic discourse." Feminist Review "[An] important reference point for understanding the nexus between self and culture... Deserving of a wide readership." Theory & Psychology