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Therapeutic Culture: Triumph and Defeat

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For nearly half a century, social scientists have made claims that there is a “therapeutic ethos” with extensive infl uence upon numerous aspects of American society. In Therapeutic Culture, twelve authors address the implications of this ethos and its effects on a wide range of social institutions, extending from the family to schools, and operating in religious behavior and within the legal system. Has there been, as the sociological theorist Philip Rieff argued in 1966, a “triumph of the therapeutic?” If so, in what kinds of institutions has it been most pervasive? At the same time, what aspects of modern culture has it replaced or defeated?

Editor: Imber, Jonathan B

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 765805928
Language: English
Pages: 314

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Weight 1.08 lbs
Dimensions 9.04 × 6.06 × 0.95 in

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