Therapy Culture: Cultivating Vulnerability in an Uncertain AgePsychology Press, 2004 - 245 páginas Therapy Culture explores the powerful influence of therapeutic imperative in Anglo-American societies. In recent decades virtually every sphere of life has become subject to a new emotional culture. Professor Furedi suggests that the recent cultural turn toward the realm of the emotions coincides with a radical redefinition of personhood. Increasingly vulnerability is presented as the defining feature of people's psychology. Terms like people 'at risk', 'scarred for life' or 'emotional damage' evoke a unique sense of powerlessness. Furedi questions the widely accepted thesis that the therapeutic turn represents an enlightened shift towards emotions. He claims that therapeutic culture is primarily about imposing a new conformity through the management of people's emotions. Through framing the problem of everyday life through the prism of emotions, therapeutic culture incites people to feel powerless and ill. Drawing on developments in popular culture, political and social life, Furedi provides a path-breaking analysis of the therapeutic turn. |
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... contemporary culture attaches to making sense of the world through the prism of emotion is shown by the way that therapeutic language and practices have expanded into everyday life . Children as young as 9 and 10 talk about feeling ...
... contemporary culture attaches to making sense of the world through the prism of emotion is shown by the way that therapeutic language and practices have expanded into everyday life . Children as young as 9 and 10 talk about feeling ...
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... contemporary western culture.11 The emotional deficit A closer inspection of therapeutic culture indicates that it speaks not so much about emotion as about the problem of emotional deficit . The concern with people's self - esteem is ...
... contemporary western culture.11 The emotional deficit A closer inspection of therapeutic culture indicates that it speaks not so much about emotion as about the problem of emotional deficit . The concern with people's self - esteem is ...
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... the pressures of life , contemporary culture unwittingly encourages people to feel traumatised and depressed by experiences hitherto regarded as routine . 7000 6500 6000 5500 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 6 Introduction.
... the pressures of life , contemporary culture unwittingly encourages people to feel traumatised and depressed by experiences hitherto regarded as routine . 7000 6500 6000 5500 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 6 Introduction.
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... Contemporary society transmits the belief that problems of the emotion ought not be faced by people on their own . Therapeutic intervention and counselling is continually offered to individuals facing unexpected or difficult or ...
... Contemporary society transmits the belief that problems of the emotion ought not be faced by people on their own . Therapeutic intervention and counselling is continually offered to individuals facing unexpected or difficult or ...
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... contemporary organisations and institutions in Britain . The assimilation of the therapeutic ethos and practices by a variety of professions and institutions - teachers , lawyers and social workers - has been well documented . ' The ...
... contemporary organisations and institutions in Britain . The assimilation of the therapeutic ethos and practices by a variety of professions and institutions - teachers , lawyers and social workers - has been well documented . ' The ...
Índice
The culture of emotionalism | 24 |
The politics of emotion | 44 |
Targeting privacy and informal relations | 66 |
How did we get here? | 84 |
The diminished self | 106 |
The self at risk | 127 |
Fragile identity hooked on selfesteem | 143 |
Conferring recognition the quest for identity and the state | 162 |
Therapeutic claimsmaking and the demand for a diagnosis | 175 |
does it matter? | 195 |
Notes | 205 |
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Therapy Culture: Cultivating Vulnerability in an Uncertain Age Frank Furedi Vista previa restringida - 2004 |
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Governing Paradoxes of Restorative Justice George Pavlich No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2005 |
Sound Sentiments:Integrity in the Emotions: Integrity in the Emotions David Pugmire No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2005 |