Therapeutic Culture
Triumph and Defeat

 

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Therapeutic Culture
Triumph and Defeat

Jonathan B. Imber (Editor)

 

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For nearly half a century, social scientists have made claims that there is a "therapeutic ethos" with extensive influence upon numerous aspects of American society. In 'Therapeutic Culture', 12 authors address the implications of this ethos and its effects on a wide range of social institutions.



Contributors include James L. Nolan, Jr., John Steadman Rice, Felicia Wu Song, and James Tucker. Part 3 extends the analyses of specific social institutions to the broader consequences that have resulted as a therapeutic ethos has taken root in contemporary life. Contributors include Digby Anderson, Ellen Herman, and James Davison Hunter. Part 4 is devoted to a previously unpublished essay by Philip Rieff whose significant influence can be seen in many of the contributions. Rieff revisits the highly controversial confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas in 1991 and offers ample evidence of the therapeutic uses of politics as well as the political manipulations available within a therapeutic culture to provide a fitting conclusion. This volume establishes a benchmark for further theoretical reflection and empirical research on the nature of therapeutic culture. It will be of interest to sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, and cultural studies specialists.


 

ISBN 765805928
ISBN13 9780765805928
Publisher Transaction Publishers,U.S.
Format Paperback
Publication date 30/06/2004
Pages 285
Weight (grammes) 490
Published in United States
Height (mm) 230
Width (mm) 154

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