Therapy culture : cultivating vulnerability in an uncertain age

Therapy culture : cultivating vulnerability in an uncertain age / Frank Furedi.

Author/creator	Furedi, Frank, 1947-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Description	245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Social psychology. Emotions--Social aspects. Psychotherapy--Social aspects. Social problems--Psychological aspects.

Contents	The culture of emotionalism -- The politics of emotion -- Targetting privacy and informal relations -- How did we get here? -- The diminished self -- The self at risk -- Fragile identity : hooked on self-esteem -- Conferring recognition : the quest for identity and the state -- Therapeutic claims-making and the demand for a diagnosis.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-236) and index.
LCCN	2003007201
ISBN	041532159X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0415321603 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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