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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.
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Saving the Modern Soul, Eva Illouz
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Saving the Modern Soul
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Eva Illouz
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0520253736
- ISBN13
- 9780520253735
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Self-Help, Psychological Topics, Personal Growth, 20th century, Sociology, Cultural History, Research, Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry, Sigmund Freud
- Original title
- Saving the modern soul
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- 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.