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Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help

By Eva Illouz

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780520941311
DOI
10.1525/9780520941311
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
656 kB (671680 bytes)
Pages
304\304
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 19:25:20

Description

The language of psychology is all-pervasive in American culture—from The Sopranos to Oprah, from the abundance of self-help books to the private consulting room, and from the support group to the magazine advice column. Saving the Modern Soul examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. Eva Illouz plumbs today's particular cultural moment to understand how and why psychology has secured its place at the core of modern identity. She examines a wide 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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