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

Therapy culture : cultivating vulnerability in an uncer...

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

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

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Full title

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

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Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Date

2004.

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N302/ 161

Record Identifier

74Vv5Emr0NPd

MMS ID

991017743699702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

[ix], 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. The culture of emotionalism -- 2. The politics of emotion -- 3. Targeting privacy and informal relations -- 4. How did we get here? -- 5. The diminished self -- 6. The self at risk -- 7. Fragile identity: hooked on self-esteem -- 8. Conferring recognition: the quest for identity and the state --...

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Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2004.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Drawing on developments in popular culture, political and social life, Furedi provides a path-breaking analysis of the therapeutic turn."--BOOK JACKET....

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Full title

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

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [226]-236.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

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N302/ 161

Record Identifier

74Vv5Emr0NPd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5Emr0NPd

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ISBN

0415321603 (hardcover : alk. paper)

041532159X (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780415321600 (cased)

0415321603 (cased)

041532159X (pbk.)

9780415321600 (hardcover : alk. paper)

DDC

302

MMS ID

991017743699702626

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