Title The therapeutic turn : how psychology altered Western culture / Ole Jacob Madsen

Published Hove, East Sussex Routledge, 2014

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Description viii, 194 pages ; 22 cm Series Concepts for critical psychology : disciplinary boundaries re-thought Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.The consumer self -- 3.Crisis of authority: Philip Rieff's critique of Freud's worldview -- 4.Psychology and religion -- Interlude: psychology in crisis? -- 5.The self-help culture -- 6.Psychology and sports -- 7.Psychology and neoliberalism -- 8.The ethos of the psychology profession -- 9.Conclusion Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Psychology -- History. Civilization, Western. Psychoanalysis and culture. LC no. 2013050065 ISBN 9781138018686 (hardback) 9781138018693 (paperback)

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