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Life Advice from Below - The Public Role of Self-Help Coaches in Germany and China (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,190
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Life Advice from Below - The Public Role of Self-Help Coaches in Germany and China (Hardcover): Eric C. Hendriks

Life Advice from Below - The Public Role of Self-Help Coaches in Germany and China (Hardcover)

Eric C. Hendriks

Series: International Comparative Social Studies, 37

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In Life Advice from Below, Eric C. Hendriks offers the first systematic, comparative study of the globalization of American-style self-help culture and the cultural conflicts this creates in different national contexts. The self-help guru is an archetypical American figure associated with individualism, materialism and the American Dream. Nonetheless, the self-help industry is spreading globally, thriving in China and other seemingly unlikely places. Controversy follows in its wake, as the self-help industry, operating outside of formal education and state institutions, outflanks philosophical, religious and political elites who have their own visions of the Good Life. Through a comparison of Germany and China, Hendriks analyzes how the competition between self-help gurus and institutional authorities unfolds under radically different politico-cultural regimes. "This witty book charms its way through a very serious sociology of the seriously quirky field of self-help books. Read it for its fascinating pop-culture insights and you'll come away with a deep understanding of contemporary sociological theory. Highly recommended." - Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney "Hendriks' finding that Germany rather than China is more resistant to self-help gurus offers a powerful corrective to the assumption in much of the globalization literature that the greatest cultural divide is between the Anglo-Western European sphere and the rest of the globe." - Rodney Benson, New York University

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Imprint: Brill
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: International Comparative Social Studies, 37
Release date: July 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: Eric C. Hendriks
Dimensions: 235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 978-90-04-31957-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
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Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
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Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
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LSN: 90-04-31957-3
Barcode: 9789004319578

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