This book contributes to research on therapeutic culture by drawing
on longstanding ethnographic work and by offering a new theoretical
reading of therapeutic culture in today's society. It
suggests that the therapeutic field serves as a key site in which a
number of contradictions of capitalism are confronted and lived
out. It shows that therapeutic engagements are inherently
ambivalent and contradictory, as they can be articulated and
engaged with in many different ways and harnessed for diverse, and
often contradictory, political projects. The book takes issue with
the interpretation of therapeutic culture as merely
individualising, depoliticizing and working in congruence with
neoliberalism, and shows that therapeutic engagements may also open
up a space for contestation and critique of neoliberal capitalism,
animate collective action for social change and articulate
alternative forms of life and subjectivities. The book will speak
to a wide variety of audiences in the social sciences and will be
of particular interest to those working in the fields of sociology,
anthropology, critical psychology, cultural studies, gender
studies, and critical social theory.
General
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Suvi Salmenniemi
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 148mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
222 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2022 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-110574-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
3-03-110574-5 |
| Barcode: |
9783031105746 |
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