Optimizing the Self

Social representations of self-help

von Ole Jacob Madsen

202 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book provides an analysis of the social representations of leading self-help genres, including neurolinguistic programming, cognitive self-help therapy, mindfulness, self-management, self-esteem, self-leadership and self-control. Exploring the globalised therapeutic culture of today, the book argues that psychology as 'science' is often abandoned to aid the individual pursuit for self-realization and self-optimization. Opposing the view that self-help culture is external to psychology, Madsen argues that it is firmly embedded within psychology, playing an important role in people's lives.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie
• ISBN: 9781138712959
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.02.2017
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Routledge