The Psychologization of Society: On the Unfolding of the Therapeutic in Norway

ISBN-13: 9780815360421 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 166 str.

Ole Jacob Madsen

Opis

This book explores the manner in which psychology has increasingly crept into everyday life. Showing that Norway, like the United States and Great Britain, is currently subjected to a psychological worldview or ‘therapeutic ethos’, the author examines an array of spheres such as media, law, religion, self-help literature and cosmetic surgery documents to shed light on the ways in which the therapeutic ethos, rather than simply ‘triumphing’ over them, actually blends in with regional norms and values.

Spis treści

Series Editors’ Foreword  Preface  1. Introduction  2. Media  3. Law  4. Religion  5. Self-help  6. "Giving psychology away"  7. Psychologization  8. Conclusion  Index

O autorze

Ole Jacob Madsen is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of The Therapeutic Turn: How Psychology Altered Western Culture and Optimizing the Self: Social Representations of Self-Help.