Anxious China: Inner Revolution and Politics of Psychotherapy

by Li Zhang

Book Overview

The breathless pace of China's economic reform has brought about deep ruptures in socioeconomic structures and people's inner landscape. Faced with increasing market-driven competition and profound social changes, more and more middle-class urbanites are turning to Western-style psychological counseling to grapple with their mental distress. This book offers an in-depth ethnographic account of how an unfolding "inner revolution" is reconfiguring selfhood,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520344197
• ISBN13: 9780520344198
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"