Therapeutic Culture: Triumph and Defeat

by Donileen Loseke

Book Overview

For nearly half a century, social scientists have made claims that there is a "therapeutic ethos" with extensive influence upon numerous aspects of American society. In Therapeutic Culture, twelve authors address the implications of this ethos and its effects on a wide range of social institutions, extending from the family to schools, and operating in religious behavior and within the legal system. Has there been, as the sociological theorist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765805928
• ISBN13: 9780765805928
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"