Introduction; Chapter 1 The culture of emotionalism; Chapter 2 The politics of emotion; Chapter 3 Targeting privacy and informal relations; Chapter 4 How did we get here?; Chapter 5 The diminished self; Chapter 6 The self at risk; Chapter 7 Fragile identity; Chapter 8 Conferring recognition; Chapter 9 Therapeutic claims-making and the demand for a diagnosis; Final thoughts;
Frank Furedi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
'Professor Furedi has written an important book ... which is
essential to the understanding of our times.'- Theodore Dalrymple,
Sunday Telegraph
'"If you give it your little finger it will soon have your whole
hand," Sigmund Freud said of psychoanalysis in 1900. He had
obviously seen the future. As sociology professor Frank Furedi says
in his new book Therapy Culture, we live in a culture that takes
emotions very seriously.' - Ursula Kenny, The Observer
'Furedi forensically examines this brave new emotional world: the
rush of counsellors to the site of every trauma, the ways in which
economic problems are recast as psychological phenomena, the cult
of the Victim, the decline of political activism.' - Melissa Benn,
The Independent
'Therapy is indeed the new opium of the people, as Frank Furedi
makes clear in this fascinating, readable - and disturbing - book.'
- Virginia Ironside, The Independent
Forensically examines this brave new emotional world - The
Independent
This is what our life is all about. Instead of seeking a treatment
for it, we should try living it. - The Times
'Can it really be such a bad thing that we are now more aware of
the place of mental health in our make-up? Furedi leaves us in no
doubt that the therapy culture has invaded our media, our
workplace, our intimate relationships and our politics. It is an
interesting polemic. We should be grateful for the balance this
book inspires'- Community Care 25/4/04'Furedi gives us much food
for thought that we would do well to consider ... This book
highlights the dichotomy between schools as centres of learning or
of socialisation.' - Alan McLean, Times Education Supplement
(Scotland) 'I enjoyed this book, and found it compulsive reading.'
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'Therapy is indeed the new opium of the people, as Frank Furedi
makes clear in this fascinating, readable - and disturbing - book.'
- Virginia Ironside, The Independent
'Can it really be such a bad thing that we are now more aware of
the place of mental health in our make-up? Furedi leaves us in no
doubt that the therapy culture has invaded our media, our
workplace, our intimate relationships and our politics. It is an
interesting polemic. We should be grateful for the balance this
book inspires'- Community Care 25/4/04
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