Power, interest and psychology: elements of a social materialist understanding of distress
By: Smail, David
Language: English Publisher: United Kingdom -- PCCS Books -- 2005Description: viii, 115pISBN: 9781898059714Subject(s): Social sciences | Social interaction | Individuation | Social integration | Social psychology | Distress (Psychology)DDC classification: 302.54 SMA/P Summary:
Therapeutic psychology suggests that we are essentially self-creating and able to heal ourselves emotionally. This view reflects the wishful thinking necessary for the success of consumer capitalism, but it does not reflect the way things are. Smail examines how our experience of ourselves and our conduct can be explained in terms of the social operation of power and interest.
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Introduction;
1. Looking Back;
2. A Societal Perspective;
3. The Cultural Context of Therapy;
4. Responsibility;
5. What Then Must We Do?;
Epilogue
Therapeutic psychology suggests that we are essentially self-creating and able to heal ourselves emotionally. This view reflects the wishful thinking necessary for the success of consumer capitalism, but it does not reflect the way things are. Smail examines how our experience of ourselves and our conduct can be explained in terms of the social operation of power and interest.