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020			_a9781898059714
041			_aeng
082			_a302.54 SMA/P
100			_aSmail, David _98508
245			_aPower, interest and psychology: elements of a social materialist understanding of distress
260			_bPCCS Books -- _c2005 _aUnited Kingdom --
300			_aviii, 115p.
500			_aIntroduction; 1. Looking Back; 2. A Societal Perspective; 3. The Cultural Context of Therapy; 4. Responsibility; 5. What Then Must We Do?; Epilogue
520			_a 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.
650			_aSocial sciences _98148
650			_aSocial interaction _98327
650			_aIndividuation _99887
650			_aSocial integration _99888
650			_aSocial psychology _97159
650			_aDistress (Psychology) _99889
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