Title Control and consolation in American culture and politics : rhetoric of therapy / Dana L. Cloud.

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Description	1 online resource (217 pages).
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Series	Rhetoric and Society series
	Rhetoric and society series.
Summary	In this perceptive analysis, Dana Cloud traces the replacement of social and political activism by the pursuit of personal, psychological change. She identifies the new movement as the "rhetoric of therapy", where a persuasive cultural discourse that applies concepts such as coping and adapting replaces active attempts to reform flawed systems of social and political power. Cloud focuses on the therapeutic discourse that emerged after the Vietnam War and links its rise to specific political and economic interests.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject	Social problems -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
	Social problems.
	United States.
	Psychological aspects.
	Psychotherapy -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Psychotherapy -- Social aspects.
	Psychotherapy -- Political aspects -- United States.
	Psychotherapy -- Political aspects.
	Psychotherapy.
	English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
	English language.
	Rhetoric.
	Psychoanalysis and culture -- United States.
	Psychoanalysis and culture.
	Social control -- United States.
	Social control.
	Rhetoric and psychology.
	Rhetoric and psychology.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 9780761905066
ISBN	9781452249360 (electronic book)
	1452249369 (electronic book)