Name: Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help
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Author: Eva Illouz
ISBN: 9780520253735

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Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help

Type

Physical Book

Author

Eva Illouz

Publisher

University Of California Press

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0520253736

ISBN13

9780520253735

Edition No.

Synopsis "Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help "

The language of psychology is all-pervasive in American culture―from The Sopranos to Oprah, from the abundance of self-help books to the private consulting room, and from the support group to the magazine advice column. Saving the Modern Soul examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. Eva Illouz plumbs today's particular cultural moment to understand how and why psychology has secured its place at the core of modern identity. She examines a wide range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma.

Eva Illouz

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Eva Illouz, born on April 30, 1961 in Fez, Morocco, is a Franco-Israeli sociologist and writer specialized in the history of emotional life and the impact of capitalism on culture. Currently, she is a professor of sociology and anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been a director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Her research focuses on the commodification of emotions and "affective capitalism".

Among her most notable works are "Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism" (2007), "Why Love Hurts" (2012), and "Happycracy: How the Science and Industry of Happiness Control Our Lives" (2019), the latter co-written with Edgar Cabanas. These works belong to the genre of sociology and have been translated into numerous languages, consolidating her international reputation.

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