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Beschreibung
What are the functions of optimism in modern societies? How is hope culturally transmitted? What values and attitudes does it reflect? This book explores how and why powerful institutions propagate 'cultures of optimism' in different domains, such as politics, work, the family, religion and psychotherapy.
What are the functions of optimism in modern societies? How is hope culturally transmitted? What values and attitudes does it reflect? This book explores how and why powerful institutions propagate 'cultures of optimism' in different domains, such as politics, work, the family, religion and psychotherapy.
Über den Autor
Oliver Bennett is the author of Cultural Pessimism: Narratives of Decline in the Postmodern World. He is Professor of Cultural Policy at the University of Warwick and founding editor of the International Journal of Cultural Policy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 1. The Optimism Imperative 2. Optimistic Democracy: The Politics of Hope 3. Optimism at Work 4. Great Expectations: Parenting, Optimism and the Child 5. Models of Salvation: Religion, Eschatology and Hope 6. Optimism and the Self: From Mind-Cure to Psychotherapy 7. Culture(s) of Optimism Endnotes Bibliography Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Theoretische Psychologie
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: ix
231 S.
ISBN-13: 9781349503575
ISBN-10: 1349503576
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bennett, Oliver
Auflage: 1st edition 2015
Hersteller: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 216 x 140 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Oliver Bennett
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2015
Gewicht: 0,313 kg
Artikel-ID: 103730444

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