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Fool's Paradise: The Unreal World of Pop Psychology by Stewart Justman (English)
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- ISBN
- 9781566636285
- Book Title
- Fool's Paradise : the Unreal World of Pop Psychology
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Psychology, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- General, Public Policy / Social Policy, Popular Culture, History, Social Psychology
- Item Width
- 6.7in
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 276 Pages
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Through the channels of the mass media, celebrity psychologists urge us to realize that society has robbed us of our authentic selves. That every moral standard or prohibition imposes on our selfhoods. That what we have inherited from the past is false. That we ourselves are the only truth in a world of lies. That we must challenge "virtually everything." That we must "wipe the slate clean and start over." Each of these "principles" is a commonplace of pop psychology, and each has almost unimaginably radical implications. Where did pop psychology come from, and what are its promises--and fallacies? How is it that we have elevated people like Phil McGraw, Theodore Rubin, Wayne Dyer, M. Scott Peck, Thomas Harris, John Gray, and many other self-help gurus to priestly status in American culture? In Fool's Paradise, the award-winning essayist Stewart Justman traces the inspiration of the pop psychology movement to the utopianism of the 1960s and argues that it consistently misuses the rhetoric that grew out of the civil rights movement. Speaking as it does in the name of our right to happiness, pop psychology promises liberation from all that interferes with our power to create the selves we want. In so doing, Mr. Justman writes, it not only defies reality but corrodes the traditions and attachments that give depth and richness to human life. His witty and astringent appraisal of the world of pop psychology, which quotes liberally from the most popular sources of advice, is an essential social corrective as well as a vastly entertaining and stimulating book.
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Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
ISBN-10
1566636280
ISBN-13
9781566636285
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45701463
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fool's Paradise : the Unreal World of Pop Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Public Policy / Social Policy, Popular Culture, History, Social Psychology
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Psychology, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.7in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
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Bf108.U5.J87 2005
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Pop psychology has been unmasked before, but English professor Stewart Justman provides a fresh critical angle., Excellent cautionary reading.... Justman delivers a sustained, entertaining attack on self-help's claims, conventions, and contradictions., Justman's witty and astringent appraisal of the world of pop psychology...is an essential social corrective as well as a vastly entertaining and stimulating book.
Copyright Date
2005
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2005-005360
Dewey Decimal
150/.973
Dewey Edition
22
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