Constructing The Self, Constructing America
Download or Read eBook Constructing The Self, Constructing America PDF written by Philip Cushman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Philip Cushman |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1996-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0201441926 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780201441925 |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Constructing The Self, Constructing America by : Philip Cushman
Book excerpt: In this ground-breaking cultural history of psychotherapy, historian and psychologist Philip Cushman shows how the development of modern psychotherapy is inextricably intertwined with that of the United States and how it has changed the way Americans view events and themselves. By tracing our various definitions of the self throughout history, Cushman reveals that psychotherapy is very much a product of a particular time and place—and that it has been fundamentally complicit in creating many of the ills it seeks to assuage.