The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century's End

by James L. Nolan Jr.

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...Nolan argues that America's therapeutic culture has recently moved from the cultural realm of symbols and codes to penetrate the institutions of the modern American state. By delineating sharply between the culture of the therapeutic and therapeutic poicymaking, Nolan's probing work provides an important new methodological frame with which to study the therapeutic--American Studies InternationalThe United States has always been profoundly conflicted...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:081475791X

ISBN13:9780814757918

Release Date:January 1998

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:410 Pages

Weight:1.28 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Cultural Elections & Political Process Government Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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