Life Advice from Below: The Public Role of Self-Help Coaches in Germany and China 9789004319578

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Автор: Eric C. Hendriks
Название: Life Advice from Below: The Public Role of Self-Help Coaches in Germany and China
ISBN: 9789004319578
Издательство: Brill
Классификация:

Социальная и политическая философия

Социология и антропология

Социология

Политика и политический строй

Политэкономия

ISBN-10: 9004319573
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 238
Вес: 0.52 кг.
Дата издания: 06.07.2017
Серия: Political Science
Язык: English
Размер: 239 x 160 x 18
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Social & political philosophy,Sociology & anthropology,Sociology,Political science & theory,Political economy
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In Life Advice from Below, Eric C. Hendriks offers the first systematic, comparative study of the globalization of American-style self-help culture and the cultural conflicts this creates in different national contexts. The self-help guru is an archetypical American figure associated with individualism, materialism and the American Dream. Nonetheless, the self-help industry is spreading globally, thriving in China and other seemingly unlikely places. Controversy follows in its wake, as the self-help industry, operating outside of formal education and state institutions, outflanks philosophical, religious and political elites who have their own visions of the Good Life. Through a comparison of Germany and China, Hendriks analyzes how the competition between self-help gurus and institutional authorities unfolds under radically different politico-cultural regimes.“This witty book charms its way through a very serious sociology of the seriously quirky field of self-help books. Read it for its fascinating pop-culture insights and you’ll come away with a deep understanding of contemporary sociological theory. Highly recommended.” - Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney “Hendriks’ finding that Germany rather than China is more resistant to self-help gurus offers a powerful corrective to the assumption in much of the globalization literature that the greatest cultural divide is between the Anglo-Western European sphere and the rest of the globe.” - Rodney Benson, New York University

Life Advice from Below: The Public Role of Self-Help Coaches in Germany and China, Eric C. Hendriks