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.
Autorentext
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.
Inhalt
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
Titel
Cultures of Optimism
Untertitel
The Institutional Promotion of Hope
Autor
EAN
9781137484819
ISBN
978-1-137-48481-9
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
02.01.2015
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
0.73 MB
Anzahl Seiten
231
Jahr
2015
Untertitel
Englisch
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