The Self-Help Book in the Therapeutic Ontosphere: A Postmodern Paradox

The Self-Help Book in the Therapeutic Ontosphere: A Postmodern Paradox

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he self-help book is a prominent cultural and commercial phenomenon in the therapeutic ontosphere which permeates contemporary life. The generic term ’ontosphere’ is here co-opted from IT to describe a notional social space in which influential conceptualisations and shared assumptions about persona...

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Main Author: Jean Collingsworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2014-10-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Subjects:
Self-help book
ontosphere
therapeutic discourse
postmodern paradox
metanar-rative
Online Access:https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/2111

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