Power, Interest and Psychology: Elements of a Social Materialist Understanding of Distress

By David Smail

Therapeutic psychology suggests that we are essentially self-creating and able to heal ourselves emotionally. This view reflects the wishful thinking necessary for the success of consumer capitalism, but it does not reflect the way things are. Smail examines how our experience of ourselves and our conduct can be explained in terms of the social operation of power and interest.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1898059713
• ISBN13: 9781898059714
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Pccs Books
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"