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SHAM how the self-help movement made America helpless

Salerno, Steve. (Author).

Summary: Presents a critique of the self-help movement, explaining how the notion of victimization has blurred the concept of personal responsibility and how the idea of empowerment emphasizes belief over the need to develop personal skills.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307238658 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
  • ISBN: 0307238652 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    1 online resource (viii, 273 p. cm.)
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, 2005.

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General Note:
Description based on print version record.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction : hopelessly hooked on help -- The culprits. How we got here--wherever here is -- False prophets, false profits -- Dr. Phil McGraw : absolute power -- Tony Robbins : leaps (and bounds) of faith -- "Ya gotta want it!" -- Put me in, coach, I'm ready to pay -- Killer performances : the rise of the contrepreneur -- The consequences. You are all diseased -- Looking for love ... on all the wrong bases? -- I'm OK, you're ... how do you spell OK again? -- Patient, heal thyself -- Conclusion : a SHAM society.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Media Console
Subject: Self-help groups
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Recovery movement
Zelfhulpgroepen
Afhankelijkheid (algemeen)
Culturele aspecten
Genre: EBOOK.
Electronic books.
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