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Author Greenberg, Gary, 1957 June 9-

Title The self on the shelf : recovery books and the good life / Gary Greenberg.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  158.1 G798S    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 287 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
Summary "The Self on the Shelf examines the cultural and philosophical determinants of popular "recovery" books. Greenberg argues that this literature can be read as documents of the prevailing understanding of the self in American society. The construction of the self promoted by recovery literature is seen as a nihilistic one insofar as it denies the significance of what continental philosophy calls the Other. In this sense the self-help books are correct in their assertion that we have lost sight of how to love, but their proposed solution shows up as a recapitulation and strengthening of the conditions that gave rise to the situation in the first place. Greenberg's critique provides a commentary on the difficulties that face our culture in achieving any sense of meaningful community, and on the way that this problem surfaces in a highly popular discourse."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- 1 Codependence in Context (starting p. 11) -- 2 The Cat's Grin (starting p. 37) -- 3 The Contours of the Codependence Genre (starting p. 67) -- 4 The Codependence Literature as a Moral Discourse (starting p. 99) -- 5 The Reader's Colloquy with Herself (starting p. 117) -- 6 The Sole Author in the Social World (starting p. 147) -- 7 The Codependence Literature as an Instance of Nihilism (starting p. 187) -- 8 Conclusion: A Reconstitution of Codependence (starting p. 233) -- Appendix A (starting p. 257) -- Appendix B (starting p. 259) -- Notes (starting p. 263) -- Bibliography (starting p. 269) -- Index (starting p. 279)
Subject Codependency literature.
Interpersonal relations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Autonomy (Psychology) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Conduct of life.
Codependency, Psychological. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017004
Ethics. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004989
Interpersonal Relations. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007398
Self-Assessment. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012647
Autonomy (Psychology) -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst00824170
Codependency literature. (OCoLC)fst00866223
Conduct of life. (OCoLC)fst00874563
Interpersonal relations -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst00977407
Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung (DE-588)4079583-4
Abhängigkeit (DE-588)4000145-3
Lebensführung (DE-588)4034864-7
Autonomie (DE-588)4003974-2
Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung.
Abhängigkeit.
Lebensführung.
Autonomie.
ISBN 0791420450 (alk. paper)
9780791420454 (alk. paper)
0791420469 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780791420461 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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