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

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 abo...

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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
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.146755