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 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
Subjects:	Self-help book ontosphere therapeutic discourse postmodern paradox metanar-rative
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.146755

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