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  • Against White Interiority

    A Racial Critique of Therapeutic Reason

    de Sam Binkley ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book presents a bold critique of the new racial sensibility that has attained global prominence following the police murder of George Floyd. Through a set of managerial and therapeutic discourses, this new sensibility describes the inner racial life of white subjects, inducing them to adopt a therapeutic attitude toward deeply interiorized white emotions and conflicts. In so doing, the new ... Leer más

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  • Getting Loose

    Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s

    de Sam Binkley ...
    From “getting loose” to “letting it all hang out,” the 1970s were filled with exhortations to free oneself from artificial restraints and to discover oneself in a more authentic and creative life. In the wake of the counterculture of the 1960s, anything that could be made to yield to a more impulsive vitality was reinvented in a looser way. Food became purer, clothing more revealing, sex more ... Leer más

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  • Happiness as Enterprise

    An Essay on Neoliberal Life

    de Sam Binkley ...
    Examines the contemporary discourse on happiness through the lens of governmentality theory.Recent decades have seen an explosion of interest in the phenomenon of happiness, as evidenced by self-help books, talk shows, spiritual mentoring, business management, and relationship counseling. At the center of this development is the expanding influence of "positive psychology," which places the ... Leer más

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  • Cultural Studies and Anti-Consumerism

    Edición de Sam Binkley, Jo Littler ...
    Anti-consumerism has become a conspicuous part of contemporary activism and popular culture, from ‘culture jams’ and actions against Esso and Starbucks, through the downshifting and voluntary simplicity movements, the rise of ethical consumption and organic and the high profile of films and books like Supersize Me! and No Logo. A rising awareness of labor conditions in overseas plants, the ... Leer más

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