1st Edition
The Origins of Unhappiness A New Understanding of Personal Distress
By David Smail
Copyright 1993
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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It is the main argument of this book that emotional and psychological distress is often brought about through the operation of social-environmental powers which have their origin at a considerable distance from those ultimately subjected to them. On the whole, psychology has concerned itself very little with the field of power which stretches beyond our immediate relations with each other, and... Read more
Introduction -- Psychology and Distress – The Story So Far -- ‘When I Was Little’ – The Experience of Power -- Bodies and Worlds – The Field of Power -- Case Study: The 1980s -- Help -- A Rational Faith -- Appendix
Biography
Smail, David
