Cultures of Optimism The Institutional Promotion of Hope
题名:
Cultures of Optimism The Institutional Promotion of Hope
ISBN:
9781137484819
个人著者:
版:
1st ed. 2015.
PRODUCTION_INFO:
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
物理描述:
IX, 231 p. online resource.
摘要:
What are the functions of optimism in modern societies? How is hope culturally transmitted? What values and attitudes does it reflect? This book explores how and why powerful institutions propagate 'cultures of optimism' in different domains, such as politics, work, the family, religion and psychotherapy.
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语言:
英文