Persuasion and Healing A Comparative Study of Psychotherapy

Name: Persuasion and Healing A Comparative Study of Psychotherapy
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ISBN: 9780801846366

ISBN-10: 0801846366

ISBN-13: 9780801846366

Edition: 3rd 1991 (Reprint)

Authors: Jerome D. Frank, Julia B. Frank, Norman Cousins

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This popular study of "psychological healing" treats topics ranging from religious revivalism and magical healing to contemporary psychotherapies, from the role of the shaman in nonindustrialized societies to the traditional mental hospital. Jerome and Julia Frank (who are father and daughter) contend that these therapies share common elements that improve the "morale" of sufferers. And in combating the "demoralizing meaning" that people attach to their experiences, the authors argue, many therapies are surprisingly similar to rhetoric (the art of persuasion) and to hermeneutics (the study of meanings). Highly acclaimed in previous editions, Persuasion and Healing has been completely…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 366
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English