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snational Popular Psychology and the Global Self-Help Industry The Politics of Contemporary Social Change Daniel Nehring Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Worcester, UK
Emmanuel Alvarado Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies, Palm Beach State College, USA
Eric C. Hendriks Postdoctoral Researcher, Peking University, China
Dylan Kerrigan Lecturer in Anthropology and Political Sociology, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
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This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nehring, Daniel, author. Transnational popular psychology and the global self-help industry : the politics of contemporary social change / Daniel Nehring, Emmanuel Alvarado, Eric C. Hendriks, Dylan Kerrigan. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Psychology, Applied—History. 2. Psychology, Applied— Cross-cultural studies. 3. Self-help techniques—Cross-cultural studies. I. Title. BF636.N376 2016 158’.9—dc23 2015033205
For Hyunju DN To my family for always giving me the support I need to pursue new and challenging endeavours EA To Prof. Martin Riesebrodt (1948–2014), a brilliant Weberian who taught me about cults and Heilsversprechen ECH For
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