Shock therapy : psychology, precarity, and well-being in postsocialist Russia /

Shock therapy : psychology, precarity, and well-being in postsocialist Russia /

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Author / Creator:	Matza, Tomas Antero, 1972- author.
Imprint:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2018. ©2018
Description:	xx, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Psychotherapy -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg. Psychotherapists -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg. Psychology -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg. Psychologists -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg. Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) Post-communism -- Social aspects. Psychologists. Psychology. Psychotherapists. Psychotherapy. Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11683418

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ISBN:	9780822370611 0822370611 9780822370765 082237076X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia witnessed a dramatic increase in psychotherapeutic options, which promoted social connection while advancing new forms of capitalist subjectivity amid often-wrenching social and economic transformations. In this book, the author provides an ethnography of post-Soviet Saint Petersburg, following psychotherapists, psychologists, and their clients as they navigate the challenges of post-Soviet life. Juxtaposing personal growth and success seminars for elites with crisis counseling and remedial interventions for those on public assistance, the author shows how profound inequalities are emerging in contemporary Russia in increasingly intimate ways as matters of selfhood. Extending anthropologies of neoliberalism and care in new directions, the author offers a profound meditation on the interplay between ethics, therapy, and biopolitics, as well as a sensitive portrait of everyday caring practices in the face of the confounding promise of postsocialist democracy.
Other form:	Online version: Matza, Tomas Antero, 1972- Shock therapy. Durham : Duke University Press, 2018 9780822371953

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Summary:	After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia witnessed a dramatic increase in psychotherapeutic options, which promoted social connection while advancing new forms of capitalist subjectivity amid often-wrenching social and economic transformations. In Shock Therapy Tomas Matza provides an ethnography of post-Soviet Saint Petersburg, following psychotherapists, psychologists, and their clients as they navigate the challenges of post-Soviet life. Juxtaposing personal growth and success seminars for elites with crisis counseling and remedial interventions for those on public assistance, Matza shows how profound inequalities are emerging in contemporary Russia in increasingly intimate ways as matters of selfhood. Extending anthropologies of neoliberalism and care in new directions, Matza offers a profound meditation on the interplay between ethics, therapy, and biopolitics, as well as a sensitive portrait of everyday caring practices in the face of the confounding promise of postsocialist democracy.
Physical Description:	xx, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780822370611 0822370611 9780822370765 082237076X