Publication: Los orígenes de la tradición del pensamiento positivo
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2014
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Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
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Las páginas siguientes constituyen un trabajo de sociología de la cultura. En ellas se analiza críticamente la primera etapa de la tradición del pensamiento positivo que se desarrolla desde finales del siglo XIX a la actual psicología positiva. El artículo se enmarca dentro de una crítica cultural (en la línea de Norbert Elias) al llamado “evangelio psicoterapéutico”, que gira en torno a un ideal de felicidad puramente psicológico y culturalmente obligatorio. Para este trabajo el género de autoayuda es crucial como medio de difusión de pautas y modelos culturales.
The following pages are a work in the sociology of culture. I analyze critically the first period of the so-called tradition of positive thinking, which goes from the end of the 19th century to the present positive psychology. This article follows the cultural critique (following Elias´s work) of the so-called “therapeutic gospel”, and its ideal of happiness as something purely psychological and cultural mandatory. The article is centered upon the first self-help books, as key to the diffusion of cultural patterns.
The following pages are a work in the sociology of culture. I analyze critically the first period of the so-called tradition of positive thinking, which goes from the end of the 19th century to the present positive psychology. This article follows the cultural critique (following Elias´s work) of the so-called “therapeutic gospel”, and its ideal of happiness as something purely psychological and cultural mandatory. The article is centered upon the first self-help books, as key to the diffusion of cultural patterns.