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Working the difference
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- Book Synopsis
- A history of motivational interviewing and what its rise reveals about how cultural forms emerge and spread. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a professional practice, a behavioral therapy, and a self-professed conversation style that encourages clients to talk themselves into change. Originally developed to treat alcoholics, MI quickly spread into a variety of professional fields including corrections, medicine, and sanitation. In Working the Difference, E. Summerson Carr focuses on the training and dissemination of MI to explore how cultural forms-and particularly forms of expertise-emerge and spread. The result is a compelling analysis of the American preoccupations at MI's core, from democratic autonomy and freedom of speech to Protestant ethics and American pragmatism.
- About The Author
- E. Summerson Carr is associate professor of social work and anthropology at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Scripting Addiction: The Politics of Therapeutic Talk and American Sobriety and co-editor of Scale: Discourse and Dimensions of Social Life.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780226827629
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press, (28 November 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 304
- Weight
- 399 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 23 mm
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