{"product_id":"granta-174-thomas-meaney-9781909889781","title":"Granta 174: Therapy: Therapy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Sigmund Freud died, Auden wrote 'he is no more a person now but a whole climate of opinion.' Something similar could be said for therapy today. We live in a therapeutic age. It is generally accepted that the world of subconsciousness plays into all of our thoughts and actions, and that, in the hands of experts, it can be directed along more fruitful pathways. But as a science and a practice, therapy has always been fraught with dilemmas and crises. It has been bound up with power and manipulation, though its finest practitioners and participants counter that it contributes to human liberation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis issue of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e explores all of these dimensions of therapy. We do so in a lay register, in the tradition of clear, literary writers about therapy and psychoanalysis, from (former \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e contributing editor) Janet Malcolm to Christopher Bollas, from Adam Phillips to Jacqueline Rose. Topics will include 'celebrity' therapists, therapists on trial, and the history of concepts like anxiety and transference, as well as new types of therapy such as EMDR. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most common criticisms of much contemporary therapy is that it originated in quite specific contexts and classes and that it depoliticises its audience. In order to address this concern, the issue moves well outside therapy as it's practiced the Anglosphere into how therapy works in societies like China, Argentina, Albania, and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Meaney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1909889784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909889781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Granta Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Thomas Meaney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48135891779839,"sku":"9781909889781","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_697b149c-7976-47f5-abf1-71d626bde46f.jpg?v=1770159142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/granta-174-thomas-meaney-9781909889781","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}