Demokracja w kulturze terapeutycznej
Democracy in Therapy Culture

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyse the impact of the therapeutic culture on American democracy. The author argues that this culture undermines American democracy. Its impact can be observed at the level of everyday attitudes and behaviour. Therapeutic culture undermines people’s belief in their agency and teaches them that they are weak and need support and assistance. The consequence of the impact of a therapeutic culture is the kind of fatalism that Tocqueville feared. One of the most important political consequences of the development of a therapeutic culture is the emergence of new forms of control and social engineering

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