Life Advice from Below - The Public Role of Self-Help Coaches in Germany and China

In Life Advice from Below, Eric C. Hendriks maps the globalization of American-style self-help culture and the controversies surrounding it. He compares the public status of self-help gurus in the US, Germany and China, analyzing their relationship to institutional authorities.

About the author

Eric C. Hendriks, Ph.D., studied at Utrecht, UC Berkeley, Göttingen, the University of Chicago, and Mannheim, and presently works as a postdoc in sociology at Peking University. His research focuses on the politico-cultural regime differences between China and liberal democracies.

Product details

• Authors: Eric C Hendriks, Eric C. Hendriks
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2017
• EAN: 9789004319578
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31957-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: International Comparative Soci
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics