Silent virtues : patience, curiosity, privacy, intimacy, humility, and dignity - Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31- (New York Routledge, 2019)
Introduction: hyper-rationality -- The tsunami -- The tsunami begins -- The merchants of happiness -- Politics of identity formation -- Master-myths and identity formation -- The "psy" wars -- Cognitivism -- Homo economicus -- Managerialism -- Dispensing cbt -- Nice: naughty, but not nice -- CBT treatment -- IAPT : managerialism and the privatization of "mental health" -- CBT research -- Good science -- The corruptions of science -- Statistical spin; linguistic obfuscation -- The cognitivist delusion -- References.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Patience; Intimacy (Psychology); Curiosity; Privacy; Humility; Dignity; Virtues