Daniel Nehring

My research considers intersections between contemporary capitalism and psychotherapeutic narratives of personal lives. In this context, my recent work has sought to address three issues. First, it explores the roles which popular psychology may play in societies in the Global South, in the context of globalisation and (post-)colonialism. Second, it analyses the transnational production, circulation and consumption of popular psychotherapeutic products and services. Third, it theorises the ways in which these products and services and the narratives they embody may organise public discourse and personal experiences of self and social relationships.

My most recent book, Therapeutic Worlds, was published in early 2019 by Routledge. I am currently working on the Handbook of Global Therapeutic Cultures, and on a study that examines the cultural construction of mindfulness as a Western self-help fashion. I am also an editor of Therapeutic Cultures, a book series launched by Routledge in 2017.