Authorizing happiness: Rhetorical demarcation of science and society in historical narratives of positive psychology

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-78

  Yen, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

American society; Boundary work; Historiography; Positive psychology; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649386754     PISSN: 10688471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019103     Document Type: Article

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