| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One: Self-help literature—definition and its categories | 第11-18页 |
| ·Carnegie's success and the characteristics of self-help literature | 第11-14页 |
| ·The categories of self-help literature | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter Two: Historical background for self-help literature | 第18-28页 |
| ·Secularized religious self-help literature of the early days | 第18-19页 |
| ·New Thought self-help literature | 第19-22页 |
| ·Healing self-help in the Great Depression | 第22-23页 |
| ·Pop theological self-help literature | 第23-26页 |
| ·Inspirational self-help literature in popular culture | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three: Psychological self-help book—a salient feature of self-help genre | 第28-37页 |
| ·Self-help literature with psychoanalysis | 第28-31页 |
| ·Self-help literature with humanistic psychology | 第31-37页 |
| ·The third force and Maslow's self-actualization | 第31-34页 |
| ·Humanistic concern in self-help ensures its prosperity | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four: Domestic philosophical support for self-help genre | 第37-48页 |
| ·Pragmatism—the indigenous philosophy in self-help | 第37-43页 |
| ·American pragmatism since Benjamin Franklin | 第37-39页 |
| ·Pragmatism as key-note for self-help literature | 第39页 |
| ·Religious self-help literature in pragmatism | 第39-41页 |
| ·Psychological self-help literature in pragmatism | 第41-43页 |
| ·Guarantee for the thriving of self-help tradition from postmodernism | 第43-48页 |
| ·A survey of the acceptance of self-help literature | 第43-45页 |
| ·Postmodernist multi-answer and self-help literature | 第45-46页 |
| ·Postmodernist free-choice and self-help literature | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five: Claiming its legitimacy in modern time—self-help literature in popular culture | 第48-56页 |
| ·Struggling between extremes—from fanatical optimism to all-round critique | 第48-50页 |
| ·Appropriate defense for self-help from John Fiske | 第50-52页 |
| ·Self-help in popular culture as rebellion | 第52-53页 |
| ·Pluralism and tolerance of self-help literature in popular culture | 第53-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| 本人在读期间科研成果简介 | 第62-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
