Relational being : beyond self and community / Kenneth J. Gergen.
This book builds on two current developments in psychology scholarship and practice. The first centers on broad discontent with the individualist tradition in which the rational agent, or autonomous self, is considered the fundamental atom of social life. Critique of individualism spring not only fr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Summary: | This book builds on two current developments in psychology scholarship and practice. The first centers on broad discontent with the individualist tradition in which the rational agent, or autonomous self, is considered the fundamental atom of social life. Critique of individualism spring not only from psychologists working in the academy, but also from communities of therapy and counseling. The second, and related development from which this work builds, is the search for alternatives to individualist understanding. Thus, therapists such as Steve Mitchell, along with feminists at the Stone Cen. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 418 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199719402 0199719403 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |