The Off-Modern
Psychology Estranged
Published on 29. September 2017
232 pages
978-1-78535-596-7 (ISBN)
Description
Society is undergoing a process of deep change and transformation as the neoliberal order moves into crisis. Contemporary psychology, mired in exceptionalism and individualism, fails to address this broader context and continues with a fragmented reductionist approach which is alienating to students and practitioners alike. In the lifetime of the discipline there have been several distinct frameworks to emerge - psychoanalytic, behaviourist and cognitive. To these one might add Kelly's Personal Construct Theory as the last attempt to present a coherent and challenging framework for how to understand our lives. As society moves into a new phase, Ron Roberts argues the need for a new way of 'doing' psychology which challenges not only the existing epistemological and reductionist outlook, but the centrality of a scientific professional discourse as a suitable vehicle for improving lives and making sense of the world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
2,31 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78535-596-7 (9781785355967)
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Person
Ron Roberts is a Chartered Psychologist and Honorary Lecturer in Psychology at Kingston University with over 30 years' experience in Higher Education. He is the author of seven other books.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- One: Introduction: Psychology, Old and New?
- Two: From Alienation to Estrangement
- Three: Toward an Off-Modern Psychology
- Four: Psychology of the Off-Modern: Psychogeography
- Five: Estrangement, Psychotherapy and Counselling
- Six: The Tao of Estrangement: Martial Art, Psychology and Reality
- Seven: After Words and Last Words
- Endnotes
- References
