Persons in Context : the Challenge of Individuality in Theory and Practice.

In contemporary forms of psychoanalysis, particularly intersubjective systems theory, the turn towards contextualism has permitted the development of new ways of thinking and practicing that have dispensed with the notion of isolated individuality. For many who embrace this "post-subjectivist&q...

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Main Author: Frie, Roger
Other Authors: Coburn, William J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780203869321
020386932X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgments; Introduction: Experience in context; Part 1 Social, cultural, and political contexts; Chapter 1 culture and context: From individualism to situated experience; Chapter 2 So who's asking? Politics, hermeneutics, and individuality; Part 2 Philosophical contexts; Chapter 3 beyond individualism: Philosophical contributions of Buber, Gadamer, and LĂ©vinas; Chapter 4 individuality in context: The relationality of finitude; Part 3 Developmental contexts; Chapter 5 Persons acting in worldly contexts.