Relational being : beyond self and community / Kenneth J. Gergen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gergen, Kenneth J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Self.

Individualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Prologue: Toward a new Enlightenment

From bounded to relational being. Bounded being ; In the beginning is the relationship ; The relational self ; The body as relationship : emotion, pleasure, and pain

Relational being in everyday life. Multi-being and the adventures of everyday life ; Bonds, barricades, and beyond

Relational being in professional practice. Knowledge as co-creation ; Education in a relational key ; Therapy as relational recovery ; Organizing : the precarious balance

From the moral to the sacred. Morality : from relativism to relational responsibility ; Approaching the sacred

Epilogue: The coming of relational consciousness.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-32828-X

9786612328282

0-19-971940-3

OCLC:

463309819