The world within the group : developing theory for group analysis / Martin Weegman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weegmann, Martin, author.

Series:

New international library of group analysis series.

New International Library of Group Analysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group counseling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The World within the Group is an original and ambitious endeavour to connect group analysis to philosophy, history, and modern social theory. The book argues that group analysis needs theoretical renewal to remain relevant, and that philosophy is a valuable resource for such thinking. In particular, the work of three philosophers is examined: Nietzsche, Dewey, and Gadamer, each being associated with "pragmatic-perspective" inquiry. The author demonstrates that group analysis is compatible with such inquiry, and that we understand and intervene from within the horizon of specific traditions of training and theory. Group analysis typifies an unremitting relational stance, valuing openness of dialogue, and moving in and out of the perspectival worlds of the participants. The book also offers a re-formulation of the concept of social unconscious, seen as a discursive world of production and articulation. Drawing on contemporary social theories, it chimes with the spirit of Elias's historical approach.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; NEW INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF GROUP ANALYSIS FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Working intersubjectively: theory and therapy; CHAPTER TWO Personal horizons, unformulated experience, and group analysis; CHAPTER THREE Perspectivism, pragmatism, group analysis; CHAPTER FOUR The articulated space of social unconsciousness; CHAPTER FIVE Reforming subjectivity: personal, familial, and group implications of English reformation; CHAPTER SIX An exclusionary matrix: degenerates, addicts, homosexuals

CHAPTER SEVEN A modern monster? The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeCHAPTER EIGHT "And thereby hangs a tale": narrative dimensions of human life; CHAPTER NINE Group analysis in contemporary society; POSTSCRIPT; GLOSSARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 21, 2014).

ISBN:

0-429-92282-5

0-429-90859-8

0-429-48382-1

1-78241-259-X

9780429483820

OCLC:

879424513