Elements of reparation : truth, faith, and transformation in the works of Heidegger, Bion, and beyond / by Brent Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Brent, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconciliation (Law)--United States.

Reconciliation (Law).

Reconciliation--Moral and ethical aspects.

Reconciliation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Damage and reparation are central themes of human existence. Melanie Klein, among other pivotal discoveries, noted our capacity for destructiveness towards others and ourselves. More importantly, she accented the centrality of reparation for mental health. Acceptance of the truth, 'inner' and 'outer', is essential to this process.The author goes on to explain the phenomenon of reparation around the themes of truth (aletheia), faith (pistis) and repentance/transformation (metanoia), especially as they appear in the philosophical works of Martin Heidegger and the psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion. He then continues following the phenomenon of metanoia, tracing it sequentially in the works of Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion, Martin Heidegger, C.G. Jung and R.D. Laing. These thinkers have a surprisingly high degree of reflection upon and import into common, everyday lived experience. Brent Potter's work concludes with a critique of psychiatry, cognitive-behavioral and manualised approaches to psychological distress. He then presents modalities and programs, utilizing a metanoia perspective, that are rising to replace them.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD Churchianity & Faith; CHAPTER ONE Damage; CHAPTER TWO Approaching truth (pistis); CHAPTER THREE Reparation as metanoia; CHAPTER FOUR Growing down: early Greek thinking; CHAPTER FIVE The decline of psychiatry and "STEM" psychology; CHAPTER SIX Pathmarks on the way to post-medical models; CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion; 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 19, 2015).

ISBN:

0-429-91314-1

0-429-89891-6

0-367-10286-2

0-429-47414-8

9780429474149

OCLC:

891618350