Overview
Exploring phenomenological philosophy as it relates to psychiatry and the social world, this book establishes a common language between psychiatrists, anti-psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry is an inter-disciplinary work by phenomenological philosophers, psychiatrists, and psychologists to discover the essence and foundations of social psychiatry. Using the phenomenology of Husserl as a point of departure, the meanings of empathy, interpersonal understanding, we-intentionality, ethics, citizenship and social inclusion are investigated in relation to psychopathology, nosology, and clinical research. This work, drawing upon the rich classical and contemporary phenomenological tradition, touching on a broad range of thinkers such as Deleuze, Levinas, and R.D. Laing, also explicates how phenomenology is a method capable of capturing the human condition and its intricate relation to the social world and mental illness
Full Product Details
Author: Magnus Englander (Associate Professor Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Sweden)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9781350166448
ISBN 10: 1350166448
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28 November 2019
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College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Contributors include clinicians and scholars from the US and northern Europe; their varied perspectives provide a multifaceted view of the contributions phenomenological approaches can make to psychological research ... Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty. * CHOICE * This is a scholarly and thought provoking book, written by philosophically sophisticated contributors, that provides an appealing vision of psychiatry that takes seriously the social dimension of human existence. It includes several chapters that have direct clinical relevance. I believe that it would interest a broad range of readers and scholars, especially in psychology and philosophy. -- Steen Halling, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Seattle University, USA
Contributors include clinicians and scholars from the US and northern Europe; their varied perspectives provide a multifaceted view of the contributions phenomenological approaches can make to psychological research ... Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty. * CHOICE * This is a scholarly and thought provoking book, written by philosophically sophisticated contributors, that provides an appealing vision of psychiatry that takes seriously the social dimension of human existence. It includes several chapters that have direct clinical relevance. I believe that it would interest a broad range of readers and scholars, especially in psychology and philosophy.
Author Information
Magnus Englander is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Malmö University, Sweden and Faculty Member in the Department of Humanistic and Clinical Psychology, Saybrook University, USA. He also serves as the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology.
