Overview
What’s wrong with us? Professor Colin Feltham believes that the current crises of the human condition are symptoms of a chronic wayward tendency which he terms ‘anthropathology’. This interdisciplinary look at the zeitgeist of crisis traces the roots of human suffering, exploring the contemporary issues of human violence, deceit, patriarchy, abuse, irrationality and greed. Our human anthropathology is placed at the heart of all such problems. Echoing the pessimism of Schopenhauer, Cioran, Beckett, Gray and others, Feltham nevertheless insists that answers may be formulated through confrontation. Challenging and enlightening for professionals, academics and students, What's Wrong With Us? is also a fascinating read for anyone with a general interest in our current social state.
Full Product Details
Author: Colin Feltham (Thameslink Healthcare Services, Dartford)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.558kg
ISBN: 9780470019542
ISBN 10: 0470019549
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 June 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
...educative, reassuring or cathartic for those in the process of emerging from our culture's trances of material progressivism... (Ipnosis, Winter 2007)
This book explores wide-ranging causes and manifestations of our wayward and destructive tendencies. (Journal of Mental Health, August 2008) The product of an inquisitive spirit and a fine intellect. As sombre as the message is, I enjoyed reading it. (PsycCRITIQUES, February 2008) ...a timely awakening, educative, reassuring or cathartic for those in the process of emerging from our culture's trances of material progressivism... (Ipnosis, Winter 2007)
This book explores wide-ranging causes and manifestations of our wayward and destructive tendencies. (Journal of Mental Health, August 2008) The product of an inquisitive spirit and a fine intellect. As sombre as the message is, I enjoyed reading it. (PsycCRITIQUES, February 2008) ...a timely awakening, educative, reassuring or cathartic for those in the process of emerging from our culture's trances of material progressivism... (Ipnosis, Winter 2007)
Author Information
Colin Feltham, MTheol, MSc, PGDipCouns, PGCE, PhD, FBACP, FRSA is Professor of Critical Counselling Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. He is course leader for the MA Professional Development in Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is a past editor of the British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. He has written or edited over 20 books and many chapters and papers. His publications include Psychotherapy and its Discontents (edited with Windy Dryden, Open University Press, 1992), Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling (Sage, 1999) and the Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy (edited with Ian Horton, Sage, 2006). He is a member of Crisis:Forum for the Study of Crisis in the 21st century.
