Reconstructing subjects : : a philosophical critique of psychotherapy / / Hakam H. Al-Shawi.
This work is about the deceptive nature of psychotherapy. In particular, it is about those therapies that claim to provide the client with insight and self-knowledge when in practice they are a means of social control absorbing clients into socially acceptable norms. Through a philosophical analysis...
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| Superior document: | Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and psychology ; v. 235 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and psychology ;
235. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (144 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editorial Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE The Issue; 1. Insight-Oriented Psychotherapies; 2. Raising the Question; 3. Some Replies; TWO Insight and Self-Knowledge; 1. The Issue; 2. The Self in Therapy; 3. Reconceptualizing Subjectivity and Self-Knowledge; THREE Reconstruction and Absorption; 1. On Reconstruction; 2. On Absorption; A. Suggestion; B. Other Nonspecific Factors; C. The Role of the Question; D. Power-Interpretation; FOUR Epistemological Issues; 1. Knowledge as Discovery; 2. Critique; 3. Knowledge as Construction. FIVE Metaphysical Issues1. Two Versions of Realism; 2. Situated Realism; SIX Ethical Considerations; 1. The Ethics of Insight-Oriented Psychotherapy; 2. Objections and Replies; Conclusion; Works Cited; About the Author; Index.