Timothy J Beck

Cybernetic Psychology and Mental Health

A Circular Logic Of Control Beyond The Individual

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the cultural importance of cybernetic technologies and their relationship to human experience through a critical theoretical lens. This book is fascinating reading for students across psychology, mental health programs and academics and researchers with a theoretical interest in the philosophy of technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 135mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780367252946
• ISBN-10: 0367252945
• Artikelnr.: 59866326

Autorenporträt

Timothy J. Beck is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Landmark College. His research takes a critical, transdisciplinary approach in exploring how social boundaries are both regulated and persistently reconfigured through applications of psychological theories to problems related to "mental health."

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Towards a Technical History of Thinking about Human
Thought 2. Cybernetic Narratives Beyond The Individual 3. Three
(Psycho)Logical Myths of Auto-Individuation (pseudo-AI) 4.
Deinstitutionalization, Biopolitics, and Network Maps of 'Mental Disorder'
5. Disorder without Borders 6. The Network as a Mode of Being