James Davies

The Importance of Suffering

The Value and Meaning of Emotional Discontent

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415667791
• ISBN-10: 0415667798
• Artikelnr.: 34744703

Autorenporträt

James Davies is a senior lecturer in the departments of psychology and anthropology at Roehampton University, London, UK. He obtained his doctorate in social anthropology from the University of Oxford, UK, and is also a qualified psychotherapist. He has practised in various settings including the NHS, and has delivered lectures at many universities including Yale, Brown, CUNY, Oxford, London and Harvard

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. An Enquiry into the Nature of Human Habits. The Relational
Perspective on Suffering. Positive and Negative Models of Suffering: A
Battle for Supremacy. Anaesthetic Regimes and the Unproblematic Life. The
Consequences of Avoiding our Primary Problems: Unproductive Suffering.
Productive Suffering as a Ritual Process - As Useful Descent. The Period of
Transition in the Ritual of Productive Suffering. Concluding the Book.
Appendix One: Distinguishing Between Productive and Unproductive Suffering.
Appendix Two: The History of the Concept of the Drive for Realisation.