John Rowan / Mick Cooper (eds.)

The Plural Self

Multiplicity in Everyday Life
Herausgeber: Rowan, John; Cooper, Mick

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

`[This book's] fundamental thesis is a rather challenging one - the idea that the unified, singular "self", which we all take for granted we possess, does not exist... fascinating and important... I will certainly revisit the book... when you're ready for a challenge, this book is certainly worth dipping into' - Counselling News `I thoroughly recommend this book. I found it challenging, provocative, exciting and full of delights. (It makes such a change to be told that ideal personality characteristics would include a Monty Pythonesque sense of humour and a tolerance of mind-altering drugs!) While reading it I often felt nourished and refreshed' - The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy With the emergence of postmodern thinking, the notion of a unified, singular `self' appears increasingly problematic. Yet for many, postmodernism's proclamation of `the death of the subject' is equally problematic. As a response to this dilemma, there has been a rise of interest in pluralistic models of the `self' in which the person is conceptualized as a multiplicity of subpersonalities, as a plurality of existential possibilities or as a `being' which is inextricably in-dialogue-with-others. Bringing together many disciplines, and with contributions from foremost writers on self-pluralism, The Plural Self overviews and critiques this emerging field. Drawing together theory, research and practice, the book expands on both the psychological and philosophical theories underlying and associated with self-pluralism, and presents empirical evidence in support of the self-pluralistic perspective, exploring its application within a clinical and therapeutic setting.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780761960751
• ISBN-10: 0761960759
• Artikelnr.: 37043089

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Mick Cooper and John Rowan Self-Plurality: The One and the Many PART ONE: THEORY The Normal Development of Subpersonalities - John Rowan The Alter Ego and D[ac]ej[gr]a Vu Phenomena - James S Grotstein Notes and Reflections If You Can
t Be Jekyll Be Hyde - Mick Cooper An Existential-Phenomenological Perspective on Lived-Plurality Life inside Dialogically Structured Mentalities - John Shotter Bakhtin
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s Account of Our Mental Activities as out in the World between Us Postmodern Culture and the Plural Self - Leon Rappoport, Steve Baumgardner and George Boone PART TWO: RESEARCH The Polyphony of the Mind - Hubert J M Hermans A Multivoiced and Dialogical Self The Multiple Brain and the Unity of Experience - Brian Lancaster Multiplicity in Cross-Cultural Perspective - Ruth-Inge Heinze Individual Differences in Pluralism in Self-Structure - John Altrocchi Subpersonalities and Multiple Personalities - Colin A Ross A Dissociative Continuum? PART THREE: PRACTICE Facilitating the Expression of Subpersonalities - Mick Cooper and Helen Cruthers A Review and Analysis of Techniques The Doorway into the Inner Deeper World Is the Instant of Peak Feeling in the Scene of Strong Feeling - Alvin R Mahrer The Internal Family Systems Model - Richard C Schwartz Pathways between the Multiplicities of the Psyche and Culture - Mary Watkins The Development of Dialogical Capacities

Rezensionen

`I thoroughly recommend this book. I found it challenging, provocative, exciting and full of delights. (It makes such a change to be told that ideal personality characteristics would include a Monty Pythonesque sense of humour and a tolerance of mood-altering drugs!) While reading it I often felt nourished and refreshed.... So I advise you to give the many selves you are a treat, and read this book' - The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy `[This book's] fundamental thesis is a rather challenging one - the idea that the unified, singular "self", which we all take for granted we possess, does not exist... fascinating and important.... I will certainly revisit the book... when you're ready for a challenge, this book is certainly worth dipping into' - Counselling News `A useful contribution to a field that is as important as it is impenetrable, the nature of lived experience' - Counselling `The perspectives articulated in this book are important, the chapters are well written, and many of the ideas are intriguing. It is a useful book that should appeal to students and researchers in personality-social psychology, and therapists who are interested in relevant therapeutic techniques and their theoretical and empirical background.' - Personality and Individual Differences `I thoroughly recommend this book. I found it challenging, provocative, exciting and full of delights. (It makes such a change to be told that ideal personality characteristics would include a Monty Pythonesque sense of humour and a tolerance of mind-altering drugs!) While reading it I often felt nourished and refreshed' - The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy