David Smail

Taking Care (eBook, PDF)

An Alternative to Therapy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Taking Care established the author as an important social and political analyst whose background happened to be in clinical psychology. In this work the author develops the analysis of mental illness, and psychology in general, in the contexts of society, power and interest. People's experience is embodied in the world in which they exist. Notwithstanding the claims of some, psychology cannot, in the same way that magic cannot, change the nature of that experience fundamentally. At best, psychotherapy might provide a degree of understanding about that limitation. The historical relationship between psychology and magic is examined. The socio-political and economic structures of the society in which we live have the greatest influence on mental health, as on many other matters. Therefore, the individuation of focus in psychology on personal relationships, happiness, and sexuality can significantly miss the point. We need to develop political and social structures that 'take care' of people, to enable them to have meaningful 'public' lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429905544
• Artikelnr.: 56831497

Autorenporträt

Smail, David

Inhaltsangabe

New Preface
Introduction
Dreaming and Wishing: The Individual and Society
The Pursuit of Happiness
Magic, Interest and Psychology
Faults and Reasons
Change: The Limits of Therapy
'Relationships'
Growing Up and Taking Care
Morality and Moralism