Politics
Power, Interest and Psychology
Publisher: PCCS, 2005, 116pp, 1st ed.
The central argument of Power, Interest and Psychology: Elements of a Social Materialist Understanding of Distress is that human conduct, and in particular psychological and emotional distress, cannot be understood by an analysis of individual will, intention or cognition.
The alternative set out here, explains how our experience of ourselves as well as much of our conduct is accounted for in terms of the social operation of power and interest. A framework is established for making sense of our emotional distress as the outcome of environmental pressures.
The alternative set out here, explains how our experience of ourselves as well as much of our conduct is accounted for in terms of the social operation of power and interest. A framework is established for making sense of our emotional distress as the outcome of environmental pressures.
Table of contents
Introduction
1 Looking back
2 A societal perspective
3 The cultural context of therapy
4 Responsibility
5 What then must we do?
Epilogue
1 Looking back
2 A societal perspective
3 The cultural context of therapy
4 Responsibility
5 What then must we do?
Epilogue