Zazzera, Claude A. Della

Two Essays on the Philosophy of Mental Health: Reflections on the Hermeneutics of Psychopathology and Psychotherapy

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ISBN 13:
9780994091000
author:
Zazzera, Claude A. Della
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Miamine Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2015
Pages:
266
Dimensions:
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 centimeters (0
Genre:
Nonfiction, Psychology, Psychopathology,
Condition:
New
Availability:
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£10.66

Description

This book proposes a novel understanding of the meaning and treatment of psychopathology, challenging conventional explanations of mental health problems. The authors argue that contemporary approaches are incomplete and instead suggest that psychological symptoms can have a 'healing tendency', reflecting both disorder and a normalising force.

The authors investigate the philosophical underpinnings of normality and abnormality, defining normality as the complementarity between personal existence and relationship, and abnormality as the breach of this complementarity. They examine the works of three contemporary thinkers, Graham Harman, Kenneth Gergen and Kenneth Schmitz, to develop a personalist vision that grounds the accord of 'to be' and 'to relate' as ontologically grounded.

The intelligibility of epistemological, moral/ethical and psychological dimensions of human experience depends on this ontological grounding, according to the authors. This book offers a fresh perspective on the philosophy of mental health, exploring the complex relationships between 'being' and 'relationship' and their implications for understanding psychopathology and psychotherapy.

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