Levinas For Psychologists

Author : Leswin Laubscher
Publisher : Psychology and the Other
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 1032320087

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Levinas for Psychologists by Leswin Laubscher Pdf

Levinas for Psychologists provides a rigorous, yet accessible, examination of Emmanuel Levinas's philosophy, and its implications for Psychology and the Human and Social Sciences. Comprehensive in scope, this book traces Levinas's thought across the arc of his oeuvre, from the earliest works to the last interviews and essays. Laubscher provides numerous examples of how Levinas's thought challenges current clinical and psychotherapeutic work, psychological theory, social science research and social theory, but also offers promising alternatives. Such alternative ways to think and practise psychology are richly illuminated by accessible examples from therapy, research, and the social everyday. The volume makes Levinas's dense and demanding philosophical language comprehensible and accessible, without losing the radical, profound, and poetic qualities of the original. Issues of justice, racism, and nature are addressed throughout, and these insights and conclusions are placed within a contemporary context. This book is essential reading for psychologists, philosophers and anyone interested in the legacy of Levinas's work.

Author : Edwin E. Gantt,Richard N. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015054421667

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Psychology for the Other by Edwin E. Gantt,Richard N. Williams Pdf

This book, the first of its kind, is a systematic and broad-based attempt to bring to psychology the intriguing work of French phenomenologist, Emmanuel Levinas. Because contemporary psychology, in its adherence to the philosophical and methodological underpinnings of naturalistic science, too often abandons questions about morality and ethical obligation, Levinas's writings about the experience of the face of the Other and the ethical obligation therein become particularly relevant. In ten original essays by distinguished scholars -- some philosophers, some clinicians, and some academic psychologists -- the potential and the experiential impact of Levinas's work in the understanding of our fundamental human nature and the practice of psychotherapy are explored. Ultimately, the intention is to create a new discipline of psychology: namely, a 'science of the ethical.'

Author : Leswin Laubscher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000994728

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Levinas for Psychologists by Leswin Laubscher Pdf

Levinas for Psychologists provides a rigorous, yet accessible, examination of Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy and its implications for psychology and the human and social sciences. Comprehensive in scope, this book traces Levinas’s thought across the arc of his oeuvre, from the earliest works to the last interviews and essays. Laubscher provides numerous examples of how Levinas’s thought challenges current clinical and psychotherapeutic work, psychological theory, social science research, and social theory but also offers promising alternatives. Such alternative ways to think and practice psychology are richly illuminated by accessible examples from therapy, research, and the social everyday. The volume makes Levinas’s dense and demanding philosophical language comprehensible and accessible, without losing the radical, profound, and poetic qualities of the original. Issues of justice, racism, and nature are addressed throughout, and these insights and conclusions are placed within a contemporary context. This book is essential reading for psychologists, philosophers, and anyone interested in the legacy of Levinas’s work.

Author : Michael L. Morgan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190910693

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The Oxford Handbook of Levinas by Michael L. Morgan Pdf

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) emerged as an influential philosophical voice in the final decades of the twentieth century, and his reputation has continued to flourish and increase in our own day. His central themes--the primacy of the ethical and the core of ethics as our responsibility to and for others--speak to readers from a host of disciplines and perspectives. However, his writings and thought are challenging and difficult. The Oxford Handbook of Levinas contains essays that aim to clarify and engage Levinas and his writings in a number of ways. Some focus on central themes of his work, others on the ways in which he read and was influenced by figures from Plato, Hobbes, Descartes, and Kant to Blanchot, Husserl, Heidegger, and Derrida. And there are essays on how his thinking has been appropriated in moral and political thought, psychology, film criticism, and more, and on the relation between his thinking and religious themes and traditions. Finally, several essays deal primarily with how readers have criticized him and found him wanting. The volume exposes and explores both the depth of Levinas's philosophical work and the range of applications to which it has been put, with special attention to clarifying why his interests in the human condition, the crisis of civilization, the centrality and character of ethics and morality, and the very meaning of human experience should be of interest to the widest range of readers.

Author : George Kunz
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998-07-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781438409788

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The Paradox of Power and Weakness by George Kunz Pdf

The metaethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas challenges Western egocentrism by describing the self as egoic yet nevertheless ethically called to transcend its own obsessions, compulsions, and addictions, and to respect and serve others. While power is powerful and weakness is weak, power can sabotage itself, and the weakness of others has power to command our attention and service. Levinas makes distinctions that offer psychology the basis for an alternative paradigm open to paradox. In The Paradox of Power and Weakness, George Kunz shows how the analyses of hagiography, cynicism, and limits on altruistic behavior by radical altruism contribute to this psychology of ethical responsibility for social sciences.

Author : Del Loewenthal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000789072

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Levinas and the Other in Psychotherapy and Counselling by Del Loewenthal Pdf

For Emmanuel Levinas the danger of Western thought is that, if we start with ourselves, we end with ourselves. Psychotherapy and counselling would be for the sole purpose of strengthening self-initiated and self-directed fulfilment, resulting in individual and societal forms of totalitarianism. Levinas suggests that ethics should be about putting the Other first, but not in some fundamentalist Christian sense of the self-choosing to give one’s life for others. The origin of authentic ethical behaviour is not from the self but from the Other. Levinas offers us a fundamental shift in our thinking about therapeutic practices. His writings call on us to have an ethical responsibility in the very way we practice therapy. This is with all the complexities of negotiating from nearness and distance, involvement and boundaries, and how we view ourselves in attempting to do this. Levinas inspires us towards ontological, epistemological and methodological shifts. The attempt to put the Other first can significantly change our notion of being. It can help us be taken away from the dangers of a therapy based on ego psychology, which seems to permeate so much of our therapies whether classified as humanistic, psychoanalytic, behavioural or existential. All except the Introduction and two of the chapters were originally published in the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling.

Author : Kevin C. Krycka,George Kunz,George G. Sayre
Publisher : Duquesne
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0820704792

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Psychotherapy for the Other by Kevin C. Krycka,George Kunz,George G. Sayre Pdf

"14 essays by a wide range of scholars and practitioners examine the interface between Emmanuel Levinas's philosophical thought and psychotherapy, highlighting a variety of issues such as the nature of language, the therapist-client relationship, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, motherhood, social justice, among others"--Provided by publisher.

Author : C Fred Alford
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781446264119

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Levinas, The Frankfurt School and Psychoanalysis by C Fred Alford Pdf

'Original and provocative . . . engagingly written. (C Fred Alford) counters Levinas's notorious obscurity with a goodly dose of transparency' - John Lechte, Macquarrie University Abstract and evocative, writing in what can only be described as the language of prophecy, Emmanuel Levinas has become everything to everyone. We pretend we get it, writing in much the same style, so as to say whatever we wanted to say in the first place. The 'Levinas Effect' it has been called, the ability of Levinas's texts to say anything the reader wants to hear, so that Levinas becomes a deconstructionist, theologian, proto-feminist, or even a reconciler of postmodern ethics and rabbinical Judaism.

Author : David M. Goodman,Eric R. Severson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317605225

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The Ethical Turn by David M. Goodman,Eric R. Severson Pdf

Levinas (1969) claims that "morality is not a branch of philosophy, but first philosophy" and if he is right about this, might ethics also serve as a first psychology? This possibility is explored by the authors in this volume who seek to bring the "ethical turn" into the world of psychoanalysis. This phenomenologically rich and socially conscious ethics has taken centre stage in a variety of academic disciplines, inspired by the work of philosophers and theologians concerned with the moral fabric of subjectivity, human relationship, and socio-political life. At the heart of this movement is a reconsideration of the other person, and the dangers created when the question of the "Other" is subsumed by grander themes. The authors showcased here represent the exceptional work being done by both scholars and practitioners working at the crossroads between psychology and philosophy in order to rethink the foundations of their disciplines. The Ethical Turn: Otherness and subjectivity in contemporary psychoanalysis guides readers into the heart of this fresh and exciting movement and includes contributions from many leading thinkers, who provide fascinating new avenues for enriching our responses to suffering and understandings of human identity. It will be of use to psychoanalysts, professionals in psychology, postgraduate students, professors and other academics in the field.

Author : PAUL MARCUS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367106442

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IN SEARCH OF THE GOOD LIFE by PAUL MARCUS Pdf

Author : Thomas M. Crisp,Steven L. Porter,Gregg A. Ten Elshof
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830873111

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Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue by Thomas M. Crisp,Steven L. Porter,Gregg A. Ten Elshof Pdf

Can the phenomena of the human mind be separated from the practices of spiritual formation—of growing to have the mind of Christ? Research into the nature of moral and spiritual change has revived in recent years in the worlds of psychology on one hand and theology and philosophy on the other. But psychology and spiritual formation draw upon distinct bodies of research and theory grounded in different methodologies, resulting in conversation that has suffered from a lack of interdisciplinary cross-pollination. Rooted in a year-long discussion held by Biola University's Center for Christian Thought (CCT), this volume bridges the gaps caused by professional specialization among psychology, theology, and philosophy. Each essay was forged out of an integrative discussion among theologians, psychologists, philosophers, New Testament scholars, educators, and pastors around the CCT seminar table. Topics that emerged included relational and developmental spirituality, moral virtue and judgment, and suffering and trauma. Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue speaks across disciplinary divides, fostering fruitful conversation for fresh insights into the nature and dynamics of personal spiritual change. Contributors include Justin L. Barrett, School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary Earl D. Bland, Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University Ellen T. Charry, Princeton Seminary John H. Coe, Biola University Robert A. Emmons, University of California, Davis Stephen Evans, Baylor University Bruce Hindmarsh, Regent College, Vancouver Marie T. Hoffman, New York University James M. Houston, Regent College, Vancouver Steven J. Sandage, David R. Paine, and Jonathan Morgan, Boston University Siang Yang Tan, School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Brandon J. Griffin, and Caroline R. Lavelock, Virginia Commonwealth University Edited by Thomas M. Crisp, professor of philosophy, Biola University Steve L. Porter, professor of theology, spiritual formation, and philosophy, Talbot School of Theology and Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University Gregg Ten Elshof, professor of philosophy, Biola University Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Author : David Goodman,Mark Freeman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199324804

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Psychology and the Other by David Goodman,Mark Freeman Pdf

"Through constructive critical exchange, Psychology and the Other engages perspectives on the Other from various subdisciplines within psychology and related disciplines. The volume uses the language of the Other as a vehicle for rethinking aspects of psychological processes, especially within the therapeutic context. As a group, the contributors demonstrate that the language of the Other may be more fitting than the egocentric language frequently employed in psychology. They also embrace the challenge to create new theories and practices that are more ethically attuned to the dynamic realities of psychological functioning"--

Author : Frances Gray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135068547

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Jung and Levinas by Frances Gray Pdf

This book brings C.G. Jung into conversation with the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, taking a radical view of post-modernist theory which, the author argues, is relentlessly introverted. Frances Gray presents completely new research which extends analytical psychology into the world of dispute resolution in mediation within a deeply philosophical framework. Arguing that mediation is a therapeutics that entails a psycho-social archaeology which, in turn, requires recognition of the foundational roles of sex/gender, time and narrative in inter-subjective relationships, this book develops Jung’s approach to projection as an ethical process that assumes the presence of a sex/gendered Other. Chapters explore the possibility of a psycho-social archaeology through development of the argument that a radical turn to the fundamentals of our own consciousnesses can open up a landscape on which we begin to fashion the moral courage necessary for the practice of alternative dispute resolution in mediation. This book highlights Jung’s contention that withdrawal of projection is a fundamentally moral endeavour and that although Levinas’ face of the Other can be seen as a way of acknowledging the Otherness of the Other, there are limits to its application in Jungian thinking. This book maintains that the face of the Other is critical to any moral encounter and, above all, brings us to the transformational possibilities of the process of dispute resolution in mediation. Jung and Levinas will appeal to researchers, students and practitioners of analytical psychology, dispute resolution, applied ethics, conflict studies and transformation.

Author : Del Loewenthal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429917424

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Post-existentialism and the Psychological Therapies by Del Loewenthal Pdf

A valuable contribution to the field by a professor of psychotherapy and author and editor of many titles in this area.

Author : Paul Marcus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015078793919

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Being for the Other by Paul Marcus Pdf

Freud wrote that "analysis makes for integration but does not itself make for goodness." Marcus (National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis) introduces the seminal work of French-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas (1906-95), who worked toward an ethically-infused being for the Other psychoanalysis influenced by his Holocaust experience, to English-speaking audiences. The volume includes clinical vignettes relating to the themes of love, suffering, and religion, and a Levinas bibliography.