The Political Self
Understanding the Social Context for Mental Illness
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Mental Health
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780429921766 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | March 29, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780429921766 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | March 29, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book explores how our social and economic contexts profoundly affect our mental health and wellbeing, and how modern neuroscientific and psychodynamic research can both contribute to and enrich our understanding of these wider discussions. It therefore looks both inside and outside - indeed one of the main themes of The Political Self is that the conceptually discrete categories of 'inner' and 'outer' in reality constantly interact, shape, and inform each other. Severing these two worlds, it suggests, has led both to a devitalised and dissociated form of politics, and to a disengaged and disempowering form of therapy and analysis.
This book explores how our social and economic contexts profoundly affect our mental health and wellbeing, and how modern neuroscientific and psychodynamic research can both contribute to and enrich our understanding of these wider discussions. It therefore looks both inside and outside - indeed one of the main themes of The Political Self is that the conceptually discrete categories of 'inner' and 'outer' in reality constantly interact, shape, and inform each other. Severing these two worlds, it suggests, has led both to a devitalised and dissociated form of politics, and to a disengaged and disempowering form of therapy and analysis.
