Patrick M. Whitehead

Expanding the Category "Human"

Nonhumanism, Posthumanism, and Humanistic Psychology

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Produktbeschreibung

In Expanding the Category "Human": Nonhumanism, Posthumanism, and Humanistic Psychology Patrick Whitehead argues that humanistic psychology must continue its sixty-year-old project of openness of inquiry and acceptance of human beings in order to stay relevant in this ever changing world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 273g
• ISBN-13: 9781498559379
• ISBN-10: 1498559379
• Artikelnr.: 57582328

Autorenporträt

Patrick M. Whitehead is assistant professor of psychology at Albany State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Cult of Humanism in Psychology Chapter
2: Problem One: Nature's Divisions Chapter 3: The Importance of Resolving
this Division for Humanistic Ecopsychology Chapter 4: Problem Two:
Rejecting Non-Subjective forms of Inquiry Chapter 5: Subjectivity as a
Nonhuman Attribute: All Nature as Flesh Chapter 6: Problem Three: Rejecting
Posthuman Possibilities Chapter 7: Recognizing how Technology has Shaped
Human Being: Towards a Post-Humanisitc Psychology Chapter 8: The Radical
Edge: Object-Oriented Psychology or, the Psychology of Things References
About the Author