| A New Therapy for Politics? Contributor(s): Samuels, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367103583 ISBN-13: 9780367103583 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.94 lbs) 190 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Andrew Samuels has established an international practice as a political consultant, working with senior politicians, political parties and activist groups. His lectures and workshops on the application of 'therapy thinking' to social and political issues attract wide interest. His previous books in this area, such as The Political Psyche and Politics on the Couch, have been widely appreciated. Now, in a long-anticipated tour-de-force that is both compassionate and intellectually stimulating, this book deepens in a new and innovate style his engagement with themes such as economics, ecopsychology, leadership, aggression and violence, the role of the individual in progressive politics, and sexuality and spirituality in political contexts. The reader is encouraged to move beyond conventional professional or academic discourse by the inclusion of experiential exercises in the text. In this way, activism and analysis, public and private, therapeutic and more-than-personal are all brought together in a satisfying yet challenging synthesis. |
Contributor Bio(s): Samuels, Andrew: - Andrew Samuels is recognized internationally as a leading commentator from a psychotherapeutic perspective on political and social problems. His work on the father, sexuality, spirituality, and transference-countertransference has also been widely appreciated. He was co-founder of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility and chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy. He is Professor of Analytical Psychology at Essex University and holds visiting chairs at New York, London, Roehampton, and Macau Universities. His many books have been translated into nineteen languages, including Jung and the Post-Jungians (Routledge, 1985); A Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis (Routledge, 1986); The Father (New York, 1986); The Plural Psyche: Personality, Morality and the Father (Routledge, 1989); Psychopathology (Karnac, 1989); The Political Psyche (Routledge, 1993); Politics on the Couch (Karnac, 2001); Relational Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling: Appraisals and Reappraisals (edited with Del Loewenthal, Routledge, 2014); and Persons, Passions, Psychotherapy, Politics (Routledge, 2014). His lectures and "rants" are on: www.andrewsamuels.com |