Therapeutic Action

Therapeutic Action An Earnest Plea for Irony

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Publisher's Synopsis

Writing for clinicians and philosophers, Lear (philosophy, University of Chicago) ponders the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis, wondering what it is about psychoanalytic conversation that triggers psychic change. He argues that irony plays a crucial role in therapeutic action, and investigates concepts of objectivity and subjectivity, internali

Book information

ISBN: 9781590510773
Publisher: Other Press
Imprint: Other Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 150.195
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 246
Weight: 521g
Height: 234mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm