1st Edition

The World within the Group Developing Theory for Group Analysis

By Martin Weegmann Copyright 2014
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

The World within the Group is an original and ambitious endeavour to connect group analysis to philosophy, history, and modern social theory. The book argues that group analysis needs theoretical renewal to remain relevant, and that philosophy is a valuable resource for such thinking. In particular, the work of three philosophers is examined: Nietzsche, Dewey, and Gadamer, each being associated... Read more
New International Library of Group Analysis Foreword , Preface , Introduction , Working intersubjectively: theory and therapy , Personal horizons, unformulated experience, and group analysis , Perspectivism, pragmatism, group analysis , The articulated space of social unconsciousness , Reforming subjectivity: personal, familial, and group implications of English reformation , An exclusionary matrix: degenerates, addicts, homosexuals , A modern monster? The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , “And thereby hangs a tale”: narrative dimensions of human life , Group analysis in contemporary society , Postscript , Glossary

Biography

Martin Weegmann