Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry: Social Relations, Psychopathology, and Husserl's Philosophy

Book Overview

Exploring phenomenological philosophy as it relates to psychiatry and the social world, this book establishes a common language between psychiatrists, anti-psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers.

Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry is an inter-disciplinary work by phenomenological philosophers, psychiatrists, and psychologists to discover the essence and foundations of social psychiatry. Using the phenomenology of Husserl as a point of departure, the meanings of empathy, interpersonal understanding, we-intentionality, ethics, citizenship and social inclusion are investigated in relation to psychopathology, nosology, and clinical research. This work, drawing upon the rich classical and contemporary phenomenological tradition, touching on a broad range of thinkers such as Deleuze, Levinas, and R.D. Laing, also explicates how phenomenology is a method capable of capturing the human condition and its intricate relation to the social world and mental illness

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350166448
• ISBN13: 9781350166448
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"