The Priority of the Other: Thinking and Living Beyond the Self

by Mark Freeman and Mark Freeman

Contemporary psychology - as well as our own self-understanding - remains largely ego-centric in focus, with the self being seen as the primary source of meaning and value. According to Mark Freeman, this perspective is belied by much of our experience. Working from this basic premise, he proposes that we adopt a more "ex-centric" perspective, one that affirms the priority of the Other in shaping human experience. In doing so, he offers nothing less...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199759308
• ISBN13: 9780199759309
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"