Research Catalog

Title

Dialogue and desire : Mikhail Bakhtin and the linguistic turn in psychotherapy / Rachel Pollard.

Author

Pollard, Rachel.

Publication

London : Karnac, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

Description

xvi, 240 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Mikhail Bakhtin, the Russian philosopher and cultural critic, was one of the pioneers of the "linguistic turn" in philosophy and is now widely associated with the concept of the dialogical self and dialogical psychotherapy." "However, whilst dialogism is the concept for which Bakhtin is most well known in psychotherapy, it is, in isolation, open to a wide range of interpretations that can be claimed by diverse and conflicting ideological positions." "The radical contribution that a more inclusive reading of Bakhtin could bring to psychotherapy only becomes apparent when dialogism is understood in the context of Bakhtin's philosophy as a whole, and when Bakhtin, himself, is brought into a dialogical relationship with other thinkers. By bringing Bakhtin into dialogue with the controversial French anthropologist, Rene Girard, the centrality of desire in language and human social life is woven into the concept of the dialogical self and the practice of dialogical psychotherapy." "This book will be of keen interest to students interested in the contemporary relevance of Bakhtin's thinking as well as psychotherapists concerned with the complex relationship between language, consciousness and the art of psychotherapy."--Jacket.

Series Statement

UKCP Karnac series

Uniform Title

UKCP Karnac series.

Subject

• Bakhtin, M. 1895-1975 > Criticism and interpretation
• Bakhtin, M. M. 1895-1975 > Criticism and interpretation
• Psychotherapy and literature
• Dialogism (Literary analysis)
• Literature > Philosophy

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Who was Mikhail Bakhtin? -- Bakhtin, dialogism, and European philosophy -- Bakhtin, the dialogical self and dialogical psychotherapy -- Some limitations of dialogism as a model for psychotherapy -- Interdividual psychology and the dialogical self -- Towards a further integration of interdividual psychology and dialogical consciousness via developmental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and linguistics -- Bakhtin's ethics and psychotherapy -- Towards a Bakhtinian practice of psychotherapy.

ISBN

• 9781855754492 (pbk.)
• 1855754495 (pbk.)

OCLC

244652427

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library