Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community

by Kenneth J. Gergen

Book Overview

This book builds on two current developments in psychology scholarship and practice. The first centers on broad discontent with the individualist tradition in which the rational agent, or autonomous self, is considered the fundamental atom of social life. Critique of individualism spring not only from psychologists working in the academy, but also from communities of therapy and counseling. The second, and related development from which this work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019984626X
• ISBN13: 9780199846269
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"