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Expanding the Category Human Patrick M. Whitehead

Expanding the Category Human By Patrick M. Whitehead

Expanding the Category Human by Patrick M. Whitehead

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In Expanding the Category Human: Nonhumanism, Posthumanism, and Humanistic Psychology Patrick Whitehead argues that humanistic psychology must continue its sixty-year-old project of openness of inquiry and acceptance of human beings in order to stay relevant in this ever changing world.

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Expanding the Category Human: Nonhumanism, Posthumanism, and Humanistic Psychology by Patrick M. Whitehead

The climate within the discipline of psychology has changed considerably since the middle of the twentieth century. More specifically, what it means to be a human has changed. In Expanding the Category Human: Nonhumanism, Posthumanism, and Humanistic Psychology, Patrick M. Whitehead argues that the metaphysical problems that psychologists faced sixty years ago are not the same ones they face today. Humanistic psychologists could once choose to protect the integrity of human beings as well as to engage in open inquiry and accept all human beings, but Whitehead contends that a choice between the two must now be made. This book is recommended for scholars and practitioners of psychology and philosophy.

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Dr. Whitehead's contribution with this book is vital and timely in a day and age where the propensity is to establish false dichotomies. Psychology, at large, typically does not display a strong appetite for deep theoretical and critical reflection on its own subject matter, methodologies, or epistemic stances. Any form of critical analysis often ends abruptly, eschewing any substantive attempt at further synthesis. Psychology, in its current form, is a house divided against itself. Nonetheless, these divisions are often arbitrary, myopic, and harmful to the craft. Unifying these theoretical divisions takes, beyond a skilled intellect, a sense of humility and candor from visionary psychologist. I consider myself lucky to observe the progression of Dr. Whitehead's views on these ideas. Psychologists and students of the discipline will benefit from navigating the progression of these ideas, as well. -- Gary Senecal, College of the Holly Cross
In this provocative book, Patrick Whitehead argues persuasively for a path beyond traditional dichotomies that have plagued humanistic psychology for decades, one that will potentially establish a successor field, that of post-humanistic psychology. -- John L. Roberts, University of West Georgia

About Patrick M. Whitehead

Patrick M. Whitehead is assistant professor of psychology at Albany State University.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Cult of Humanism in Psychology Chapter 2: Problem One: Nature's Divisions Chapter 3: The Importance of Resolving this Division for Humanistic Ecopsychology Chapter 4: Problem Two: Rejecting Non-Subjective forms of Inquiry Chapter 5: Subjectivity as a Nonhuman Attribute: All Nature as Flesh Chapter 6: Problem Three: Rejecting Posthuman Possibilities Chapter 7: Recognizing how Technology has Shaped Human Being: Towards a Post-Humanisitc Psychology Chapter 8: The Radical Edge: Object-Oriented Psychology or, the Psychology of Things References About the Author

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NLS9781498559379
9781498559379
1498559379
Expanding the Category Human: Nonhumanism, Posthumanism, and Humanistic Psychology by Patrick M. Whitehead
Patrick M. Whitehead
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Lexington Books
2019-10-29
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