Screen LibraryTowards a pre-modern psychiatry
The author applies modified versions of pre-modern philosophy (including Aristotle and Aquinas) to psychiatry, arguing that the work of the Aristotelian philosopher, Christian and former Marxist, Alasdair MacIntyre is ideally placed to bring about a transformation of psychiatry from its current capt...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137286215 |
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The author applies modified versions of pre-modern philosophy (including Aristotle and Aquinas) to psychiatry, arguing that the work of the Aristotelian philosopher, Christian and former Marxist, Alasdair MacIntyre is ideally placed to bring about a transformation of psychiatry from its current captivity to the modern scientific technical paradigm. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137286208, 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | 240 p. : 1 figures. |
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9781137286208 9781137286215 1137286210 |
| CLC: | B089 |
| Contents: | Contents List of Abbreviations in References List of Illustrations Declaration Acknowledgements 1. An Outline of the Problem 2. Why Macintyre's Philosophy Can Address This Situation 3. The Contemporary Aristotelian Museum as a Way of 'Re-Seeing' Knowledge 4. How 'The Many' Can Be Authoritative. 'The Many' Start to Contribute to the Practice 5. Macintyre'S Original Model Adjusted to Take Account of Patiency and Dissent 6. Psychiatric Medicine: Performing Tradition-Constituted Enquiry on the Tradition of the Psychiatrists 7. Collective Advocacy: The Mentally Ill Start to Contribute to a Practice 8. Using Irigaray's Philosophy to Overcome the Technical Paradigm in Psychotherapy 9. Psychiatry as a Nurturing Practice 10. Conclusions Bibliography Index. |