Screen LibraryThe Feeling of Certainty : Psychosocial Perspectives on Identity and Difference /
This book explores the concept of certainty, a term which is widely used in everyday language to designate a psychological experience or feeling but is rarely considered controversial or politically charged. The Feeling of Certainty argues that conversely this most ordinary of feelings plays a key r...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in the Psychosocial
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57717-3 |
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This book explores the concept of certainty, a term which is widely used in everyday language to designate a psychological experience or feeling but is rarely considered controversial or politically charged. The Feeling of Certainty argues that conversely this most ordinary of feelings plays a key role in shaping identity formation, social exclusion, prejudice, and commitment to political causes. The authors question what it means for the subject to feel certainty about her or his relationships to self and others. From where does the feeling of certainty originate, and how does it differ fro |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (X, 159 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783319577173 |
| Index Number: | HM1001 |
| CLC: | B848 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. Introduction: The Feeling of Certainty, Towards a Psychosocial Approach -- 2. The Mentality of Conviction: Feeling Certain and the Search for Truth -- 3. What is Subjectivity and How Can We Study it Empirically? Understanding The Feeling of Certainty through Psychoanalysis and Ethnography -- 4. Haunted by Uncertain Refrains -- 5. Internal Racism: Belief in the Racist Mindset -- 6. Being Racist: The Certainty of a Pathological Organisation of the Personality -- 7. Numinosity and Terror: Jung s Psychological Revision of Otto as an Aid to Engaging Religious Fundamentalism -- 8. Inste |