{"product_id":"re-envisioning-psychology-isbn-9780470447635","title":"Re-Envisioning Psychology","description":"In the twentieth century, the practice of psychology has usually been based on a scientific or objective theory of human behavior. Today, an influential countermovement, often called social constructionism, argues that there is no basis for our beliefs or values beyond the swirl of meanings and practices in a particular community or era. \u003ci\u003eRe-envisioning Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e examines the increasing dissatisfaction with both scientific and social constructionist viewpoints and presents a sweeping new vision of theory and practice in psychology. \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRe-envisioning Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e is a breath of fresh air, a clear and resounding voice that provides an intellectual and moral direction that, if heeded and built upon, could lead psychology out of the confusion and political collusion in which it is currently mired. Richardson, Fowers, and Guignon have imaginatively applied interpretive and dialogic concepts to the most troubling aspects of theory and practice. If psychology is going to be saved from its own worst tAndencies, this book will be an indispensable element in its turning.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePhilip Cushman\u003c\/b\u003e, associate professor, California School of Professional Psychology and author of \u003ci\u003eConstructing the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural History of Psychotherapy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Ethical Underpinnings of Modern Psychotherapy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Dilemmas of Modern Culture 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Freedom and Commitment in Modern Psychotherapy 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Individualism, Family Ideology, and Family Therapy 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Challenge of Psychotherapy Integration 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Existential Psychotherapy: A Reassessment 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Beyond Scientism and Constructionism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Cognitive Theory of Aggression: A Case Study 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Individualism, Marital Research, and the Good Marriage 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Clashing Views of Social Inquiry 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 What Is Hermeneutics? 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Toward an Interpretive Psychology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Rethinking Psychotherapy 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Social Theory as Practice 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFRANK C. RICHARDSON\u003c\/b\u003e is professor, Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBLAINE J. FOWERS\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies at the University of Miami.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLES B. GUIGNON\u003c\/b\u003e is professor, Department of Philosophy at the University of Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful new view of psychology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRe-envisioning Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e offers a provocative examination of contemporary psychology and its role in society and presents a bold new philosophical perspective from which clinicians and researchers can re-imagine their work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eRe-envisioning Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e is a breath of fresh air, a clear and resounding voice that provides an intellectual and moral direction that, if heeded and built upon, could lead psychology out of the confusion and political collusion in which it is currently mired. Richardson, Fowers, and Guignon have imaginatively applied interpretive and dialogic concepts to the most troubling aspects of theory and practice. If psychology is going to be saved from its own worst tendencies, this book will be an indispensable element in its turning.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e—PHILIP CUSHMAN,\u003c\/b\u003e associate professor, California School of Professional Psychology, and author of \u003ci\u003eConstructing the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural History of Psychotherapy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Richardson, Fowers, and Guignon bring together a valuable integrated examination of psychology’s entanglements with twentieth century ideologies. The book provides a cogent argument for the importance of social theory in the understanding of the cultural and moral underpinnings of modern psychology and psychological practice. A commendable ethical imperative drives the authors’ ideas and provides a model for others.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e—RACHEL T. HARE-MUSTIN,\u003c\/b\u003e diplomate in clinical psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, and coauthor, \u003ci\u003eMaking a Difference: Psychology and the Construction of Gender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book is a frank and insightful assessment of the unacknowledged culture and moral values that pervade modern psychotherapy practice and theory. This book not only diagnoses the problem but offers us an ‘interpretive psychology’ as a thought-provoking treatment.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e—BRENT D. SLIFE,\u003c\/b\u003e professor of psychology, Brigham Young University, and author, \u003ci\u003eWhat???s Behind the Research? 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