The 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 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 from modes of thought that are open to scepticism about…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Hinshelwood, R. D. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-319-57716-6
- EAN: 9783319577166
- Produktnummer: 22705208
- Verlag: Springer Nature EN
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 194 S.
- Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm 400 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2017
- Gewicht: 400
- Sonstiges: Research
Über den Autor
Nikolay Mintchev is a research associate at the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London, UK and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK, where he was previously a lecturer. He specialises in ethnic diversity, social transformation and psychosocial approaches to identity and difference.R. D. Hinshelwood is a professor in the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, and previously Clinical Director at The Cassel Hospital, London, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He authored A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought (1989) and other books and articles on Kleinian psychoanalysis. He has an interest in how psychoanalysis may contribute to social and political science.
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