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Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of psychology
Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
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| author | De Wet, Daniel Rudolph |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2741 Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of psychology De Wet, Daniel Rudolph De Vos, H. M. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. Levinas, Emmanuel -- Criticism and interpretation Psychological ethics Psychotherapy Psychology -- Philosophy Other (Philosophy) Psychology -- Moral and ethical aspects Psychotherapy -- Moral and ethical aspects Dissertations -- Psychology Theses -- Psychology Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. Psychology as a human science is rendered desperate by the human vacuum in its own contents. This paper argues that by adopting the methods and techniques of the natural sciences, psychology and psychotherapy not only transform the patient or client into an a-historical and a-social entity, but also propose an utopian view of reality and lose the inherent moral character of the psychotherapeutic endeavour. It seems as if the Post-Modern theoretical and psychotherapeutic alternatives do not offer a solution that solves the above mentioned problems. This paper aims to introduce the work of the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, as a stimulus providing a different starting point in the search for solutions to the mentioned problems. Such an approach seeks to understand the radically ethical character of the therapeutic meeting by recognising the fundamental responsibility of the therapist, not to “totalise” (that is to reduce) otherness (the not me) into sameness (the for me) by assigning differences into pre-established characteristics, properties and categories. Only by recognising the otherness of the client in the “face-to-face meeting” and reacting to the call of the other can psychotherapy be ethical and render justice to historical and social situatedness of the other facing us in therapy. Some of the implications that the ethical challenge of Levinas holds for psychology will be explored. This includes the implications for the therapeutic meeting, psychological ethics, and the possibility of a “Levinasanian psychology”. Masters 2006-09-27T10:56:56Z 2010-06-01T08:57:10Z 2006-09-27T10:56:56Z 2010-06-01T08:57:10Z 2005-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2741 en University of Stellenbosch 456468 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Levinas, Emmanuel -- Criticism and interpretation Psychological ethics Psychotherapy Psychology -- Philosophy Other (Philosophy) Psychology -- Moral and ethical aspects Psychotherapy -- Moral and ethical aspects Dissertations -- Psychology Theses -- Psychology De Wet, Daniel Rudolph Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of psychology |
| title | Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of psychology |
| title_full | Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of psychology |
| title_fullStr | Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of psychology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of psychology |
| title_short | Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of psychology |
| title_sort | emmanuel levinas and the practice of psychology |
| topic | Levinas, Emmanuel -- Criticism and interpretation Psychological ethics Psychotherapy Psychology -- Philosophy Other (Philosophy) Psychology -- Moral and ethical aspects Psychotherapy -- Moral and ethical aspects Dissertations -- Psychology Theses -- Psychology |
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