Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of

Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life (Contemporary Contin Philosophy)
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Proposes that philosophy is the proper cure for neurosis.

John Russonâ€™s Human Experience draws on central concepts of contemporary European philosophy to develop a novel analysis of the human psyche. Beginning with a study of the nature of perception, embodiment, and memory, Russon investigates the formation of personality through family and social experience. He focuses on the importance of the feedback we receive from others regarding our fundamental worth as persons, and on the way this interpersonal process embeds meaning into our most basic bodily practices: eating, sleeping, sex, and so on. Russon concludes with an original interpretation of neurosis as the habits of bodily practice developed in family interactions that have become the foundation for developed interpersonal life, and proposes a theory of psychological therapy as the development of philosophical insight that responds to these neurotic compulsions.
Country USA
Brand State University of New York Press
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780791457542
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780791457542
ReleaseDate 2003-08-28

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780791457542
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780791457542
ReleaseDate	2003-08-28

Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life (Contemporary Contin Philosophy)