This book argues that narrative practice does not have a coherent formulation of personhood in the way one finds in other fields, such as psychoanalysis and cognitive-behavioural therapy. It examines the post-structural principles that underpin narrative practice, which make available powerful conceptual tools for theorizing the person.

Autorentext

Michael Guilfoyle is a Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor in Psychology at Rhodes University, South Africa. He has worked as a therapist for over 20 years, and has published in several international theoretical and therapeutic journals in the areas of narrative practice and post-structural thought.

Zusammenfassung
This book argues that narrative practice does not have a coherent formulation of personhood in the way one finds in other fields, such as psychoanalysis and cognitive-behavioural therapy. It examines the post-structural principles that underpin narrative practice, which make available powerful conceptual tools for theorizing the person.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. The Problem: Constitution versus Agency 2. Power/Knowledge: The Social 3. The Constituted Subject 4. A Constitutionalist Account of Resistance 5. Embodied Resistance 6. Narrative Empathy and the Resisting Figure 7. From the Resisting Figure to the Ethical Subject   ?