A Psychogeography of Florence

This book is about a psychologist on the move who engages in a process of questioning about the validity of his field. He starts out as is expected, far from psychology, aiming to walk in from beyond the discipline. From poetry, history, art and human geography What results is a paradigm-level challenge to psychology in troubled times. We require activist, collective, creative responses, and this book delivers.

Offers a unique opportunity to understand Florence as an actor in a time of immanent international crisis Proposes a flat ontology which allows for streets, time periods, personages and concepts to connect in unexpected ways Poses specific questions related to contemporary cultural life, beauty, tradition, and religion

Autorentext

Paul Rhodes has published three books and over 200 hundred research papers in clinical and cultural psychology. His career has spanned many areas over 30 years, including family therapy, anorexia nervosa, pedagogy, community psychology and ecopsychology, cultural psychology, research about place, research using psychogeography and art-based research. He has worked as a pioneer in psychology, breaking the bounds of what is traditionally thought of as research and entering into a post-disciplinary position. His work is typically inter-disciplinary, or post-disciplinary, drawing on cultural and clinical psychology but also a wide range of other disciplines including fine arts, philosophy, climate theory, narratology, ethnography and others.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Positioning Florence/Positioning Theory.- Chapter 2. On Method: Ruptures in the Real World.- Chapter 3. The Romantic-Activist.- Chapter 4. Love's Philosophy.- Chapter 5. Life Goes On.- Chapter 6. Practices of Freedom.