Labyrinths of the Mind: The Self in the Postmodern Age

Applies postmodern theory to the working assumptions and consequent practices of therapy in various disciplines, from clinical psychology to schooling.
Labyrinths of the Mind critically engages and creatively transforms the patterns of postmodern culture. It envisions strategies of self-discovery emerging in our era as a labyrinth, whose design evolves as we explore it. Nietzsche serves as our guide throughout the book as we wander the shopping mall, travel on an odyssey with Franz Kafka, critically explore the disorders of psychiatry and psychotherapy, attend a Nine Inch Nails concert during the Gulf War, wake on a medical examination table, and contemplate ourselves in the mirror of the biosphere.

About the author

Daniel R. White is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of Postmodern Ecology: Communication, Evolution, and Play, also published by SUNY Press. Gert Hellerich is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bremen, Germany. He has published two books in Germany on social and postmodern issues.

Product details

• Authors: Gert Hellerich, Daniel R. White
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1998
• EAN: 9780791437872
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-3787-2
• No. of pages: 221
• Weight: 481 g
• Series: Suny Series, Postmodern Cultur; Suny Series, Postmodern Cultur; Suny Postmodern Culture
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works