Difference and Multiplicity - Adventures in Philosophy and Psychotherapy

Psychological and psychotherapeutic orientations often neglect the notion that the individual is not one unit, but rather a coalition of affects.This book explores and embraces this multiplicity within the human psyche and challenges the reader to explore and celebrate difference within society.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Perversifications 2. On Transindividuation 3. The Everyday Uncanny 4. No Hope, No Fear 5. A Phenomenology of Difference 6. On Ascetic Sadism 7. In Praise of Pandemonium 8. On Necroliberalism 9. Dreaming of God's Felt Sense 10. Legitimate Strangeness 11. Against Integration 12. The Unbearable Nearness of Utopia 13. Bringing the Plague 14. Someone Else, Someone Good 15. Wayward Angel

About the author

Manu Bazzano, PhD is a writer, psychotherapist, Zen priest and Butoh dancer. He is a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University, Goldsmiths College London, and founder of Affect Therapy.

Product details

• Authors: Manu Bazzano, Bazzano Manu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 20.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032867625
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286762-5
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Psychotherapy, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services