Before Forgiving

Cautionary Views of Forgiveness in Psychotherapy
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-514520-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 628 g

For psychologists and psychotherapists, the notion of forgiveness has been enjoying a substantial vogue. For their patients, it holds the promise of "moving on" and healing emotional wounds. The forgiveness of others - and of one's self - would seem to offer the kind of peace that psychotherapy alone has never been able to provide. In this volume, psychologist Sharon Lamb and philosopher Jeffrie Murphy argue that forgiveness has been accepted as a therapeutic strategy without serious, critical examination. They intend this volume to be a closer, critical look at some of these questions: why is forgiveness so popular now? What exactly does it entail? When might it be appropriate for a therapist not to advise forgiveness? When is forgiveness in fact harmful?

Lamb and Murphy have collected many previously-unpublished chapters by both philosophers and psychologists that examine what is at stake for those who are injured, those who injure them, and society in general when such a practice becomes commonplace. Some chapters offer cautionary tales about forgiveness therapy, while others paint complex portraits of the social, cultural, and philosophical factors that come into play with forgiveness. The value of this volume lies not only in its presentation of a nuanced view of this therapeutic trend, but also as a general critique of psychotherapy, and as a valuable testimony of the theoretical and practical possibilities in an interdisciplinary collaboration between philosophy and clinical psychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lamb, Sharon

Murphy, Jeffrie G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Introduction

- Part One: When Forgiving Doesn't Make Sense

- 1: Jerome Neu, UC Santa Cruz: To Understand All is to Forgive All - or is it?

- Part Two: Forgiveness in the Therapy Hour

- 2: Jeffrie G. Murphy, Arizona State University: Forgiveness in Counselling: A Philosophical Perspective

- 3: Varda Konstam: What Mental Health Counsellors Think About Forgiveness

- 4: Novin Richards, University of Alabama: Forgiveness as Therapy

- 5: Mona Affinito, Southern Connecticut State University: Forgiveness as Counselling: Context, Definition and Caution

- 6: Margaret Homgren, Iowa State University: Forgiveness and Self-Forgiveness in Psychotherapeutic Practice

- 7: Bill Puka, Rensselaer Institute: Forgoing Forgiveness

- Part Three: Culture and Context in Forgiveness

- 8: Janice Haaken, Portland State University: Women, Victims, and Forgiveness: Psychoanalytic and Cultural Perpectives on Forgiveness

- 10: Joshua M. Thomas, Dartmouth College, Andrew C. Garrod, Darmouth College: Forgiveness After Genocide? Perspectives from Bosnian Youth

- Part Four: Perpetrators Asking for Forgiveness

- 11: Norman Care, Oberlin College: Forgiveness and Effective Agency

- 12: Janet Landman, Babson College: Forgiveness Through the Eyes of the Perpetrator: A Narrative Analysis

Über Autor(innen)

Sharon Lamb is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at St. Michael's College. She has been interested in moral issues as well as abuse and victimization and has tried to combine these interests in her work. Her first book, co-edited with Jerome Kagan, was The Emergence of Morality in Young Children. Her second book, The Trouble with Blame: Victims, Perpetrators, and Responsibility was her first attempt to combine these two interests. Her recent book, New Versions of Victims: Feminists Struggle with the Concept is a cultural critique of the idea of the victim in the historical present, and forthcoming is The Secret Lives of Girls: Sex, Aggression, and Guilt Jeffrie Murphy is Regents Professor of Law and Philosophy at Arizona State University.