Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Developing a Progressive Vision for Society

We live in troubled times: COVID-19, police racism and climate change are just some of the challenges we are currently facing. Never has there been such a need for a new politic - nor such an opportunity for one. To create a world in which people thrive, we need to know what thriving is. Over the pa...

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Main Author: Cooper, Mick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol Policy Press [2023]
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Summary:We live in troubled times: COVID-19, police racism and climate change are just some of the challenges we are currently facing. Never has there been such a need for a new politic - nor such an opportunity for one. To create a world in which people thrive, we need to know what thriving is. Over the past century, psychotherapy - and its parent discipline, psychology - has built up a rich, vibrant and highly practical understanding of human wellbeing and distress. This book shows why we need, and can create, a progressive politics that is profoundly informed by insights from the psychotherapeutic and psychological domain, moving us from a politics of blame to a politics of understanding. In this vision of the world - surrounded by a culture of radical acceptance - all individuals can live fulfilling lives. We need progressive political forces to develop greater understandings of psychological needs and processes; and to work with others in a spirit of collaboration, dialogue and respect
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (200 pages)
ISBN:9781447361053
DOI:10.56687/9781447361053

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