Bringing together leading international and interdisciplinary
scholars, this ground-breaking volume examines the theory and practice
of philosophical health in contemporary contexts of care broadly
understood, care for the self, care for the other, and care for the
world. But what do we mean by philosophical health? Whilst this book
does not seek to provide a normative definition, as it explores
disparate perspectives and encourages pluralism in philosophical ways
of life, one may envision philosophical health as a state of creative
coherence between a person's or a group's way of thinking and their
way of acting, such that the possibilities for a good life are
increased, and the needs for flourishing satisfied. An idea central to
philosophical health is the concept of 'possibility'. Without a sense
of self-possibility and openness to the future, health loses meaning,
and conversely, pathologies are defined by various kinds of
impossibilities. As such, philosophical health reconsiders care as a
process of cultivating or pruning the compossible in embodied,
psychological, and social terms, of allowing things to re-generate, or
in some cases to vanish. Drawing on the history of philosophy,
phenomenology, new materialism, post-colonialism but also a wide range
of contemporary approaches to philosophical practice, Philosophical
Health sheds light on the understudied philosophical dimension of care
and the healing dimension of philosophizing. Advocating philosophy as
a lived practice, it uncovers the increasing relevance of
philosophical health to contemporary debates on well-being,
well-belonging, counselling, and development.
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Thinking as a Way of Healing
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350353060
Publisert
2023
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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