William James and The Pathologizing of Human Experience  

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Rubin, Jeffrey

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Humanistic Psychology vol. 40 no. 2 (2000), page 176-226.
Topik: human; pathologizing; human experience
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A sizable group of modern writers have been criticizing the prevalent practice of using pathology terms to describe human experiences. The practice of pathologizing was already prevalent more than 100 years ago when william james was a medical student at harvard. Quotes from james's letters, publications and lectures inform us as to how his conceptualization of experiences communly referred to as pathological developed as he matured. By the time james wrote the varieties of religious experience, his dissatisfaction with pathology terminology reached its apex. Referring to it as "simple minded" and "superficial medical talk" james employed three principles that provide an alternative to this kind of language and three principles that neutralize the negative effects that can occur whenever pathology terms are employed by others. These six principles are examined and then applied to james's description of leo tolstoy's profound struggle with melancholy ...

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