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What is Personality and Psychopathology : Feminist Reappraisals about?

Met lit.opg. en index This volume, synthesizing over 20 years of feminist thinking, presents critiques of mainstream psychological theories and lays the groundwork for the development of a context-based, feminist psychological theory. Part I of the volume examines the limitations that underlie traditional views of human nature as well as the consequences of not taking into account the effects of contextual and structural forces upon human development. The initial chapters utilize feminist analyses of gender, context, and structure to assess the adequacy of the metaphysic in traditional personality theories' assumptions. Following chapters examine the impact and limits of empiricism as the dominant model of knowledge generation within cognitive-behavioural theories; identify Jung's biases, which are integral to his use of rationalism as an epistemic method; and demonstrate the class and culture biases implicit in personality theories. In essence, the limits and dangers of single-use epistemological approaches are illuminated, and fundamental considerations - "What is reality and by whom is it defined?" - are posed. Part II focuses on traditional views of psychopathology, and provide

Author

Brown, Laura S., 1952- (NL-LeOCL)098760009; Ballou, Mary B., 1949- (NL-LeOCL)072631287

Publisher

New York, N.Y., [etc.]: The Guilford Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780898625004

Updated

2026-03-24