Psychology and the Other
About the Book Series
The Psychology and the Other Book Series highlights creative work at the intersections between psychology and the vast array of disciplines relevant to the human psyche. The interdisciplinary focus of this book series brings psychology, then, into conversation with continental philosophy, psychoanalysis, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, and social/critical theory. The cross-fertilization of theory and practice, encompassing such a range of perspectives, encourages the exploration of alternative paradigms and newly articulated vocabularies that speak to human identity, freedom, and suffering. Thus, we are encouraged to reimagine our encounters with difference, our notions of the "other," and what constitutes therapeutic modalities. The study and practices of mental health practitioners, psychoanalysts, and scholars in the humanities will be sharpened, enhanced, and illuminated by these vibrant conversations, representing pluralistic methods of inquiry, including those typically identified as psychoanalytic, humanistic, qualitative, phenomenological, or existential.
Aesthetic Ethics: Towards A Moral Imagination
1st Edition
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By M. Mookie C. Manalili, David M. Goodman, Diana Boros
February 25, 2026
Aesthetic Ethics: Towards A Moral Imagination seeks to challenge and expand the boundaries of how we conceive ethics and morality, proposing that beauty, sublimity and emotional resonances found in the realm of the arts are essential for re-imagining a more just and compassionate world. This volume...
A Phenomenology of the Alien: Encounters with the Weird and Inscrutable Other
1st Edition
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By Aaron B. Daniels
May 27, 2025
A Phenomenology of the Alien: Encounters with the Weird and Inscrutable Other considers both literal and figurative experiences of the alien from a psychological, psychoanalytic and philosophical perspective. Throughout the book, the authors wrestle with the unexplained, ineffable, unspeakable, ...
Hosting Earth: Facing the Climate Emergency
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By Richard Kearney, Peter Klapes, Urwa Hameed
September 26, 2024
Hosting Earth is a timely and much-needed volume in the emerging literature of environmental philosophy, drawing upon art, science, and politics to explore alternatives to the traditional domination of nature by humans. Featuring a dialogue with Mary Robinson (former UN High Commissioner for Human ...
Meaningless Suffering: Traumatic Marginalisation and Ethical Responsibility
1st Edition
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By David Goodman, M. Mookie C. Manalili
March 25, 2024
Does suffering have meaning? The leading scholars and practitioners in Meaningless Suffering engage with this haunting human question through the lenses of psychoanalytic, phenomenological and ethical discourse, all the while holding contemporary social concerns in full view. The authors seek...
The Psychosis of Race: A Lacanian Approach to Racism and Racialization
1st Edition
By Jack Black
December 01, 2023
The Psychosis of Race offers a unique and detailed account of the psychoanalytic significance of race, and the ongoing impact of racism in contemporary society. Moving beyond the well-trodden assertion that race is a social construction, and working against demands that simply call for more ...
Levinas for Psychologists
1st Edition
By Leswin Laubscher
November 03, 2023
Levinas for Psychologists provides a rigorous, yet accessible, examination of Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy and its implications for psychology and the human and social sciences. Comprehensive in scope, this book traces Levinas’s thought across the arc of his oeuvre, from the earliest works to the...
The Psychology and Philosophy of Eugene Gendlin: Making Sense of Contemporary Experience
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By Eric R. Severson, Kevin C. Krycka
April 28, 2023
This book brings together a collection of essays written by scholars inspired by Eugene Gendlin’s work, particularly those interested in thinking with and beyond Gendlin for the sake of a global community facing significant crises. The contributors take inspiration from Gendlin’s philosophy of the...
Anacarnation and Returning to the Lived Body with Richard Kearney
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By Brian Treanor, James L. Taylor
October 26, 2022
This edited collection responds to Richard Kearney’s recent work on touch, excarnation, and embodiment, as well as his broader work in carnal hermeneutics, which sets the stage for his return to and retrieval of the senses of the lived body. Here, fourteen scholars engage the breadth and depth of ...
Neoliberalism, Ethics and the Social Responsibility of Psychology: Dialogues at the Edge
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By Heather Macdonald, Sara Carabbio-Thopsey, David M. Goodman
July 05, 2022
This volume encompasses deeply critical dialogues that question how the field of psychology exists within and is shaped by the current neoliberal political context. Spanning from psychoanalysis to post-colonial theory, these far-reaching discussions consider how a greater ethical responsiveness to ...
misReading Plato: Continental and Psychoanalytic Glimpses Beyond the Mask
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By Matthew Clemente, Bryan Cocchiara, William Hendel
June 21, 2022
This book reorients the scholarship on Plato by returning readers to his most fundamental insights and reflections on the nature of the human psyche and the human condition. By approaching the dialogue anew, as if for the first time, the book creates new intellectual pathways by opening the ...
Self and Other in an Age of Uncertain Meaning: Communication and the Marriage of Minds
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By Timothy Stephen
November 26, 2021
Self and Other in an Age of Uncertain Meaning explores the nature and origins of widespread problems of self in modern societies. It examines the paradoxical interplay between the modern world's many benefits and freedoms, and its mounting social challenges and psycho-emotional impacts. Over time ...
Fanon, Phenomenology, and Psychology
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By Leswin Laubscher, Derek Hook, Miraj U. Desai
November 10, 2021
Fanon, Phenomenology, and Psychology is the first edited collection dedicated to exploring the explicitly phenomenological foundations underlying Frantz Fanon’s most important insights. Featuring contributions from many of the world’s leading scholars on Fanon, this volume foregrounds a series of ...