Dialogue and Desire: Mikhail Bakhtin and the Linguistic Turn in Psychotherapy
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2008
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 256
- Category :
Individual Psychotherapy - Category 2 :
Culture and Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 25349
- ISBN 13 : 9781855754492
- ISBN 10 : 1855754495
Reviews and Endorsements
'Rachel Pollard's lucid exploration of the landscape of Bakhtinian-inspired psychotherapy opens up a dialogue with theoretical perspectives that enrich our understanding of Bakhtin and also of the role of desire in the practice and politics of psychotherapy.'
- Ian Parker, Professor of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University and Lacanian Psychoanalyst.
'Pollard's impressive reading of Bakhtin offers some novel and useful insights into psychotherapy.'
- Peter Good, Author of 'Language for Those Who Have Nothing: Mikhail Bakhtin and the Landscape of Psychiatry'