Main description:

This book is an exploration of the relationship between the Russian philosopher, Mikhail Bakhtin, and contemporary dialogical psychotherapy, describing the psychoanalytic and linguistic conception of the dialogical self.

Contents:

About the Author -- Introduction -- Who was Mikhail Bakhtin? -- Bakhtin, Dialogism, and European Philosophy -- Bakhtin, the Dialogical Self and Dialogical Psychotherapy -- Some Limitations of Dialogism as a Model for Psychotherapy -- Interdividual Psychology and the Dialogical Self -- Towards a Further Integration of Interdividual Psychology and Dialogical Consciousness via Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Linguistics -- Bakhtin's Ethics and Psychotherapy -- Towards a Bakhtinian Practice of Psychotherapy