Re-Envisioning Psychology: Moral Dimensions of Theory and Practice

Acknowledgments

Introduction 1

Part 1 Ethical Underpinnings of Modern Psychotherapy

1 Dilemmas of Modern Culture 25

2 Freedom and Commitment in Modern Psychotherapy 53

3 Individualism, Family Ideology, and Family Therapy 73

4 The Challenge of Psychotherapy Integration 91

5 Existential Psychotherapy: A Reassessment 114

Part 2 Beyond Scientism and Constructionism

6 Cognitive Theory of Aggression: A Case Study 141

7 Individualism, Marital Research, and the Good Marriage 156

8 Clashing Views of Social Inquiry 173

9 What Is Hermeneutics? 199

Part 3 Toward an Interpretive Psychology

10 Rethinking Psychotherapy 239

11 Social Theory as Practice 277

References 307

About the Authors 325

Name Index 327

Subject Index 333