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A Phenomenology of the Alien: Encounters with the Weird and Inscrutable Other (Psychology and the Other) - Softcover

 
9781032856278: A Phenomenology of the Alien: Encounters with the Weird and Inscrutable Other (Psychology and the Other)
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ISBN 10: 1032856270 ISBN 13: 9781032856278
Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

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, sublime, uncanny, abject and Miéville’s abcanny. This collection provides phenomenologies of encounters with the inscrutably alien from lights in the sky, dark corners of Weird fictional landscapes, architecture, technology, or the clinical symptom. The chapters examine fictional and nonfictional encounters with what exceeds the capacity to “make sense,” taking a new approach to the topic of alterity and inviting the reader to examine how these encounters reflect our contemporary condition culturally, individually, clinically, theologically and philosophically.

Bridging cultural, psychoanalytic, literary, clinical, media, and religious studies, the novel approaches in this volume will be of interest to students and scholars alike.

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About the Author

Aaron B. Daniels, PhD, is an associate teaching professor, mindfulness fellow, and leader of the Psychological Humanities Research Group at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032856270
ISBN 13 
9781032856278
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
170
Editor
Daniels Aaron B.