Thanks for the 'like', Jessica. I definitely agree that 'self help' is deeply problematic for a number of reasons. The Unpsychology project grew out of this ambivalence, and into an exploration of creative, practical, collective psychologies and philosophies. I/we have deeply influenced by Nora Bateson's warm data and complexity work. She tries to avoid the social conditioned straight-line language of self help, and works with flowing ecologies, emerging vitalities and mutual learning. You make the point that self help lacks contextuality, and that's at the heart of it, I think. Glitches are always contextual (and potentially wild?) - it's what we make of them that is important... Best wishes Steve
Thanks for the 'like', Jessica. I definitely agree that 'self help' is deeply problematic for a number of reasons. The Unpsychology project grew out of this ambivalence, and into an exploration of creative, practical, collective psychologies and philosophies. I/we have deeply influenced by Nora Bateson's warm data and complexity work. She tries to avoid the social conditioned straight-line language of self help, and works with flowing ecologies, emerging vitalities and mutual learning. You make the point that self help lacks contextuality, and that's at the heart of it, I think. Glitches are always contextual (and potentially wild?) - it's what we make of them that is important... Best wishes Steve
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