Introduction. Thinking and Being Otherwise
Chapter One. From Self to Other
Chapter Two. Oblivion and Attention
Chapter Three. For the Other
Chapter Four. Beyond the Human
Chapter Five. The Possibility of Transcendence
Chapter Six. Living Ex-Centrically
References
Mark Freeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology
at the College of the Holy Cross, where he also serves as
Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society. He is the author of
Rewriting the Self: History, Memory, Narrative (Routledge, 1993);
Finding the Muse: A Sociopsychological Inquiry into the Conditions
of Artistic Creativity (Cambridge, 1994); Hindsight: The Promise
and Peril of Looking Backward (Oxford, 2010); and
numerous articles on issues ranging from memory and identity to the
psychology of art and religion. Winner of the 2010 Theodore R.
Sarbin Award in the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical
Psychology, he is also a Fellow in
the American Psychological Association and serves as editor for the
Oxford University Press series "Explorations in Narrative
Psychology."
"Mark Freeman has a great triumph on his hands. His book addresses,
in a stunningly clear and accessible fashion, perhaps the central
problem of our day-the priority Western culture has given to the
self. To his everlasting credit, he doesn't just describe this
problem; he presents a profound and incredibly intriguing
alternative that allows disciplines such as psychology to expand
beyond their self-oriented ways and truly incorporate the priority
of the
other." --Brent D. Slife, Clinical Psychologist; Professor of
Psychology, Brigham Young University
"This book matters. Mark Freeman, phenomenologist and psychologist,
sounds a prophetic call on behalf of others, human and beyond, from
wherever they may summon us. In dialogue with (Martin) Buber,
(Simone) Weil, (Iris) Murdoch, and (Emmanuel) Lévinas, he refuses
to choose between self-realization and devotion to the Other, but
insists that living the priority of the other makes each of us more
ourselves. This important work teaches us how to extricate
ourselves from self-absorption and truly to attend." --Donna
Orange, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology, New York
University Post-Doctoral Program in Psychotherapy and
Psychoanalysis
"In this eloquent and richly laminated work, Mark Freeman invites
us to explore a new and exciting approach to psychology. It is an
outlook that asks us to acknowledge - and indeed privilege - the
existence of others in our lives. In countering the longstanding
egocentric tradition in psychology, Freeman illuminates ideas and
actions that prioritize the other, including both persons and
environment. His challenge involves nothing less than bringing
ethics and
spirituality into the forefront of our inquiry. This is indeed a
daring work, captivating, and profound in potential." --Ken Gergen,
Senior Research Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College
"Lucidly written with an impressive and diverse bibliography, Mark
Freeman's The Priority of the Other creates an important
intersection between those inside and outside the field of
psychology by gently moving psychology from its focus as an
egocentric discipline to one that will prioritize the other. By
drawing on the work of thinkers as diverse as Hannah Arendt, Paul
Ricoeur, Elaine Scarry, Rudolf Otto, William James, and Emmanuel
Levinas, among
many others, Freeman's book will have wide disciplinary appeal but
it will appeal especially to those who are interested in bridging
the academic gap between theory and practice and who are generally
concerned
with the question, How should we live our lives?" --Claire Katz,
Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies, Texas
A&M University
"Mark Freeman sets a frame for a poetics of the other with passion
and deep conviction. The Priority of the Other has significance far
beyond the reach of the discipline and theories of psychology. Mark
Freeman intriguingly presents the priority of the other as a
pivotal point for moving beyond the duality and tension between
self and other to reach the notion of living out of the 'spiritual
self' (p. 191). Mark
Freeman's work has profound significance beyond a further
contribution to the critique of the epoch of the ego. The power of
The Priority of the Other is that it presents a positive and
provocative summons to awaken to the other." --Dr. Samuel
Mahaffy
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