Paranoia: a social account
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Cromby, John and Harper, D. 2009. Paranoia: a social account. Theory & Psychology. 19 (3), pp. 335-361.
Authors | Cromby, John and Harper, D. |
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Abstract | Both psychology and psychiatry are dominated by individualistic accounts of paranoia (and indeed, other forms of distress). As a corrective to these, this paper provides a social account of paranoia grounded in a minimal notion of embodied subjectivity constituted from the interpenetration of feelings, perception and discourse. Paranoia is conceptualised as a mode or tendency within embodied subjectivity, co-constituted in the dialectical associations between subjectivity and relational, social and material influences. Relevant psychiatric and psychological literature is briefly reviewed; relational, social structural and material influences upon paranoia are described; and some implications of this account for research and intervention are highlighted. |
Keywords | embodiment; neuroscience; psychotherapy; social psychology; Vygotsky |
Journal | Theory & Psychology |
Journal citation | 19 (3), pp. 335-361 |
ISSN | 0959-3543 |
1461-7447 | |
Year | 2009 |
Accepted author manuscript | License CC BY-ND |
Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959354309104158 |
http://hdl.handle.net/10552/650 | |
Publication dates | |
2009 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 09 Mar 2010 |
Additional information | Citation: |
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/86424
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