Dialogue and Desire by Rachel Pollard - 9781855754492

Taylor & Francis

Dialogue and DesireMikhail Bakhtin and the Linguistic Turn in Psychotherapy\nAuthor(s): Rachel Pollard\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Karnac Books\nISBN-13: 9781855754492, 978-1855754492\nSynopsis\nMikhail Bakhtin, the Russian philosopher and cultural critic, was one of the pioneers of the 'linguistic turn' in philosophy and is now widely associated with the concept of the dialogical self and dialogical psychotherapy. However, whilst dialogism is the concept for which Bakhtin is most well known in psychotherapy, it is, in isolation, open to a wide range of interpretations that can be claimed by diverse and conflicting ideological positions. The radical contribution that a more inclusive reading of Bakhtin could bring to psychotherapy only becomes apparent when dialogism is understood in the context of Bakhtin's philosophy as a whole, and when Bakhtin himself is brought into a dialogical relationship with other thinkers. By bringing B.