Ordinary Ecstasy: The Dialectics of Humanistic Psychology - Hardcover

Rowan, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415236320 ISBN 13: 9780415236324

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Humanistic Psychology ranges far and wide into education, management, gender issues and many other fields. Ordinary Ecstasy, first published in 1976, is widely regarded as one of the most important books on the subject.

Although this new edition still contains much of the original material, it has been completely rethought in the light of postmodern ideas, with more emphasis on the paradoxes within humanistic psychology, and takes into account changes in many different areas, with a greatly extended bibliography.
Ordinary Ecstasy is written not only for students and professionals involved in humanistic psychology - anyone who works with people in any way will find it valuable and interesting.

About this title

About the Author:

John Rowan is the author of a number of books, including The Reality Game: A Guide to Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Discover Your Subpersonalities: Our Inner World and the People in it, The Transpersonal: Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Healing the Male Psyche: Therapy as Initiation. He has co-edited The Plural Self: Multiplicity in Everyday Life, with Mick Cooper. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling.

Review:

"The first edition of "Ordinary Ecstasy was well received, as was the second; the third edition surpasses them both.. It is this charm, humor, and common sense that makes "Ordinary Ecstasy a tour de force, and places it high on the reading list both for veterans in the field and for neophytes seeking a reader-friendly but knowledgeable introduction." -Stanley Krippner, "AHP Perspective, October/November 2001

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415236320
• ISBN 13: 9780415236324
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 304