Ethical and Aesthetic Explorations of Systemic Practice: New Critical Reflections

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In Ethical and Aesthetic Explorations of Systemic Practice, the four co-authors come together to rhizomatically consider how systemic theories can be reinvigorated in the present day. This fascinating book uses the ideas and work of renowned anthropologist Gregory Bateson as a springboard from which to examine the fundamental tenets of systemic theory and practice, as well as looking to the work of Deleuze, Guattari, Maturana, Varela and von Foerster. Including contributions from a range of renowned therapists, each chapter examines the guiding principles from a critical perspective, asking questions around the ontology of the therapeutic encounter and the technique of therapy itself. This revivifying volume will be of interest to systemic professionals, and those looking at how the systemic community can continue to grow and evolve. Cover Endorsements Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Series Editors’ Foreword 1. Introduction: Why Ethic and Aesthetic in Systemic Practices 2. Two Regimes of Madness in Psychotherapy 3. Revolutionary Childhood 4. Thoughts from the Outside 5. Getting Sick from Psychotherapy: Our Co-Responsibility in Unintended and Undesired Outcomes 6. Aesthetics, Ethics and Politics in Childhood Matters 7. Clinical Practice as Ecological Aesthetics 8. Babel, Bebel and Other Dangerous Glossolalia Postscript: The Event Index