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Monkey on My Back
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Monkey on My Back: An Autoethnographic Narrative of a Therapeutic Experience

Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS, VEDA, Publishing House of SAS
About monography:
With a conscious attempt to contribute to contemporary discussions in mad/trans/queer/monster studies, the monograph approaches complex postmodern theories and contextualizes them from an autoethnographic methodological perspective. As the self-explanatory subtitle reads, the book introduces several topics as revelatory fields for the author’s self-exploration at the moment of an intense epistemological and ontological crisis. Reflexively written, it does not solely focus on a personal experience, as it also aims at bridging the gap between the individual and the collective in times of global uncertainty. There are no solid outcomes defined; nevertheless, the narrative points to a certain—more fluid—way out. Through introducing alternative ways of hermeneutics and meaning-making, the book offers a synthesis of postmodern philosophy and therapy, evolutionary astrology as a symbolic language, embodied inquiry, and Buddhist thought that together represent a critical attempt to challenge the pathologizing discursive practices of modern disciplines during the neoliberal capitalist era.
Details:
219 pages
Language: English
Keywords:
Autoethnography, Narrative Therapy, Mad Studies, Mindfulness, Evolutionary Astrology
About edition:
Publishers: Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS, VEDA, Publishing House of SAS
Edition: 1.
Edition place: Bratislava
Edition year: 2020
ISBN 978-80-224-1824-9 (print)
Book type: monography
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Wiesner, A.: Monkey on My Back: An Autoethnographic Narrative of a Therapeutic Experience. 1 vyd. Bratislava : Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS, VEDA, Publishing House of SAS. 2020. pp. 219. ISBN 978-80-224-1824-9. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.31577/2020.9788022418249

APA:
Wiesner, A. (2020). Monkey on My Back: An Autoethnographic Narrative of a Therapeutic Experience. Bratislava : Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS, VEDA, Publishing House of SAS. ISBN 978-80-224-1824-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/2020.9788022418249