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Comment — Carl Rogers and postmodernism: continuing the conversation
Author(s) -
Bott David
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00220
Subject(s) - postmodernism , conversation , existentialism , psychoanalysis , conflation , epistemology , sociology , humanism , post structuralism , philosophy , psychology , theology , communication
This paper continues the conversation about the relationship between Carl Rogers and postmodernism initiated by Harlene Anderson and taken up by Maryhelen Snyder. The view adopted here is that postmodernism is undertheorized and there is a need to unravel definitions and concepts which arise from a conflation of social constructionism, post–structuralism and Rogers’ existential humanism. It is argued that person–centred principles lie at he heart of therapy and should neither be neglected nor taken for granted.