Meulink-Korf, Hanneke and Noorlander, Wim (2012) Resourcing Trust in a Fragmenting World: The Social-Economic Dimension and Relational Ethics in the Track of Boszormenyi-Nagy. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH, 7 (2). pp. 157-183. ISSN 1788-7119
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Abstract
In this essay, we combine literature on economics and social sciences, inducing practical experi- ences and philosophically and theologically inspired praxis. We give our perceptions of the recent financial-economic crisis and the ‘free market’-economy and of some consequences in the private domain. As therapists we have to reflect on contemporary issues of interrelatedness of social- economic facts and narratives with (inter)personal dimensions. How about the conditions for re- lational responsibility in the midst of social injustice and instability, hidden behind ideologies of autonomy and equality? Against this background as ‘heuristics of fear’, we search for a realistic perspective of hope. The strength of relational ethics can be seen as an illusion, when we would assume that being responsible is dependent on the extent of freedom which nature and culture give us. Although this assumption is familiar, relational ethics still are the motivational layer in which hope resides for repairing the hurt human justice. Reading Levinas helps us to understand how this is possible. The appeal of another person motivates me. His/her ‘command without force’ makes me free. In the contextual approach of Boszormenyi-Nagy, there still are valuable stepping stones to be found for resourcing the sense of responsible relational caring.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | economic crisis, relational ethics, resources for trust and trustworthiness, contextual therapy, reciprocity |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion / filozófia, pszichológia, vallás > BF Psychology / lélektan |
Depositing User: | Beáta Bavalicsné Kerekes |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2023 08:09 |
Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2023 08:09 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/176390 |
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