Is Group Therapy Democratic? Enduring Consequences of Outward Bound's Alignment with the Human Potential Movement. A Response to "How to Be Nice and Get What You Want: Structural Referents of "Self" and "Other" in Experiential Education as (Un)Democratic Practice."

Autor/in	Seaman, Jayson
Titel	Is Group Therapy Democratic? Enduring Consequences of Outward Bound's Alignment with the Human Potential Movement. A Response to "How to Be Nice and Get What You Want: Structural Referents of "Self" and "Other" in Experiential Education as (Un)Democratic Practice."
Quelle	In: Democracy & Education, 24 (2016) 2, Artikel 13 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-3545
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Group Therapy; Democracy; Outdoor Education; Self Actualization; Sensitivity Training; Alignment (Education); Experiential Learning; Self Concept; Models; Individual Development; Humanistic Education; Psychology; Ideology; Human Relations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Freiluftunterricht; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Sensitivitätstraining; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Selbstkonzept; Analogiemodell; Individuelle Entwicklung; Humanistische Bildung; Psychologie; Ideologie; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Franklin Vernon provided an example of how programs viewing themselves as "cultural islands" are in fact embedded within historical capitalist relations, through the discourses of "self" that they promote. In this response, I expand on Vernon's argument to situate the quasi-therapeutic practices he identified in the history of the human potential movement, which effectively merged with Outward Bound starting in the 1960s and continues to define outdoor experiential education. Where Vernon sought the structural referents to different models of self, this response seeks their historical origins. The response concludes by linking Vernon's argument with existing critiques and parallel efforts in the literature on youth development and identity formation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01