File spoon-archives/lyotard.archive/lyotard_2001/lyotard.0107, message 178


Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 05:36:47 -0700
From: Sissy <sissy-AT-ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: YAY more ethics of Other!


For that matter what  is a client?
I'm more interested in how you might answer
your own questions?
In the relationship of "therapy" what is
the relationship of the psychologist to the client?


steve.devos-AT-krokodile.com wrote:

> Sissy, Glen and all
>
> Reading through the discussions on psychologists etc - what precisely do you
> think psychologists do?
>
> What is a psychologist?
>
> regards
>
> sdv
>
> Glen Fuller wrote:
>
> > Hey Sissy( and I suppose Steve, and everyone else!),
> >
> > Sissy were you around when there was a discussion on the list (this list)
> > about ethics and the Other, and authentic speaking positions regarding
> > notions of victimhood?
> > Steve do you remember those posts regarding the ethics of the Other that
> > precipitated discussion about Badiou, I think I was engaging Hugh?
> >
> > Yep,
> > Glen.
> >
> > PS The above is in regards to the below, specifically the line about being
> > in a privileged position.
> >
> > >Unfortunately in the hands of professional psychologists who are still
> > >for the large part dismissive of their own positions of power as holding
> > >any significance or importance to examine, the continuance of notions
> > >of expertise and the development of paralogy as a technique to
> > >practice upon consumers without their collaboration on it's development,
> > >and all of its demonstrations point to and demonstrate it's failing at
> > >bringing possibilities of just politics.  I also have to wonder what
> > >someone who by their own position is not a person of color, is not
> > >a glbt, is not a consumer, is not uneducated can bring to the understanding
> > >of just politics when what is just is determined solely by such a position.
> > >What would someone really KNOW about just politics when they aren't
> > >effected by unjust politics by their very privileged position.
> > >
> > >
> > >Lois Shawver wrote:
> > >On another note, to all of you, and especially you, Eric, but you, too,
> > >
> > > >   In my reading "paralogy" remains in a new form in his later writing,
> > >not
> > > >
> > > > often, but here and there, and it continues to be a spark of hope and
> > > > even enchantment (arguably an enlightenment enchantment) with the
> > > > possibilities for a just politics.
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Best wishes,
> > > > ..Lois Shawver
> > >
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