Social Phobia by Ariel Stravynski

ISBN: 9781316617939
Cambridge University Press, 01 September 2016
Paperback, 342 pages
Social phobia is a disorder involving an intense fear of being judged by others and it affects the lives of many people. This book takes a critical stance towards the received view of social phobia as a disease of sorts, characterized by abnormal anxiety and caused by an inner mental or physical defective mechanism. Ariel Stravynski adopts an alternative approach to social phobia - as a purposeful interpersonal pattern protective against public humiliation or private rebuff. In this conception, fearfulness is the emotional facet of the socially phobic interpersonal pattern, rather than its driving force. This theoretical framework emphasizing dynamic transactions is articulated in terms of an anthropological psychology and Stravynski argues that social phobia can only be formulated and understood in interpersonal terms. He integrates all available knowledge on social phobia into his proposed framework and… Read More

pp. 342 . Papeback. Used.

Cambridge Univ Pr, 2016. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 342 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Contrary to the received view of social phobia as a disease of abnormal anxiety caused by an inner brain or mind malfunction, this book conceives an alternative approach to social phobia as a defensive and purposeful interpersonal pattern protective against public humiliation or private rejection.

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