| Description |
1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Psychology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity Series |
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Routledge Psychology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Psychology's historical alignment with science -- Current crisis of psychological science -- a modern crisis? -- The crisis is epistemological not methodological in nature -- Purpose of the book -- Jung's analytical psychology -- the personal equation -- Notes -- Chapter 2: An introduction to the epistemology of Jung (Subject̃Object) -- Introduction -- A very brief (auto)biography of Jung's early life2 -- The question of differentiation |
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The question of integration -- Explanation vs. description (unconsciousness̃consciousness) -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Towards an epistemology of being and becoming -- Introduction -- Towards a new epistemological method -- Do psychological processes have an underlying (sub-personal) nature? -- Variables in psychology: An epistemological dead-end? -- Cybernetics -- an alternate epistemology and ontology5 -- The language of cybernetics and beyond -- William Powers' control theory -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Positivism and analytical psychology -- Introduction |
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Theoretical developments within sport psychology -- foundational problems -- The problem of abstraction -- The problem of objectivity -- The problem of time -- The problem of causation -- Introduction to Jung's depth psychology -- The dynamic psyche -- Energy not causality -- Regulatory function of opposites -- Individuation -- The unconscious -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 5: The psychology of momentum in sports: A Jungian analysis -- Introduction -- Current conceptualisations of momentum in sport -- Libido theory: Psychic and physical energy -- The principle of equivalence -- Entropy |
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ProgressioñRegression -- Progression -- Regression -- Positive momentum̃negative momentum -- PersoñAthlete -- Individuation (being̃becoming) -- Identity foreclosure and fear of success -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 6: The role of time: Theoretical implications for sport psychology -- Introduction -- Objectivist representations, independent of time, enshrine subject-object separation -- Meaningful objectivist representations do not conform to linear causal, reductive explanation -- Objective processes in the psyche are fundamentally sub-personal and unconscious in nature |
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Reframing performance -- What is the nature of the relationship between performance and the person? A Jungian perspective -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Applied implications (persoñathlete) -- Introduction -- Towards reconciling the person with the athlete (persoñathlete) -- The role of the practitioner (practitioner̃person) -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003825968 |
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1003825966 |
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