Why the self is empty
Toward a historically situated psychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8723271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Cushman (0000-0002-1941-7653, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 599-611 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-066X • E-ISSN: 1935-990X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0003-066x.45.5.599 |
| OpenAlex | W4238178197 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 238 |
Psychoanalysis · Situated · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Activerende Gevels
How Meditation Promotes Well‐Being
The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
Material and Consumer Identities
When Is Identity Congruent with the Self? A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
The Construction and Reconstruction of a Dialogical Self
Discourses in the Mirrored Room
Narrative and the Cultural Psychology of Identity
Highlighting Relatedness Promotes Prosocial Motives and Behavior
Indexicality and the Verification Function of Irreplaceable Possessions
The Role of Empathy in the Church’s Fraternal Dialog with the World in the Teaching of Pope Francis
The Emerging Science of Virtue
Low self-concept clarity reduces subjective well-being
Being present with oneself
Inserting the African multidimensional personhood (AMP) model between the personhood of the mental health practitioner and psychological practice
Ethical Pursuit or Personal Nirvana? Unpacking the Practice of Danshari in China
A glamorous but highly stressful job
The Embedded Psychology of Contemporary Spiritual Direction
Together Through Life—an exploration of popular music heritage and the quest for re-enchantment
Perspective of Islamic Self
Mind as Body Moving in Space
Analogues of Power
Problematic Ontological Underpinnings of Positive Psychology
Social Theory and Values
Social Science, Ideology and Confusing One's Beliefs with Facts
Positive Psychology and Philosophy of Social Science
The Method is the Message
Just One more `Other' in Psychology
Individualism, Family Ideology and Family Therapy
A Theatre Acting Perspective on the Dramaturgical Metaphor and the Postmodern Self
Now That We’ve Found Love What Are We Gonna Do with It
Does Moral Psychology Need Moral Theory
The Case of Internalized Homophobia
How Social Representations of Attitudes Have Informed Attitude Theories
Levinas and hermeneutics on ethics and the Other
What is African Psychology the psychology of
Identity as Self-Interpretation
Intimacy and Heteronomy
Nietzsche and Social Construction
Consumption as an Emotional Social Control Device
Reconciling Rules with Context
The Metaphoric Foundation of Literal Language
Towards a Semiotic Psychotherapy
Instrumentalism and Psychology
Individualism and Aggression
Whose Right is it to Define the Self
Brand “you”
Subjectivity and the Address to the Other
Implicit Cognition and the Social Unconscious
Some consequences of current scientific treatments of consciousness and selfhood
“Threatened and empty selves following AI-based virtual influencers”
Narrative Magic and the Construction of Selfhood in Antidepressant Advertising
Girard and Integration
From Soul to Self and Back Again
Restoring the Substance to the Soul of Psychology
Values Affecting Collaboration among Psychologists and Evangelical Clergy
Spiritual Directors and Clinical Psychologists
Solitude and Loneliness
Community, Spiritual Traditions, and Disasters in Collective Societies
Secular Psychology
Psychology and Religion
Response to “Restoring the Substance to the Soul of Psychology”
Behind, Beneath, Above, and Beyond
Approaching Emptiness
The role of faith in the psychotherapeutic context
Spiritual Exercises in Augustine’s Confessions
Parallel Narratives
Transformationen des Selbst im spätmodernen Raum. Relational, vereinzelt oder hyperreal
Self-Evaluation
Subjectivity Under Consumerism
Psychotherapy and the modern ego
Ego transcendence in postmodern perspective
Mount Rushmore Syndrome
Positive psychology
Between a Boulder and a hard place
Culture and self in postmodern perspective
Living in the Earth
Manufacturing codependency
Dynamics of Race and Culture in the Supervisory Encounter
The Cultivated Mind
Culture and Somatization
Seeing One's Self
“How do you like those boundaries?”
Processes of Discernment when Considering Issues of Neglect in Child Protection Practice
A hermeneutic perspective on dialogical psychology
Culture, Self and Identity
Gifts bestowed, gifts withheld
What are the Psychological Implications for the Separation/Individuation Process for an African American Family that is Poor
A science of meaning
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“Remapping the Fabric of the African Self
Between Depression and Alienation
The diversification of psychology
‘Few of us are Potential Miss South Africas, But…’
Our strong desire for materials is generated by spiritual deprivation
A review of contemporary autonomy
Me at My Best
| Unique citing works | 238 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,61 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2026 (37) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 233 |