De-stigmatising manipulation: An exercise in second-order empathic understanding
South African Journal of Psychiatry
| Field | Value | |
| Title | De-stigmatising manipulation: An exercise in second-order empathic understanding | |
| Creator | Stanghellini, G | |
| Description | Standard definitions of ‘manipulation’, especially regarding people with a borderline personality diagnosis, usually highlight the alloplastic purpose of manipulativity, i.e. the intention to produce a belief in, or action by another person. In this article, I will try to show that this is only one side of the coin, and shed light on a complementary aspect of manipulative behaviour: manipulation can serve an epistemic, rather than alloplastic, pragmatic motif – the attempt to establish contact with the other in order to achieve a more distinct experience and representation of the other. My tentative hypothesis is based on the meaning of manipulation as touching (‘manus’ means ‘hand’) in infant behaviour where manipulation is a means to explore, rather than a way to modify the other’s state of mind. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2014-04-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v20i1.510 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 20, No 1 (2014); 4 pages 2078-6786 1608-9685 | |
| Language | eng | |
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