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Embracing Disillusionment: Achieving Liberation Through the Demystification of Suffering Paperback – November 26, 2019

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Embracing Disillusionment: Achieving Liberation Through the Demystification of Suffering employs a multidisciplinary examination of the relationship between oppression and suffering. Written for professionals as well as the general public, a framework is provided for understanding the causes and forms of oppression and why these constitute injustice, the dynamics of self-deception and how ideology utilizes these to portray the social causes of suffering as individual and intrapsychic maladies, and the ways in which illusions spun by the powerful stifle awareness and undermine opposition and dissent. Having provided this foundation, a path for openly facing and accepting the suffering inflicted by oppression is provided. Exposing toxic illusions can be a wake-up call that brings with it pain, fear, and anger. However, these responses can be transformed into powerful forces for personal and collective liberation. Working hand-in-hand with those whose minds and hearts have been opened to the costs of social injustices due to neoliberalism, a different and more compassionate way of being that promotes the optimal well-being of all is possible.

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    University Professors Press
  4. Publication date
    November 26, 2019
  5. Dimensions
    5.98 x 0.77 x 9.02 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1939686504
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This fascinating book is a rigorous examination of what it means to be human in the 21st century. The author challenges dominant assumptions that neoliberalism is the only possible way to be human. With great skill and knowledge, Gruba-McCallister shows how the ideology of neoliberalism becomes hegemonic, and how we can resist its noxious effects. The book combines science with humanity, theory with practice. The result is an essential contribution towards achieving wellness and fairness for all.

Isaac Prilleltensky, PhD, Professor, Vice Provost for Institutional Culture, Erwin and Barbara Mautner Chair in Community Well-Being, University of Miami

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University Professors Press (November 26, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1939686504
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1939686503
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.09 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.77 x 9.02 inches
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Frank Gruba-McCallister, PhD, received his degree in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University. He is currently retired after having taught for more than thirty-three years at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology-Chicago, Adler University, and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology-Chicago. He has been the recipient of numerous of awards for excellence in teaching. He also served in academic administration at all three schools.

In the latter part of his career, he became particularly committed to advancing the role of psychology in promoting social justice. Based on this, while the Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Adler, he oversaw the revision of all degree program curricula to provide students with education and training to be socially responsible practitioners. This innovation in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program was recognized by Adler University receiving the 2007 American Psychological Association’s Board of Education Affairs Award for Innovative Practices in Graduate Education in Psychology, a prestigious and highly competitive honor.

During his career Dr. Gruba-McCallister had a number of professional publications and presentations in the areas of working with the issue of suffering in clinical settings, spirituality, existential approaches to psychology, social activism, and psychology’s role in advancing social justice. These interests are integrated in his recent book, Embracing Disillusionment: Achieving Liberation through the Demystification of Suffering. He also addresses these topics in on-going contributions to the online platform, Medium. Prior to teaching, Dr. Gruba-McCallister provided clinical service primarily to individuals in a medical setting and in private practice.

Dr. Gruba-McCallister can be reached at frankgrubamc@outlook.com.

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