African and Islamic philosophy: Expanding the horizons of philosophical counselling [Philosophie africaine et philosophie islamique: élargir les horizons du counselling philosophique] [Afrikanische und Islamische Philosophie: Die Erweiterung des philosophischen und therapeutischen Horizont] [Η εμπειρία της αίσθησης «είμαι χοντρή» στις γυναίκες με ψυχογενή ανορεξία: Μια ερμηνευτική, φαινομενολογική ανάλυση] [Filosofia africana e islamica: ampliare gli orizzonti del counseling filosofico –] [FILOSOFIA AFRICANA E ISLAMICA: extendiendo los horizontes de la orientación psicológica-filosófica]

African and Islamic philosophy: Expanding the horizons of philosophical counselling [Philosophie africaine et philosophie islamique: élargir les horizons du counselling philosophique] [Afrikanische und Islamische Philosophie: Die Erweiterung des philosophischen und therapeutischen Horizont] [Η εμπειρία της αίσθησης «είμαι χοντρή» στις γυναίκες με ψυχογενή ανορεξία: Μια ερμηνευτική, φαινομενολογική ανάλυση] [Filosofia africana e islamica: ampliare gli orizzonti del counseling filosofico –] [FILOSOFIA AFRICANA E ISLAMICA: extendiendo los horizontes de la orientación psicológica-filosófica]

By: Pilpel A., Gindi S.
Published in: European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling
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Description: Philosophical counselling has traditionally utilized a limited number of philosophical traditions: Existentialism, Stoic ism, and the employment of Socratic dialogues being the most common ones. Focusing on a limited number of philosophical views does not exploit the potential therapeutic value of many other philosophical traditions, and may enhance dogmatism. In this paper we illustrate the need for a wider philosophical toolkit by showing the potential value of two rarely-employed philosophical traditions: African and Islamic philosophy. From the plethora of issues in these philosophical traditions, we highlight the relevance of African philosophy to conflicts between social duties and individual desires, and the relevance of Islamic philosophy to conflicts between faith and reason. We then emphasize the relevance of these philosophies in the current social and political situation in the Western world in general, and in Europe in particular. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.