Lecture 4
VALUES IN PERSONS WITH ANOREXIA
October 2021
What you will learn
1. I will illustrate through personal testimony and evidence from websites the way in which anorexia may be understood as a kind of religion;
2. Anorexic practices are seen as a compensation to deep-rooted anomalies in experiencing one’s body and constituting one’s identity;
3. In the anorexic religion, being fat and eating have an explicit moral value, not simply an aesthetic one;
4. Fatness is seen as indicative of laziness, lack of self-care, or lack of self-control, and therefore contemptible and disgusting;
5. Starvation on the other hand is seen as a salvation practice since it can help regain a sense of self-worth and authenticity.
6. These values in turn I will argue reflect more implicit cultural values like ‘ocularcentrism’.
Giovanni Stanghellini, Psychiatrist
Italy
Lecture 4: Values in persons with anorexia
Interactive Sessions
After watching the pre-recorded session you should participate in one of the two interactive sessions available. It will be a time to clarify doubts, discuss issues and interact with your teacher and colleagues. Choose the best day that fits your routine and join us!
Date:
October 29, Friday
Date:
October 30, Saturday
Schedule:
2 PM | GMT+2
Schedule:
2 PM | GMT+2
60 minutes
60 minutes
References
STANGHELLINI, G., MANCINI, M. (2021) ANOREXIA AS RELIGION: OCULARCENTRISM AS CULTURAL VALUE AND A COMPENSATION STRATEGY IN PERSONS WITH EATING DISORDERS. IN D. STOYANOV ET AL. (EDS.) INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN VALUES-BASED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE. CHAM: SPRINGER.
STANGHELLINI, G., MANCINI, M. (2017). THE THERAPEUTIC INTERVIEW. EMOTIONS, VALUES, AND THE LIFE-WORLD. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS uFULFORD, K. W. M.,
STANGHELLINI, G. (2019). VALUES AND VALUES-BASED PRACTICE. IN G. STANGHELLINI ET AL. (EDS.), THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
STANGHELLINI, G., MANCINI, M., CASTELLINI, G., RICCA V. (2018), EATING DISORDERS AS DISORDERS OF EMBODIMENT AND IDENTITY. THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES. IN HILLARY L. MCBRIDE AND JANELLE L. KWEE (EDS), EMBODIMENT AND EATING DISORDERS. THEORY, RESEARCH, PREVENTIONS AND TREATMENT. LONDON: ROUTLEDGE.
DEBORD, G. (1967). THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE. PARIS: LES ÉDITIONS GALLIMARD, 1992.
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