Excerpts
We will be presenting on this website articles written by members of the Philadelphia Association, and some excerpts from their publications.
Articles and excerpts to be downloaded as PDF files:
On R.D.Laing: Style, Sorcery, Alienation by John Heaton
This article, published in The Psychoanalytic Review (2000) Vol 87, includes personal recollections of RD Laing.
» Download a copy (PDF file, 53K, 11 pages)
Where in the waste is the wisdom? by Paul Gordon
Keynote speech at the UKCP Ethics Day, Kings College, London on Saturday 8 October 2005.
» Download a copy (PDF file, 64K, 11 pages)
Respect against all odds – the PA community households by Paul Gordon
This article, published in Open Mind (2005), describes the PA community households.
» Download a copy (PDF file, 29K, 3 pages)
Scepticism and Psychotherapy:
A Wittgensteinian Approach by John Heaton
Published in Heart and Soul, Ed C Mace, (Routledge, 1999).
» Download a copy (PDF file, 83K, 12 pages)
A home is broken: the closure of a Philadelphia Association household by Marie-Laure Davenport
» Download a copy (PDF file, 54K, 4 pages)
More articles and excerpts will be added in due course.
