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Carregando... Man Against Himself (original: 1938; edição: 1956)de Karl Menninger (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 9/6/22 For it's time, this was a well conceived theory about why man (humans) were self sabotaging. The writing is thoughtful and clear, if perhaps a bit short sighted, about the capacity for human resiliency. Written in 1938, I found it disconcertingly not too far behind current psychological works. I believe we still have a long road ahead of us in understanding the human psyche. I haven't finished reading this yet, as it's very dense; but I enjoy frequently skimming it and reading through old psychological accounts and their contexts. I don't put a whole lot of faith into psychoanalysis, of which profession Menninger was a member. But this book does provide some excellent insights into the motivations of suicidal people, and (most importantly) ways for both the patient and loved ones to cope and improve. But where this book really shines, in my opinion, is in its collected accounts of psychological patients from the 30s and back. Some of them are so psychotic that they are bone-chilling; some are relatively light-hearted and silly in a melodramatic way. Nonetheless, it's a window into history, albeit an obscure one - and maybe made all the better for its obscurity. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
In this landmark book, the impulse toward self-destructiveness is examined as a misdirection of the instinct for survival, a turning inward of the aggressive behavior developed for self-preservation. "One of the most absorbing books I have read in recent years" (Joseph Wood Krutch, The Nation). Index. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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