num_pages: 480
description: We face a dilemma in contemporary human studies, write the editors. We cannot stop talking about the self (and its neighbors), but we cannot agree on our terms and their definitions. The Book of the Self addresses this problem by offering unique psychological and philosophical essays whose central concern is to clarify the language of the self and to establish a common framework from which this fundamental topic can be explored. Polly Young-Eisendrath (a psychologist, educator, and writer) and James A Hall (a Jungian Psychiatrist and author) have assembled a distinguished group of contributors to address a series of fascinating topics, among them Donald P. Spence on the central role of the self in psychotherapy, Jane Loevinger on the concept of the self or ego, and John M. Broughton on Piaget's concept of the self. Other topics include the self and Lacan, feminism, Christianity, and Jung.
language: English
title: The Book of the Self: Person, Pretext, and Process
titlecomplete: The Book of the Self: Person, Pretext, and Process
ratings_count: 2
publisher: New York University Press