The transparent self
By: Sidney M. Jourard.
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Self-disclosure.; Psychotherapy.
Description: Throughout history, the author maintains, man has chosen the road of concealment rather than "openness", a route that all too often results in sickness, misunderstanding and alienation from self. The author explores the implications of a new premise: man can attain health and fullest personal development only insofar as he gains courage to be himself with others and only when he finds goals that have meaning for him, goals which include the reshaping of society so that it is fit for all to live and grow in.