Human presence
Subtitle: at the boundaries of meaning
By: Stephen A. Erickson.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: [Macon, Ga.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Phenomenological psychology.; Personality.; Psychiatry -- Philosophy.; Self.; Self-deception.; Death -- Psychological aspects.; Time -- Psychological aspects.
Description: In Human Presence Erickson offers a thoughtful study of some fundamental features of human nature central to a theoretical and therapeutic understanding of human existence. Though the language employed is largely philosophical, interfaces with psychoanalysis and religion are made in order to stimulate dialogue that reaches beyond the traditional boundaries of discipline. It is toward more such dialogue that Human Presence serves as preparation. The author provides a probing contrast between traditional psychoanalysis and existential conceptions of time consciousness and he articulates the issues involved in experience or lived time in their centrality to human self-understanding. The author suggests how both conceptions, the existential and the psychoanalytic, enlarge yet limit awareness and insight. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.