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Titles contained: The Great Conversation: The Substance of a Liberal Education; The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon of Great Books of the Western World Vol. I; … Vol. II; The Iliad of Homer and the Odyssey; The Plays of Aeschylus, … of Sophocles, … of Euripides, … of Aristophanes; The History of Herodotus, The History of The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides; The Dialogues of Plato, The 7th Letter; The Works of Aristotle Vol. I; … Vol. II; Hippocratic...
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This book is a continuation of my 'Motivation and Personality', published in 1954. It was, constructed in about the same way, that is, by doing one piece at a time of the larger theoretical structure. It is a predecessor to work yet to be done toward the construction of a comprehensive, systematic and empirically based general psychology and philosophy, which includes both the depths and the heights of human nature. The last chapter is to some extent...
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The present paper is an attempt to formulate a positive theory of motivation, which will satisfy these theoretical demands and at the same time conform to the known facts, clinical and observational as well as experimental. It derives most directly, however, from clinical experience. This theory is, I think, in the functionalist tradition of James and Dewey, and is, fused with the holism of Wertheimer, Goldstein, and Gestalt Psychology, and with the...
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"... El libro está dirigido a quienes han estudiado psicología y quieren profundizar en cómo aprender a hacer de la psicoterapia una experiencia de sanación y crecimiento. El valor de su contenido lo irás descubriendo en la medida que te conectes con cada uno de los temas que se exponen. Si bien se basa en la teoría del Enfoque Humanista Experiencial es una obra que expresa, desde la propia experiencia del autor, cada elemento que es relevante...
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Modern science has proved that the fundamental traits of every individual are indelibly stamped in the shape of his body, head, face and hands-an X-ray by which you can read the characteristics of any person on sight.
The most essential thing in the world to any individual is to understand himself. The next is to understand the other fellow. For life is largely a problem of running your own car as it was built to be run, plus getting along with...
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Die Wahrheit über die Lüge 'Das war ich nicht', 'Ich stand im Stau', 'Die Rente ist sicher' – bis zu 200-mal am Tag werden wir belogen, sind aber nicht in der Lage, Lügen auch als solche zu erkennen. Jack Nasher, Wirtschaftspsychologe und Mentalist, zeigt auf eindrucksvolle Weise, wie man in kürzester Zeit Lügen durchschauen und die Wahrheit herausfinden kann. Ungelogen! Die häufigste aller Lügen besteht aus nur zwei Worten: 'Danke, gut.'...
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Zwischen Wahn und Hoffnung Ein kämpferischer Text über den Zustand der Zeit. Und darüber, wie wir leben wollen. Wie wollen wir eigentlich leben? Nach zwei Jahren Pandemie, in zermürbten Gesellschaften, verformten Demokratien, polarisierten Debatten, erschöpfen Volkswirtschaften und eingeschränkten Freiheitsrechten, liegt diese Frage mitten auf dem europäischen Tisch! Ulrike Guérot hat ein wütendes Essay für all diejenigen geschrieben, die...
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Cutting edge volume devoted to optimal adult development.
Post conventional stages of personality development involve growth well beyond the average, and have become a rapidly growing subject of research not only in developmental psychology circles, but also in areas such as executive leadership development. The present work is the first to bring together many of the major researchers in the field, showcasing diverse perspectives ranging from the...
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American psychologist, Paul Vitz, was a pioneer critic of the 'me, me, me' generation and humanistic psychology which flourished alongside it. He stands out because of the cultural, psychological and spiritual depth of his critique. Mythbusters are rare and Vitz is a mythbuster par excellence, tearing apart several generations of selfism with insight, wisdom and wit. Other critiques came much later. He saw it all at the time.
This book takes the...
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The definitive overview of this transformative breathwork.
In this long awaited book, Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof describe their groundbreaking new form of self-exploration and psychotherapy: Holotropic Breathwork. Holotropic means 'moving toward wholeness,' from the Greek holos ( whole) and trepein (moving in the direction of). The breathwork utilizes the remarkable healing and transformative potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness....
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Este es un libro acerca de la cotidianeidad de la muerte, en su vertiente dramática y escandalosa, por un lado, y en su vertiente natural o "familiar", por el otro. El cuerpo, ese poderoso regidor de nuestro destino, emerge en estas páginas en primer plano. Desfilan los pacientes con sus temores y dan testimonio de sus sufrimientos e ideas. El mundo de las representaciones frente a la muerte, el campo de los afectos donde la angustia juega un rol...
14) On Being Human
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Erich Fromm's insightful work on the modern human condition, and how to break free of its bonds In the 1960s, renowned social psychologist Erich Fromm argued that people were becoming increasingly alienated. No longer were we dynamic, constantly creative beings. Instead, he observed, we were becoming fixated on things like television, while the specter of nuclear war remained a consistent worry. On Being Human gathers several of Fromm's writings on...
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Active Mind/Receptive Mind: The Journey of Mindfulness is designed to provide readers with a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness and its relationship to constructive action. It also provides readers with a systematic comparison between Eastern and Western models of mindfulness and in-depth instructions for "holding" and transcending negative psychological states. The book serves as a resource for academics, psychotherapists, and for those who...
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Essays on human alienation, mode of existence, consumerism, narcissism, and more from "both a psychologist of penetration and a writer of ability" (Chicago Tribune).
As Erich Fromm points out, ours is "a life between having and being"-between mere having and healthy being, between destructiveness and creativity, between narcissism and productive self-understanding, between passivity and the joy of positive activity.
The alternatives of having...
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A dramatic narrative history of the psychological movement that reshaped American culture
The expectation that our careers and personal lives should be expressions of our authentic selves, the belief that our relationships should be defined by openness and understanding, the idea that therapy can help us reach our fullest potential-these ideas have become so familiar that it's impossible to imagine our world without them.
In Encountering America,...
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Journeys of Faith examines the contributions of the leading figures of the humanistic psychology movement, with particular attention to their spiritual journeys. Rising to prominence in America during the post-World War II years, humanistic psychology is experiencing a resurgence in the present day in response to the need for a psychological approach that addresses meaning and purpose in life. The key players--Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Erich Fromm,...
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Cutting-edge approaches to therapeutic interpersonal dynamics
Transpersonal Dynamics offers approaches to the therapeutic encounter from the leading edge of quantum physics field theory and integrative psychology.
This book will show you how to get to 'the heart of the matter' within complex processes:
• How to 'map' and work on the edge between conscious and unconscious processes.
• How to identify and relate to different contact styles.
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To celebrate its 30 years of pioneering work in the fields of counselling and psychotherapy training, the Re-Vision Centre for Transpersonal & Integrative Therapy has brought together a selection of writing by practitioners and teachers who have worked at the heart of the organization.
The chapters address a social and cultural crisis which, at this point in the history of our planet, needs new ways of looking at therapy and how it relates to the...
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