Russell Meares

The Poet's Voice in the Making of Mind

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Produktbeschreibung

This builds on Meare's previous work, it develops his theories about the sense of self, and takes a fresh look at the language used in psychotherapy

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415572347
• ISBN-10: 0415572347
• Artikelnr.: 43016508

Autorenporträt

Russell Meares is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney. He trained in psychiatry at the Royal Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals, where he formed an enduring friendship with the late Robert Hobson, with whom he collaborated to develop the Conversational Model of psychotherapy, devised to treat people who could not be treated by other means and who would now be called "borderline." His most recent books for Routledge include are Intimacy and Alienation (2000) and The Metaphor of Play (revised and enlarged edition) (2005)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Conversational play and the Evolution of Self. James: What we
Mean by Personal Selves. Analogy and Truth. Brain Bases of Self.The Poet's
Voice.Little Emotions. Empathy and Utterance. Pointing and Depicting. Myth
and Proto-Myth. Action Patterns and the Evolution of Language. The
Doubleness of Shakespeare. Impediments to Proto-conversation: Blindness and
Deafness. The Shape of Culture and Self. An Evolutionary Hypothesis.
Automorphosis: The Dreams of Wolfgang Pauli. Personal Myth.