Dan P. McAdams (United States Northwestern University)

The Stories We Live By

Personal Myths and the Making of the Self

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book should be value for all those who are interested in enhancing their self-understanding. It should also serve as useful classroom text for undergraduates and advanced students in personality and social psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781572301887
• ISBN-10: 1572301880
• Artikelnr.: 21118812

Autorenporträt

Dan P. McAdams, PhD, is Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, where he is also Director of the Foley Center for the Study of Lives. He has published 12 books and over 100 articles and chapters in the areas of personality and developmental psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Life and Myth. Part I: Making Lives Into Stories. The Meaning
of Stories. Narrative Tone and Imagery. Theme and Ideological Setting.
Becoming the Mythmaker. Part II: Story Characters.Character and Image.
Agentic and Communal Characters. Part III: The Mythic Challenge of
Adulthood. Identity, Malaise, and Faith. Putting It Together in Mid-life.
Generating New Beginnings. Exploring Your Myth. Epilogue: Beyond Story.
Appendix 1: Agency and Communion. Appendix 2: Nuclear Episodes.