The Psychology of the Person

This new title, from a distinguished psychoanalyst, will inspire both those in the psychoanalytic field, and the general reader.'In this book the author attempts to sketch out a "Psychology of the Person". The definition of "person" implies that no two people, even identical twins, are the same. Although this is obvious and no sensible person would quarrel with such a view, yet many terms are used that imply that there is a sameness between two or more people. For instance, it is often said that one individual is identified with another which, in ordinary language, means that he or she makes him or herself the same as the other, yet this is an impossibility. So, what is a person? How is a person different from someone who is not a person? This book sets out to answer these questions.

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The Psychology of the Person

This new title, from a distinguished psychoanalyst, will inspire both those in the psychoanalytic field, and the general reader.'In this book the author attempts to sketch out a "Psychology of the Person". The definition of "person" implies that no two people, even identical twins, are the same. Although this is obvious and no sensible person would quarrel with such a view, yet many terms are used that imply that there is a sameness between two or more people. For instance, it is often said that one individual is identified with another which, in ordinary language, means that he or she makes him or herself the same as the other, yet this is an impossibility. So, what is a person? How is a person different from someone who is not a person? This book sets out to answer these questions.

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The Psychology of the Person

The Psychology of the Person

by Neville Symington
The Psychology of the Person

The Psychology of the Person

by Neville Symington

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This new title, from a distinguished psychoanalyst, will inspire both those in the psychoanalytic field, and the general reader.'In this book the author attempts to sketch out a "Psychology of the Person". The definition of "person" implies that no two people, even identical twins, are the same. Although this is obvious and no sensible person would quarrel with such a view, yet many terms are used that imply that there is a sameness between two or more people. For instance, it is often said that one individual is identified with another which, in ordinary language, means that he or she makes him or herself the same as the other, yet this is an impossibility. So, what is a person? How is a person different from someone who is not a person? This book sets out to answer these questions.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780429921940
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/08/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 172
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Neville Symington

Table of Contents

Introduction , Analysis creating the person , A creative principle , Manifestations of the creative principle , The creative principle generates the person , Person generates person , Meaning as the subjective experience of unity , Historical determination of problems , Resistance to becoming a person , That which crushes the personal , All-inclusive principle , When all-inclusive principles are diffuse , Epilogue
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