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THE WISDOM OF THE EGO
SOURCES OF RESILIENCE IN ADULT LIFE |
| By: |
George E. Vaillant |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£32.95 |
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£25.70 |
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£7.25 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674953738 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674953734 |
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| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 September, 1995 |
| Pages: |
408 |
| Description: |
This work provides an exploration of how the mind's defences work. What is often seen as the mind's trickery, the author tells us, is actually healthy and can reveal the mind at its most creative and mature, providing protection in the face of unbearable reality and ordering disorder. |
| Synopsis: |
One of America's preeminent psychiatrists draws on his famous Study of Adult Development to give us a look at how the mind's defenses work. What we see as the mind's trickery, George Vaillant tells us, is actually healthy. What's more, it can reveal the mind at its most creative and mature, soothing and protecting us in the face of unbearable reality, managing the unmanageable, ordering disorder. And because creativity is so intrinsic to this alchemy of the ego, Vaillant mingles his studies of obscure lives with psychobiographies of famous artists and others - including Florence Nightingale, Sylvia Plath, Anna Freud, and Eugene O'Neill. |
| Illustrations: |
17 tables, 5 figures |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
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