The Triumph Of The Therapeutic

Author : Philip Rieff
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226716465
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Triumph of the Therapeutic written by Philip Rieff and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987-03-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Philip Rieff has become out most learned and provocative critic of psychoanalytic thinking and of the compelling mind and character of its first proponent. Rieff's Freud: The Mind of the Moralist remains the sharpest exegesis yet to be done on the moral and intellectual implications of Freud's work. It was a critical masterpiece, worthy of the man who inspired it; and it is now followed by a work that suffers not at all in comparison. No review can do justice to the richness of The Triumph of the Therapeutic."—Robert Coles, New York Times Book Review "A triumphantly successful exploration of certain key themes in cultural life. Rieff's incidental remarks are not only illuminating in themselves; they suggest whole new areas of inquiry."—Alasdair MacIntyre, Guardian

Author : Carl R. Trueman
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433556367
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self written by Carl R. Trueman and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends—and yet, no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of self. In The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Carl Trueman carefully analyzes the roots and development of the sexual revolution as a symptom, rather than the cause, of the human search for identity. This timely exploration of the history of thought behind the sexual revolution teaches readers about the past, brings clarity to the present, and gives guidance for the future as Christians navigate the culture's ever-changing search for identity.

Author : Susanne K. Langer
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801816079
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mind written by Susanne K. Langer and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposes a theory of evolution that accounts for the development of human intellect from animal mentality.

Author : Philip Rieff
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813925165
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Life Among the Deathworks written by Philip Rieff and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rieff articulates a comprehensive, typological theory of Western culture. Using visual illustrations, he contrasts the changing modes of spiritual and social thought that have struggled for dominance throughout Western history.

Author : Philip Rieff
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813926766
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crisis of the Officer Class written by Philip Rieff and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this volume, Rieff advances his thesis that the third culture of disenchantment, which is now more widely and deeply entrenched than ever before as 'our' culture, is distinguished by its rejection of any and all visions of sacred order inherited from either first world cultures of fate or second world culture of faith." --introd.

Author : Antonius A.W. Zondervan Zondervan
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487512023
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociology and the Sacred written by Antonius A.W. Zondervan Zondervan and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed American sociologist and cultural philosopher Philip Rieff gained great academic prestige with his thesis on the emergence of ‘Psychological Man’ in western culture and with his classic book, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist, published in 1959. In this work and the later The Triumph of the Therapeutic (1966) he not only offered a highly original interpretation of the work of Sigmund Freud, but critically evaluated the enormous influence of psychotherapeutic thinking on Western culture. However, Rieff’s later work on the theory of culture did not garner the same attention, and his most recent writings have received very little critical engagement. In Sociology and the Sacred, Antonius A.W. Zondervan sets out to remedy this neglect, arguing that Rieff’s work is ripe for intellectual reconsideration. Zondervan begins by presenting an outline of Rieff’s entire body of work, focusing on his theory of culture, and explaining how the sacred is a key notion, pivotal to the overall understanding of Rieff’s work. The author argues that the present upsurge in religion, in many varieties throughout the world, cannot be explained by the classical secularization thesis, making Rieff's theory of sacred order in culture an essential contribution to a new social theory of religion. Including material from personal interviews with Rieff that enabled Zondervan to clarify important aspects of his work, Sociology and the Sacred is an essential contribution to the understanding of contemporary culture’s maintenance of its ties to religion.

Author : Robert Boyers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychological Man written by Robert Boyers and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Rieff
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226716398
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freud written by Philip Rieff and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1979-05-15 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a classic, this book was hailed upon its original publication in 1959 as "An event to be acclaimed . . . a book of genuine brilliance on Freud's cultural importance . . . a permanently valuable contribution to the human sciences."—Alastair MacIntyre, Manchester Guardian "This remarkably subtle and substantial book, with its nicely ordered sequences of skilled dissections and refined appraisals, is one of those rare products of profound analytic thought. . . . The author weighs each major article of the psychoanalytic canon in the scales of his sensitive understanding, then gives a superbly balanced judgement."—Henry A. Murray, American Sociological Review "Rieff's tremendous scholarship and rich reflections fill his pages with memorable treasures."—Robert W. White, Scientific American "Philip Rieff's book is a brilliant and beautifully reasoned example of what Freud's influence has really been: an increasing intellectual vigilance about human nature. . . . What the analyst does for the patient—present the terms for his new choices as a human being—Mr. Rieff does in respect to the cultural significance of Freudianism. His style has the same closeness, the same undertone of hypertense alertness. Again and again he makes brilliant points."—Alfred Kazin, The Reporter

Author : Gill Frost
Publisher : Phoenix Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1912691604
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Girls Within written by Gill Frost and published by Phoenix Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling true story of one woman's battle with the aftermath of childhood trauma, which gives a gripping account of the often controversial and misunderstood condition of dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD). This emotional but ultimately uplifting journey details the unforeseen twists and turns of the effects of therapy and how it can help in coming to terms with the past and its unsettling echoes in the present. Heartwarming and lucid, it's an inspiring tale for all to read. Through its clinical rigour, professional therapists will also gain insight into the various treatment options for DID, including the innovative use of energy therapy. The book contains 32 colour illustrations, including 24 drawings by The Girls. The star of this book is an extraordinary, bright-spirited, and entertaining six-year-old girl, called Little Vivvi, who experienced shocking abuse from members of her family. Yet Little Vivvi lives within Vivian, a middle-aged woman who has struggled with DID for many years. The challenging process of psychotherapy is laid bare, as Little Vivvi wrestles with overwhelming memories of childhood abuse. Alongside talking therapy, energy treatment, which she calls Wooshing, is utilised to astonishing effect, becoming the enigmatic ingredient that finally enables Little Vivvi to find relief from the distress and fear that had dominated her existence. As therapy seems to draw to a close, Izzy appears. A very sensitive, thoughtful and mature eight-year-old, Izzy too needs love, support and treatment to speak about her trauma. After overcoming her understandable distrust, Izzy enables an exceptional ending to the therapeutic journey, far beyond anything Vivian and her therapist, Gill, could have dreamed. Little Vivvi and Izzy will make you want to laugh out loud as well as cry. Their story teaches so much about suffering, dissociation and survival. Their aim is to enlighten, inspire and offer hope to others through reading their incredible tales, which reveal the astonishing power of The Girls within.

Author : Philip Rieff
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813927060
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jew of Culture written by Philip Rieff and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this collection of Rieff's writings ... is to trace the evolution of the 'Jews of culture' over the course of his work." --introd.