At the heart of our meaning-making activity, the book suggests, is the drawing and redrawing of the distinction between "self" and "other," Using Piagetian theory in a creative new way to make sense of how we make sense of ourselves, Kegan shows that each meaning-making stage is a new solution to the lifelong tension between the universal human yearning to be connected, attached, and included, on the one hand, and to be distinct, independent, and autonomous on the other. "The Evolving Self" is the story of our continuing negotiation of this tension. It is a book that is theoretically daring enough to propose a reinterpretation of the Oedipus complex and clinically concerned enough to suggest a variety of fresh new ways to treat those psychological complaints that commonly arise in the course of development.
Kegan is an irrepressible storyteller, an impassioned opponent of the health-and-illness approach to psychological distress, and a sturdy builder of psychological theory. His is an original and distinctive new voice in the growing discussion of human development across the life span.
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At the heart of our meaning-making activity, the book suggests, is the drawing and redrawing of the distinction between "self" and "other," Using Piagetian theory in a creative new way to make sense of how we make sense of ourselves, Kegan shows that each meaning-making stage is a new solution to the lifelong tension between the universal human yearning to be connected, attached, and included, on the one hand, and to be distinct, independent, and autonomous on the other. "The Evolving Self" is the story of our continuing negotiation of this tension. It is a book that is theoretically daring enough to propose a reinterpretation of the Oedipus complex and clinically concerned enough to suggest a variety of fresh new ways to treat those psychological complaints that commonly arise in the course of development.
Kegan is an irrepressible storyteller, an impassioned opponent of the health-and-illness approach to psychological distress, and a sturdy builder of psychological theory. His is an original and distinctive new voice in the growing discussion of human development across the life span.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 1983 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days |
First published | August 1983 |
Authors | Robert Kegan |
Dimensions | 234 x 150 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 318 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-27231-6 |
Barcode | 9780674272316 |
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LSN | 0-674-27231-5 |