The protean self : human resilience in an age of fragmentation / Robert Jay Lifton.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Self--Social aspects--History--20th century.
• Civilization, Modern--20th century--Psychological aspects.
• Civilization, Modern.
• Psychological aspects.
• Pluralism--Psychological aspects.
• Resilience (Personality trait).
• Pluralism.
• Self--Social aspects.
• History.

Physical Description:

x, 262 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

University of Chicago Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Summary:

Preface1. The Changing Psychological Landscape2. History and the Self3. America, the Protean Nation4. Odd Combinations5. Sources of Flux and Form6. Poise and Equipoise7. Enduring Connections8. Life Stories9. The Fundamentalist Self10. The Dark Side11. The Protean PathNotesIndex

Contents:

• Chapter 1 The Changing Psychological Landscape 1
• Chapter 2 History and the Self 13
• Chapter 3 America, the Protean Nation 32
• Chapter 4 Odd Combinations 50
• Chapter 5 Sources of Flux and Form 74
• Chapter 6 Poise and Equipoise 93
• Chapter 7 Enduring Connections 120
• Chapter 8 Life Stories 136
• Chapter 9 The Fundamentalist Self 160
• Chapter 10 The Dark Side 190
• Chapter 11 The Protean Path 213.

Notes:

• Originally published: New York, N.Y. : BasicBooks, c1993.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-255) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

ISBN:

• 0226480984
• 9780226480985

OCLC:

41482380

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