The good life : psychoanalytic reflections on love, ethics, creativity, and spirituality / Jeffrey B. Rubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubin, Jeffrey B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Psychoanalysts have traditionally been expert at uncovering what afflicts and damages people, argues Jeffrey B. Rubin, but by focusing on narcissism and perversions, depression and sadism, psychoanalysis has all too often disregarded what nourishes and sustains us. In The Good Life, he demonstrates how psychoanalysis can make a profound contribution to the well-lived life by drawing on a neglected but potent aspect of psychoanalysis—its capacity to illuminate a psychology of health as well as illness. Rubin shows that, at its best, psychoanalysis can highlight both the ingredients of love, ethics, creativity, and spirituality, as well as the obstacles to experiencing them. Exploring the good life from this dual perspective provides an indispensable resource for helping us live with greater meaning and vitality.

Contents:

Psychoanalysis and creative living

Values and ethics in psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis at play in the garden of love

There's more than meets the I : psychoanalytic reflections on spirituality

Psychoanalysis and the good life.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-122) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484494

0791484491

9781423740100

1423740106

OCLC:

62756240