The social nature of persons : one person is no person / A.P. Tom Ormay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ormay, A. P. Tom, author.

Series:

New international library of group analysis series.

New international library of group analysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social interaction.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Group analysis developed out of psychoanalysis, but kept the fundamental principles of the latter. The classical structural theory of the personality comprises the id that is an ego-centred instinct, the ego that develops out of it, and the superego representing the influences of our guardians. It presents us with a lonely person, not a very useful image for group analysis. The recently discovered social instinct enables us to complete the structural theory, with an instinct based social function we call "nos", Latin for "we". The new human paradigm gives us the social person. We are together, not because we have to be, but because we basically like each other, various other feelings not withstanding. The "nos" provides us with the natural milieu to relate, and opens the way for solving the deepest human problems.For a long time it seemed unscientific to say that people were social, because the altruistic person dies out and does not have the chance to propagate its kind. The selfish person is good at survival, therefore it seemed logical to say, that selfishness was wining over altruism. Later on it became clear that we cannot understand people if we look at one person alone. We live together. One person is no person. Animals also live in communities on their own level. After that it was easy to discover the social instinct, and the values in it. The social instinct provides scientific foundation to the theory of the social person.This book explores this theory in depth and includes chapters on instinct and group analysis; the "nos" and the social unconscious; the phenomenology of the self and Ferenczi's main principles"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Historical background

pt. 2. The meaning of nos

pt. 3. Notes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786613529633

9780429922220

0429922221

9780429907999

0429907990

9780429483226

0429483228

9781280125775

1280125772

9781849409735

1849409730

OCLC:

784885994