The enneagram of society [electronic resource] : healing the soul to heal the world / Claudio Naranjo ; English translation by Paul Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naranjo, Claudio, 1932-2019

Contributor:

Barnes, Paul.

Series:

Consciousness Classics

Standardized Title:

Eneagrama de la sociedad. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deadly sins--Psychology.

Deadly sins.

Enneagram--Social aspects.

Enneagram.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Place of Publication:

Nevada City, Calif. : Gateways Books and Tapes, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>Seeking to draw parallels between the one and the whole, this work is as much a study of individual character as a critique of society and its institutions. Viewed through the lens of the enneagram, a personality system that divides people into nine character types, this analysis aligns each of the ailments and difficulties of the individual characters with the broader ""ills of the world."" In addition to providing a discussion of the theological and psychological background of the enneagram, this work examines the interaction between the various ennea-types and theology's deadly sins. E

Contents:

Cover; Copyright ; Contents; Foreword to the Spanish Edition ; Foreword to the Latin American Edition ; Author's Preface ; I. Passions, Pathologies and Neurotic Motivations ; II. The Circle of the Nine Basic Characters ; Symmetry and polarity in the enneagram ; Enneatype II: Pride ; Enneatype VII: Gluttony ; Enneatype IV: Envy ; Enneatype V: Avarice ; Enneatype VIII: Lust ; Enneatype I: Anger ; Enneatype IX: Indolence ; Enneatype III: Vanity ; Enneatype VI: Cowardice ; Facing the truth ; III. The Disturbances of Love ; The unnamed mystery ; Enneatype II: Passion-love

Enneatype VII: Pleasure-love Enneatype V: Lack of affection ; Enneatype IV: Sickness-love ; Enneatype VIII: Domineering-love ; Enneatype I: Superior-love ; Enneatype IX: Complacent-love ; Enneatype III: Narcissistic-love ; Enneatype VI: Submissive-love and Paternalistic-love ; IV. The Ills of the World In the Light of the Enneagram ; An enneagram of society ; Authoritarianism ; Mercantilism ; The inertia of the status quo ; Repression ; Violence and exploitation ; Dependence ; Asocialness and anomie ; Corruption and the light attitude ; False love ; By way of conclusion

Glossary Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-89556-515-3

OCLC:

705538234