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Dying and Creating : a Search for Meaning.

Jung devoted much of his attention to the psychology of death, re-birth and transformation. The author acknowledges his creative spirit and the depth of his understanding in this discussion of the many customs, myths, stories and beliefs that surround death and dying. The author shows that a fear of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gordon, Rosemary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Karnac Books, 1999.
Colección:Library of analytical psychology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER; Contents; Editoral introduction; Introduction; PART I; Chapter 1. Social attitudes to death: a brief survey; Chapter 2. Freud, Jung and the death wish; Chapter 3. On the threshold of death: a pilot study of four dying patients; Chapter 4. The birth of death: some African stories; Chapter 5. Rites for the dead; Chapter 6. Psychopathological ways of dealing with death; PART II; Chapter 1. Symbols and symbol formation: the crux of meaningful dying and creating; Chapter 2. Reflections on clinical technique resulting from a review of the nature of symbolisation; PART III.
  • Chapter 1. The nature of the creative processChapter 2. Psychological functions in the service of the creative process; Chapter 3. Hindrances to the creative process; Chapter 4. Death, creation and transformation: their intra-psychic interdependence; Chapter 5. Summary; Postcript; References; Glossary; Index.