The redemptive self : stories Americans live by /

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This book identifies and explores a particular story about life - a narrative identity. At the centre of this life story is the concept of redemption as the deliverance from suffering to a better world. Adults with high psychological measures showing a caring and productive approach to life think of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McAdams, Dan P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Self-perception > United States.
Redemption > Psychology > Miscellanea.
Success > United States > Psychological aspects.
Success.
Self-perception.
Achievement
Self Concept
Social Values > ethnology
Perception de soi > États-Unis.
Rédemption > Psychologie > Miscellanées.
Succès > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Succès.
Perception de soi.
PSYCHOLOGY > Personality.
Success
Self-perception
Success > Psychological aspects
Zelfbeeld.
United States
Trivia and miscellanea
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: A Life Story Made in America; Chapter 1 Redemption and the American Soul; Chapter 2 The Generative Adult; Chapter 3 Life Stories; Chapter 4 The Chosen People; Chapter 5 My Good Inner Self: From Emerson to Oprah; Chapter 6 God Bless America; Chapter 7 Black (and White); Chapter 8 Contaminated Plots, Vicious Circles; Chapter 9 When Redemption Fails; Chapter 10 Culture, Narrative, and the Self; Epilogue: An American's Confessions and Final Thoughts; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

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