The Wisdom of the Ego

Sources of Resilience in Adult Life
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-674-95373-4
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

One of America's preeminent psychiatrists draws on his famous Study of Adult Development to give us an exhilarating look at how the mind's defenses work. What we see as the mind's trickery, George Vaillant tells us, is actually healthy. What's more, it can reveal the mind at its most creative and mature, soothing and protecting us in the face of unbearable reality, managing the unmanageable, ordering disorder. And because creativity is so intrinsic to this alchemy of the ego, Vaillant mingles his studies of obscure lives with psychobiographies of famous artists and others--including Florence Nightingale, Sylvia Plath, Anna Freud, and Eugene O'Neill.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vaillant, George E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Über Autor(innen)

Vaillant, George E.
George E. Vaillant is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.