The Mystery of Things Contributor(s): Bollas, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415212324 ISBN-13: 9780415212328 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: Christopher Bollas takes the reader right to the heart of psychotherapy, examining the mysterious aspects of the self that are revealed by the analysis. Free association, the primary method of psychoanalytic enquiry, runs contrary to everything that we are taught is a scientific way to acquire data. Yet it is through using this subversive and apparently illogical method that pathological patterns in thinking can be revealed. In his inimitable and highly readable way, Bollas focuses on the nature and effects of the free associative process and shows how aspects such as mental illness and creative or artistic acts can disclose much about the self. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Mental Health |
Dewey: 150.195 |
LCCN: 98053607 |
Lexile Measure: 1360 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.18" W x 9.2" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
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Publisher Description: In The Mystery of Things, Christopher Bollas takes the reader right to the heart of psychotherapy, examining the mysterious aspects of the self that are revealed by analysis. |