| The Wisdom of the Ego Contributor(s): Vaillant, George E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674953738 ISBN-13: 9780674953734 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: One of America's preeminent psychiatrists gives us an exhilarating look at how the mind's defenses work, how they evolve and change, and so, change us. In compelling portraits of obscure and famous lives, Vaillant charts the evolution of the ego's defenses, from the psychopathic to the sublime and from the mundane to the most ingenious. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Personality - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
| Dewey: 155.24 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.28 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vaillant, George E.: - George E. Vaillant is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. |
