| Feeling and Personhood: Psychology in Another Key Contributor(s): Heron, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803987293 ISBN-13: 9780803987296 Publisher: Sage Publications UK OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Personality - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling |
| Dewey: 155.2 |
| LCCN: 92-050266 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.78 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Heron presents a radical new theory of the person in which feeling, differentiated from emotion, becomes the distinctive feature of personhood. The book explores the applications of Heron′s ideas to living and learning and includes numerous experiential exercises. Central to Heron′s analysis are interrelationships between four basic psychological modes - affective, imaginal, conceptual and practical. In particular, feeling is seen as the ground and potential from which all other aspects of the psyche emerge - emotion, intuition, imaging of all kinds, reason, discrimination, intention and action. The author also shows the fundamental relation of his ideas to theory and practice in transpersonal psychology and phi |
Contributor Bio(s): Heron, John: - John Heron founded the Human Potential Research Group at the University of Surrey, and later pioneered personal and professional development programs for doctors, as Assistant Director, British Postgraduate Medical Federation, University of London. He now runs the South Pacific Centre for Human Inquiry, New Zealand. |
