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Man Against Himself
Contributor(s): Menninger, Karl (Author)

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 ISBN: 0156565145     ISBN-13: 9780156565141
Publisher: HarperOne
OUR PRICE: $21.85  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1989
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Annotation: In this landmark book the impulse toward self-destructiveness is examined as a misdirection of the instinct for survival, a turning inward of the aggressive behavior developed for self-preservation. The self-imposed illness, despair, even suicide, that result from this conflict are compassionately yet objectively analyzed and documented through case histories. Drawing on the work of such pioneers as Ferenczi, Groddeck, Jelliffe, White, Alexander, and Simmel, Menninger shows that intelligent self-knowledge can bring self-respect and understanding into man's psychological war against himself--on the side of self-preservation.
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Movements - Behaviorism
- Psychology | Psychopathology - Personality Disorders
- Psychology | Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
Dewey: 616.858
LCCN: 85008504
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.52" W x 8.6" L (1.27 lbs) 444 pages
Features: Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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In this landmark book, the impulse toward self-destructiveness is examined as a misdirection of the instinct for survival, a turning inward of the aggressive behavior developed for self-preservation. One of the most absorbing books I have read in recent years (Joseph Wood Krutch, The Nation). Index.
 
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