The Evolved Self: Mapping an Understanding of Who We Are - Rilegato

Robertson, Lloyd Hawkeye

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ISBN 10: 0776629344 ISBN 13: 9780776629346

Casa editrice: Univ of Ottawa Pr, 2020

Riassunto

In this work the self, which is core to such concepts as self-esteem and self-actualization, is mapped using elemental units of culture called memes. To understand this self, we draw on Western philosophy, major schools of psychology, and the cross-cultural experience of the self in both collectivist and individualist cultures.

With this grounding a diverse sample of eleven selves representing three genders are mapped and analyzed, grouped in the following clusters: 1) North American selves built through participation in sports; 2) selves centred on notions of North American aboriginality; 3) selves of individuals following a secular humanist paradigm; and 4) selves from China and Russia. Two methods of self-mapping are described. The results support a hypothesis that a healthy or functional self is composed of fundamental elements including constancy, volition, uniqueness, productivity, intimacy, and social interest. The application of this research and the method of self-mapping to counselling and psychotherapy are explored. A disciplinary paradigm is proposed uniting major schools of psychotherapy.

This work will be of interest to philosophers, psychologists, social workers, sociologists, and all who have wondered how they come to define themselves in the ways that they do.

Published in English.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson est psychologue de renom au Collaborative Center for Justice and Safety à l’Université de Regina et détient un PhD en psychologie counselling. Il poursuit l’exercice d’une pratique clinique depuis quarante ans. Il a publié sur la structure du soi, l’usage de l’évaluation des apprentissages majeurs dans l’autoconstruction, la thérapie d’autocartographie, les mutations mémétiques dans la transmission religieuse, le syndrome des pensionnats résultant des troubles de stress post-traumatique, libre arbitre et psychothérapie, virus de l’esprit et stigmatisation masculine.

Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is Lead Psychologist, Collaborative Centre for Justice and Safety at the University of Regina, and holds a PhD in Counselling Psychology. He has had a private clinical practice for the past forty years. He has published on the structure of the self, the use of prior learning assessment in self-construction, self-mapping in therapy, memetic mutations in religious transmission, residential school syndrome as a form of post-traumatic stress disorder, free will and psychotherapy, mind viruses, and male stigma.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Ottawa Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0776629344
• ISBN 13: 9780776629346
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 284
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile