Freedom and DestinyW. W. Norton & Company, 17. jan. 1999 - 288 sider The popular psychoanalyst examines the continuing tension in our lives between the possibilities that freedom offers and the various limitations imposed upon us by our particular fate or destiny. "May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist. . . . Freedom's characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny's reality; death; and therapy's place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined. . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and other thinkers are invoked appropriately to support May's theory of freedom and destiny's interdependence."—Library Journal "Especially instructive, even stunning, is Dr. May's willingness to respect mystery. . . .There is, too, at work throughout the book a disciplined yet relaxed clinical mind, inclined to celebrate . . . what Flannery O'Connor called 'mystery and manners,' and to do so in a tactful, meditative manner."—Robert Coles, America |
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The Hypocrisies of Freedom | 11 |
To Set People Free | 18 |
II | 24 |
The Fear of Abandonment | 30 |
The Confronting of Mother | 37 |
The GreenBlue Lad | 45 |
The Dynamics of Freedom | 52 |
VII | 135 |
The Myth of Narcissus and Revenge | 144 |
Freedom from Barriers | 150 |
IX | 163 |
Creativity and the Symbol | 170 |
The Psyche and the Ego | 177 |
Anxiety and the Pause | 187 |
Dogmatism Is Fear of Freedom | 194 |
Is There a Conflict between Freedom of Doing and Freedom | 60 |
IV | 66 |
Freedom and Rebellion | 72 |
V | 83 |
Destiny and Responsibility | 96 |
VI | 102 |
Witchcraft and the Projection of Destiny | 109 |
Destiny and the Poets | 122 |
XI | 204 |
The Balance between Illness and Health | 212 |
XII | 219 |
Forgiveness and Mercy | 229 |
The Values of Despair | 235 |
The Nature of Joy | 241 |
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