The author has taken as his object of study the processes whereby a human being copes with critical situations in life. It investigates, from the psychologist's viewpoint, just what a person does when there is nothing to be done, when he or she is in a situation that renders impossible the realization of his or her needs. In order to fix this subject matter within a theoretical framework, the author introduces what may be thought of as a new category into the conceptual framework - the category of experiencing. Experience is not seen as reflection of a state in a person's consciousness, but as a particular form of activity directed towards the restoration of mental equilibrium, of the lost meaningfulness of existence. The book contends that the activity of experiencing, a working over of the person within the world, confirms the self's place with the world, serves as a riposte to epistemologies of disjunctiveness, and suggests ways in which private individuals may heal their private hurts.
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Pearson Education Limited
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 236 mm
Breite: 152 mm
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978-0-7450-1057-1 (9780745010571)
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Part 1 Modern ideas on experiencing: the concept of experiencing; the problem of the critical situation; the process of experiencing. Part 2 Typological analysis of regularities in experiencing - construction of a typology of lived worlds: the internally simple and the externally easy lived world; the internally simple and externally difficult lived world; the internally complex and externally easy lived world; the internally complex and externally difficult lived world. Part 3 Lived world, critical situation, experiencing - correlation of types: correlation between critical situation and lived worlds; correlation between the types of critical situations and types of experiencing; from ideal types to specific process. Part 4 Cultural-historical determination of experiencing: schematism of consciousness; crime and experiencing of Rodion Raskolnikov. Part 5 The levels of constructing experiencing and methods of psychological help - from the theory of experiencing to the theory of psychological help: the level of the unconscious; the level of experiencing; the level of apprehension; the level of reflection. Appendix: coping with grief.