
The Self-Knower
A Hero Under Control
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 31. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 166 pages
978-1-4899-1154-4 (ISBN)
Description
The self-knower has become a hero within many contemporary cultures. This hero goes by various different titles, including the" self-insightful/' the "self-actualized/' the "autonomous and mature/' the "representative of independent thinking/' the "morally virtuous/' and many more. The common denominators of civilization's preoccupation with the self knower are (1) the mundane, popular literature that draws our attention to our "inner being" and (2) the remarkable intensity of therapies and quasitherapies that promise insight into the true core of our inner being. A characteristic example from an extensive, week-or month-long training course would read, "Come because you want to discover your self ... . Through Mr. X [the group leaderl, we can realize our true identities ... . This gives our lives sense and perspective." We have tried to trace the logic underlying the diverse self-knower movements and have found three common themes underlying them. For one, the varieties of theories and treatments associated with self-knowl edge are interested exclusively in the appearance of the self-knower. Each representative of the self-knower school has its own set of criteria for identifying the self-knowing person, and in tum, each member of the self-knower school represents certain convictions about how individuals should be evaluated. For instance, if someone manifests warmth and char ity, that person is likely to be pronounced healthy, adjusted, and self knowing.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIV, 166 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
289 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4899-1154-4 (9781489911544)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-1152-0
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Book
02/1992
Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
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Content
1 Self-Knowledge: What Are We Talking About?.- 2 Getting Clear about the Difference between the Self and Self-Knowledge.- 3 The Self-Knower School.- 4 Self-Reports: Can They Reflect "Pure" Self-Knowledge?.- 5 The Therapist and the Researcher: When Control Needs Determine the Ascription of Self-Knowledge.- 6 Self-Knowledge: A Basis in Perception, Behavior, and Logic.- 7 Self-Knowledge: The Verbal Content Directly from the Social Context.- 8 Self-Knowledge as Self-Cognizing.- 9 Self-Knowledge Viewed in a Symbiotic Relationship: The Need to Control Meets the Readiness to Be Controlled.- References.- Author Index.