| Description |
149 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Four major theorists : Erich Fromm ; Carl Rogers ; Abraham Maslow ; Rollo May -- 2. Self-theory for everybody : Encounter groups ; Self-helpers ; est ; Self-help sex -- 3. Selfism as bad science : Psychiatry, biology and experimental psychology ; Are we intrinsically all that good? -- 4. From a philosophical point of view : A question of definitions ; A basic contradiction ; Ethical and scientific misrepresentations -- 5. Selfism and today's society : A creed for the youth culture ; Selfism and language ; Psychology for a consumer society -- 6. Selfism and Christianity: historical antecedents : Feuerbach ; Fosdick and Peale ; Pietism ; The special case of Carl Rogers -- 7. Selfism and the family : The isolated individual ; Parents as the source of our troubles -- 8. A Christian critique : Selfism as idolatry ; Christian love and selfist love ; Creativity and the Creator ; The nature of suffering -- 9. Christian politics : The problem for psychology ; The problem for Christianity -- 10. Beyond the secular self : The bias in being "objective" ; The object's revenge ; The dilemma of existential narcissism ; Escape from the self -- 11. A new Christian future? : The end of modern heroism ; The coming failure of careerism ; The emerging opportunity |
| Summary |
Here is a forthright and thought-provoking critique of modern psychology. Focusing on the pervasive theories which espouse a secular humanism based on worship of the self, the author examines his material from scientific, philosophical, economic, ethical, and religious points of view. He contends that psychology today has become a religion, part of the problem of contemporary life rather than its resolution. -- Provided by publisher |
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Christianity Psychology |
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Psychology and religion |
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Psychology Philosophy |
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Self-worship |
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Psychology - Philosophy |
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Psychology, Religious |
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Self |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
From, Erich, 1900-
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Maslow, Abraham H. (Abraham Harold)
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May, Rollo.
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Rogers, Carl R. (Carl Ransom), 1902-1987.
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Christianity -- Psychology.
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Psychology and religion.
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Psychology -- Philosophy.
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Psychology, Religious.
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Self-worship.
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Self.
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Identity.
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| LC no. |
77003403 |
| ISBN |
0802816967 |
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