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Author Malhotra, Ashok

Title Child Man : the Selfless Narcissist
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (189 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I THE STORY; Balarama Speaks; Duryodhana Speaks; Bhima Speaks; Balarama Speaks; Duryodhana Speaks; Balarama Speaks; Bhima Speaks; Duryodhana Speaks; Bhima Speaks; Balarama Speaks; Bhima Speaks; PART II REFLECTIONS; The Three Protagonists; Colours of Self-centricity; Child Man and the Age of Reason; Child Man and Gender Identity; Communion Through Agency; Child Man and the "EQ-wallahs"; Road to Manhood; Child Man and Our Times; Befriending the Child Man; Ashok Speaks; Bibliography; Index
Summary There is a part of us which neither listens to the voice of reason nor submit easily to social/moral conventions. Like a child, it relentlessly pursues whatever catches its fancy and keeps playing with fire. It can either help us actualize our heroic potential or put us on the road to self-destruction. Perhaps the key to this difference lies in what we do with our emotional/psychic wounds which are a necessary part of the growth process. The book explores the inner landscape of this part of our psyche through the mythological figures of Balarama, Duryodhana and Bhima. It also
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Subject Emotional maturity -- Psychology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317810179
1317810171