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 |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Emotional maturity -- Psychology
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781317810179 |
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1317810171 |
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