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Professor Bosch's study of infantile autism is a most valuable
contribution to the slowly increasing body of knowledge about this
baffling and most severe psychiatrie disorder of childhood. Reading
it in the original German when it first appeared in 1962, I was
greatly impressed by his deep sympathy for these unfortunate
children and by his keen insight into the overt manifestations of a
behavior which presents the observer with tantalizing riddles.
Having spent nearly a lifetime in unravelling the meaning of the
behavior of autistic children, I was much taken by Professor
Bosch's very different approach to the same problem. His research
sheds further light into the darkness that reigns in the mind of
the autistic child. I am delighted that his important contribution
is now easily available also to American readers. Everybody who
works with children suffering from infantile autism for any length
of time and also studies this disease, becomes impressed by how
much their inability to relate and to resporrd appro"prrately can
teach us about human psychology in general, and in particular how
and why things go wrong in man's relations to his fellow man. All
through his book, Professor Bosch correctly stresses that autistic
behavior is neither asymptom nor a syndrome, but a unique form of
breakdown in all inter personal relations."
The enchanted world of fairy tales has been an integral part of childhood for hundreds of years. But what do they really mean and what importance do they actually bear on our lives? Dr Bettelheim in his thought-provoking and stimulating exploration of the best known stories casts a very interesting light on this subject. His belief that they represent a complex coping mechanism for children to deal with their struggling emotions and their anxieties regarding the outside world is fascinatingly argued in this prize winning work of criticism.
The famous child psychologist, Bruno Bettelheim, explains how fairy
tales educate, support, and liberate the emotions of children.
From Simon & Schuster, The Children of the Dream is Bruno
Bettelheim, author of The Empty Fortress and Love is Not Enough,
next great work. Bruno Bettelheim, author of The Empty Fortress and
Love is Not Enough, explores the communal child-rearing and
American education in his latest work, The Children of the Dream.
From one of the world's leading child psychologists comes a new
collection of wide-ranging essays in which he reflects on the
people, events, and cultural influences that have shaped him and
his work.
In this book, the preeminent child psychologist of our time gives us the results of his lifelong effort to determine what is most crucial in successful child-rearing. His purpose is not to give parents preset rules for raising their children, but rather to show them how to develop their own insights so that they will understand their own and their children's behavior in different situations and how to cope with it. Above all, he warns, parents must not indulge their impulse to try to create the child they would like to have, but should instead help each child fully develop into the person he or she would like to be.
Evaluating the lifestyles, struggles, and dehumanization of
children with Autism over the years, University of Chicago
professor Bruno Bettelheim provides insight on the life of these
children from the perspectives of what can and cannot be seen.
Focusing on three case histories, The Empty Fortress provides an
introduction to the problems and struggles that an autistic child
faces during their early years. One of the most popular books in
communicating the theory of psychogenesis, Bruno Bettelheim
presents both a scientific and personal analysis of autism.
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