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First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
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.
How diverse or potentially overlapping are the numerous
self-models, self-theories, and directions of self-research? It has
become clear that the processes associated with the self are
complex and diverse, and that many of the approaches associated
with the self have been pursued in isolation. Moreover, the fact of
there being different traditions within developmental and social
psychology, as well as different traditions in Europe and North
America, has also led to a certain cacophony when we examine the
self-field as a whole. The chapters here confront these
differences, trying to come to terms with phenomena that are
overarching, that extend through the dimensions of developmental
psychology, social psychology, motivation psychology, and parts of
clinical psychology. The book as whole gives a clear presentation
of the issues, questions and phenomena that surface in research
fields known as self psychology.
How diverse or potentially overlapping are the numerous
self-models, self-theories, and directions of self-research? It has
become clear that the processes associated with the self are
complex and diverse, and that many of the approaches associated
with the self have been pursued in isolation. Moreover, the fact of
there being different traditions within developmental and social
psychology, as well as different traditions in Europe and North
America, has also led to a certain cacophony when we examine the
self-field as a whole. The chapters here confront these
differences, trying to come to terms with phenomena that are
overarching, that extend through the dimensions of developmental
psychology, social psychology, motivation psychology, and parts of
clinical psychology. The book as whole gives a clear presentation
of the issues, questions and phenomena that surface in research
fields known as self psychology.
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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