Sursele bucuriei. Curajul, reziliența, recunoștința, generozitatea, iertarea și sacrificiul

by Salman Akhtar

Good Stuff is divided into two main parts; Part I addresses Positive Attributes and Part II, Positive Actions. The former contains chapters on Courage, Resilience, and Gratitude. The latter contains chapters on Generosity, Forgiveness, and Sacrifice. Together, the six chapters constitute a harmonious gestalt of the relational scenarios that assure enrichment of human experience. This book offers socio-clinical meditations to temper Freud s view that human beings are essentially bad and whatever goodness they can muster is largely defensive. By elucidating the origins, dynamics, social pleasures, and clinical benefits of courage, resilience, gratitude, generosity, forgiveness, and sacrifice, this book sheds light on a corner of human experience that has remained inadequately understood by psychoanalysts and other mental health professionals.

Genres: Psychology, Emotion

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Salman Akhtar is an Indian-American psychoanalyst practicing in the United States. He is an author and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

Reviews

[Noah · Rating 3 out of 5]

So definitely some of my criticism of this book is just of the discipline/style overall and my feeling of it's general lack of usefulness for a spiritual care class/setting. Akhtar says that he is going to focus on the "good stuff" of humanity, moving away from the more negative approach of typical psychological analysis, but much of each chapter on a "good" trait/action still remains focused on pathology. However, I did find his cases useful, including his discussion of how these elements show up in the caregiving relationship.

[Elena Cucu · Rating 2 out of 5]

o carte al carei titlu promitea mult, dar a livrat putin in termeni de continut.
am citit doar jumatate si las foarte rar carti neterminate.