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Myth of Tantalus
Shlomo Giora Shoham
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Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
These psychological dynamics are presented by way of the developmental and relationship experiences we have with the outside world -- alternations between conflict and a striving to revert back to earlier developmental phases. At any given moment of our lives there is a gap between our desires for participation and our subjectively defined distance from our participatory aims. This gap is denoted the Tantalus Ratio, after the Olympian demigod. Transcendental longings and quests are explored in their actual structuring of the human personality. This new Theory of Personality also explores the mytho-empirical manifestation of the normative sacrifice of the young, ... Read more
These psychological dynamics are presented by way of the developmental and relationship experiences we have with the outside world -- alternations between conflict and a striving to revert back to earlier developmental phases. At any given moment of our lives there is a gap between our desires for participation and our subjectively defined distance from our participatory aims. This gap is denoted the Tantalus Ratio, after the Olympian demigod. Transcendental longings and quests are explored in their actual structuring of the human personality. This new Theory of Personality also explores the mytho-empirical manifestation of the normative sacrifice of the young, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903900437
SKU
V9781903900437
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About Shlomo Giora Shoham
Shlomo G. Shoham is a world renowned criminologist, recipient of the Selinglueck Award from the American Society of Criminology in 1977 and the Israel Prize Laureate for 2003. He has published some 90 books in 20 languages and 2000 articles in 30 languages in the areas of criminology, psychology, philosophy, sociology, theology and art. He has developed an interdisciplinary personality ... Read more
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