America on the Couch: Psychological Perspectives on American Politics and Culture - Softcover

Peay, Pythia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590564405 ISBN 13: 9781590564400

Verlag: LANTERN BOOKS, 2015

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor:

What lies behind America s historic romance with the gun? Why does it have such a troubled relationship with alcohol and drugs? Why is it so wedded to consumerism and so resistant to the evidence of climate change? What are its enduring myths about individuality, freedom, and independence, and how might we re-imagine our vision of the United States as the Promised Land and The City on the Hill to reflect a multiculturalism that offers the last, best hope for the world?In a two-decades long journey through the American psyche, depth journalist Pythia Peay has asked these and many more questions of no fewer than thirty-six of the world s leading psychologists and psychoanalysts. From Robert Jay Lifton to Marion Woodman, A. Thomas McLellan to Judith V. Jordan, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi to June Singer, and James Hillman to Mary Pipher, the thinkers in "America on the Couch" discuss violence, addiction, the environment, capitalism and consumerism, politics and power, and the soul of America. The result is a uniquely comprehensive, wide-ranging, and compelling kaleidoscope of insights into the psychodynamics of a hegemon in peace and at war, as it confronts the shadows of the American century and charts its way into an uncertain, multi-polar future.Featuring: Stephen AizenstatJohn Beebe Bonnie BrightGary S. Bobroff Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Philip Cushman Larry Decker Raymond De Young Edward Edinger Michael Eigen Stephen J. Foster Charles GrobBud Harris A. Chris Heath James Hillman Judith V. Jordan Donald KalschedRobert J. Langs Linda Schierse Leonard Harriet Lerner Robert Jay LiftonA. Thomas McLellan Thomas Moore Ginette Paris Mary PipherErnest RossiAndrew Samuels Erel ShalitJune SingerThomas Singer Lawrence Staples Murray Stein Charles B. StrozierPaul Wachtel Karen B. WalantMarion WoodmanLuigi Zoja"

Biografía del autor:

Pythia Peay is an author and journalist on psychology, spirituality, and the American psyche. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Religion News Service, "The Washington Post", and elsewhere. A regular contributor to "The Huffington Post" and "Psychology Today", she has received awards for her work from The American Association of University Women and Women in the Media. She is the author of "America on the Couch: Psychological Perspectives on American Politics and Culture" (Lantern, 2015) and "Soul Sisters: The Five Sacred Qualities of a Woman s Soul" (Tarcher, 2002).

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: LANTERN BOOKS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1590564405
• ISBN 13: 9781590564400
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 616