212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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On Multiple Selves refutes the idea that a human being has a single unified self . Instead, David Lester argues, the mind is made up of multiple selves, and this is a normal psychological phenomenon. Lester expands on his earlier work on the phenomenon, illuminating how a "multiple-self theory of the mind" is critically necessary to understanding human behavior. Most of us are aware that we... Read more
PrefacePrologue: What Is the Self?1 A Multiple Self Theory of the Mind2 Robert Lifton's Concept of the Protean Self3 The Metaphor of the Greek Gods4 Multiple Selves versus Meta-Preferences5 Mendlovic's Psychoanalytic Approach to the Multiple Self6 Rita Carter and Multiplicity7 Gestalt Therapy and the Multiple Self8 A Plethora of Similar Ideas9 Bilinguals and the Multiple Self10 Shifting11 Psychotherapists and the Multiple Self12 The Multiple Self in Fairy Tales13 Economists' Views of the Multiple Self14 What is Not a Multiple Self15 Empirical Studies of the Multiple Self16 Conclusions and Final ThoughtsReferencesSenior Author IndexSubject Index
Biography
David Lester
