Understanding human nature
Originally published in 1928 this book was an attempt to acquaint the general public with the fundamentals of Individual Psychology. At the same time it is a demonstration of the practical application of these principles to the conduct of everyday relationships, and the organization of our personal life. Based upon a years' lectures to audiences at the People's Institute in Vienna, the purpose of the book was to point out how the mistaken behaviour of the individual affects harmony of our social and communal life; to teach the individual to recognize their own mistakes; and finally, to show them how they may effect a harmonious adjustment to the communal life. Adler felt that mistakes in business or in science were costly and deplorable, but mistakes in the conduct of life are usually dangerous to life itself. This book is dedicated by the author in his preface 'to the task of illuminating man's progress toward a better understanding of human nature.'
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | eBook |
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| Author: | Adler, Alfred, 1870-1937., |
| Subject: |
Psychology Characters and characteristics |
| Publication Year: | 1928 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxfordshire, England ; Routledge, 2013. |
| ISBN: | 9781136702563 1136702563 9780415820653 0415820650 9780203438831 0203438833 9781136702495 1136702490 1-136-70256-3 0-415-82065-0 0-203-43883-3 1-136-70249-0 |
| Series: | Psychology Revivals |
| Notes: | "First published in 1928 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd"--T.p. verso. Cover; Understanding Human Nature; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Preface; Translator's Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; Book I: Human Behavior; I. The Soul; The Concept and Premise of the Psychic Life; The Function of the Psychic Organ; Teleology in the Psychic Life; II. Social Aspects of the Psychic Life; The Absolute Truth; The Need for Communal Life; Security and Adaptation; The Social Feeling; III. Child and Society; The Situation of the Infant; The Influence of Difficulties; Man as a Social Being; IV. The World We Live in; The Structure of Our Cosmos Elements in the Development of the Cosmic PicturePerception; Memory; Imagination; Fantasy; Dreams: General Considerations; Empathy and Identification; Hypnosis and Suggestion; V. The Feeling of Inferiority and the Striving for Recognition; The Situation in Early Childhood; The Striving for Superiority; The Graph of Life and the Cosmic Picture; VI. The Preparation for Life; Play; Attention and Distraction; Criminal Negligence and Forgetfulness; The Unconscious; Dreams; Talent; VII. Sex; Bisexuality and the Division of Labor; The Dominance of the Male in the Culture of Today The Alleged Inferiority of WomenDesertion from Womanhood; Tension Between the Sexes; Attempts at Reform; VIII. The Family Constellation; Book II: The Science of Character; I. General Considerations; The Nature and Origin of Character; The Significance of the Social Feeling for the Development of Character; The Direction of Character Development; The Old School of Psychology; Temperament and Endocrine Secretion; Recapitulation; II. Aggressive Character Traits; Vanity and Ambition; Jealousy; Envy; Avarice; Hate; III. Non-Aggressive Character Traits; Seclusiveness; Anxiety; Faint-Heartedness Untamed Instincts as the Expression of Lessened AdaptationIV. Other Expressions of Character; Cheerfulness; Thought Processes and Ways of Expression; Schoolboy Immaturity; Pedants and Men of Principle; Submissiveness; Imperiousness; Mood and Temperament; Hard Luck; Religiosity; V. Affects and Emotions; Disjunctive Affects; Ange; Sadness; The Misuse of Emotion; Disgust; Fear and Anxiety; The Conjunctive Affects; Joy; Sympathy; Modesty; Appendix; General Remarks on Education; Conclusion English Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 12, 2013). |
| Course: |
CP504 COUN200 |