Intimacy, Transcendence, and Psychology
Closeness and Openness in Everyday Life
Halling, Steen
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
This book addresses the richness and depth of our intimate relationships and especially those moments when we come to see ourselves and the other person in a new way. In such moments we realize that however much we are influenced by heredity and upbringing, we are also agents with the capacity for openness and transcendence.
AUTHOR BIO
Steen Halling is Professor of Psychology, Seattle University.
BOOK REVIEWS
This is a beautifully written book. Carefully and compellingly charting a course through terrain fundamental to human life-intimacy, disillusionment, forgiveness-the book presents a rich, subtle, and integrated portrayal of individuals as relational beings. Combining astute and sensitive analysis of material from participants with readings from a wide range of sources, the book reveals a depth of understanding which results from Hallings years of engaging these topics. The book is a glowing testimony to the phenomenological approach advocated by the author.--Jonathan A. Smith, Professor of Psychology, Birkbeck University of London
"Halling studies phenomena that are usually ignored by mainstream psychology because they are impossible to measure and seeks the meaning of these experiences to begin to clarify themNo barrier is placed between the experience and the understanding by Halling, he even dares to suggest that the disturbed person is first of all human and has to be studied with respect and understood with sympathy. The secret of his method is revealed as he explains his phenomenological approach and how it can be used to understand interpersonal relationships and their vicissitudes in a superior way. Psychology has to deal with everyday phenomena as they are lived--not abstracted or constructed by the researcher--and Halling has shown us how to do this.--Amedeo Giorgi, Professor of Psychology, Saybrook Graduate School
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 023060045X
ISBN(13-digit): 9780230600454
Dewey Decimal: 158.2
Library of Congress: 2007018266
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 248
