Elements of Self-Destruction

ISBN-13: 9781780490595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 202 str.

Brent Potter

Opis

Why are humans, who are motivated by self-preservation, motivated to engage in behaviors that threaten and even extinguish their existence? The themes included in this book are: (1) the emerging understanding of self-destructiveness in culture, religion, philosophy and psychology, (2) Bion's investigation into the self-destructive capacity of the mind, (3) Heidegger's ontology of Being and the Enframing of technology, (4) identifying and delineating the -who- who most experiences the impact of human-to-human destructiveness in out contemporary culture.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Abstract -- Introduction to the phenomenon of self-destructiveness -- Pursuing that which withdraws from us -- The emerging consciousness of self-destructiveness in history and psychology -- Bion: the ghosts of abandoned meaning and formless destructiveness -- Heidegger: the eclipse of the sacred and the darkening of the world -- Contemporary manifestations of self-destructiveness -- Conclusion and discussion -- Limitations and suggestions for future research

O autorze

Potter, Brent