The Integrity Of The Personality
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it truly mean to become a whole person? Anthony Storr's The Integrity of the Personality presents a compelling argument that the journey toward psychological wholeness is not merely a therapeutic goal but a fundamental human imperative. Drawing on Jungian concepts and classical psychoanalytic theory, Storr chronicles the inner life of the individual as a dynamic interplay between the self and the outer world, mapping the terrain of human development from the earliest object relations of infancy through to the mature integration of the adult psyche. Written with rare clarity and intellectual authority, this landmark work bridges the gap between clinical psychology and humanistic philosophy. Storr writes with the precision of a clinician and the eloquence of a literary essayist, making complex psychological ideas accessible without sacrificing their depth. The book argues that neurosis and psychological suffering are not aberrations but signals of a self striving toward integration — a perspective that remains as radical and relevant today as when it was first published. A towering figure in British psychiatry, Storr's insights into identity, relationships, and the nature of the self continue to resonate across disciplines, leaving the reader to wonder: how much of our daily struggle is, in fact, the personality reaching toward its own wholeness?
Author: Anthony Storr
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it truly mean to become a whole person? Anthony Storr's The Integrity of the Personality presents a compelling argument that the journey toward psychological wholeness is not merely a therapeutic goal but a fundamental human imperative. Drawing on Jungian concepts and classical psychoanalytic theory, Storr chronicles the inner life of the individual as a dynamic interplay between the self and the outer world, mapping the terrain of human development from the earliest object relations of infancy through to the mature integration of the adult psyche. Written with rare clarity and intellectual authority, this landmark work bridges the gap between clinical psychology and humanistic philosophy. Storr writes with the precision of a clinician and the eloquence of a literary essayist, making complex psychological ideas accessible without sacrificing their depth. The book argues that neurosis and psychological suffering are not aberrations but signals of a self striving toward integration — a perspective that remains as radical and relevant today as when it was first published. A towering figure in British psychiatry, Storr's insights into identity, relationships, and the nature of the self continue to resonate across disciplines, leaving the reader to wonder: how much of our daily struggle is, in fact, the personality reaching toward its own wholeness?