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Why it is good to be good : ethics, Kohut's self psychology, and modern society

Title
Why it is good to be good : ethics, Kohut's self psychology, and modern society / John H. Riker.
Author
Riker, John H., 1943-
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, c2010.

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Description
xiii, 177 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Kohut, Heinz
  • Ethics
  • Self psychology
  • Psychology and philosophy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The moral problem of modernity -- Kohut's theory of the self -- Kohut and the philosophic tradition -- A new metapsychology : Freud, Aristotle, Heidegger, and Kohut -- Why it is good to be good -- A self psychological vision of ethical life -- Self psychology and modernity : actualizing self in the age of desire -- Social transformations.
Call Number
JFE 10-6079
ISBN
  • 9780765707901 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 076570790X (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010021380
OCLC
YBP 2010021380
Author
Riker, John H., 1943-
Title
Why it is good to be good : ethics, Kohut's self psychology, and modern society / John H. Riker.
Imprint
Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-6079
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