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The mantle of maturity : a history of ideas about character development

Title
The mantle of maturity : a history of ideas about character development / Christie W. Kiefer.
Author
Kiefer, Christie W.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1988.

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Book/TextUse in library BF710 .K53 1988Off-site

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Description
xii, 243 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
SUNY series in medical anthropology
Uniform Title
SUNY series in medical anthropology
Subject
  • Maturation (Psychology) > History
  • Ethics > History
  • Developmental psychology > History
  • Ethics > history
  • Human Development
  • Psychology > history
  • Developmental psychology
  • Ethics
  • Maturation (Psychology)
  • Charakter
  • Entwicklungspsychologie
  • Persoonlijkheidsontwikkeling
  • Theorieën
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p.[ 215]-230.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: maturity, culture, and history -- Part 1: Maturity and morals -- Chapter 2: Maturity without history -- Chapter 3: Transcendence of death: maturity in the ancient world -- Chapter 4: The Middle Ages: decline of the tribe -- Chapter 5: The loss of hierarchy: passion and restraint -- Chapter 6: Modern time: maturity as mental health -- Part 2: The evolution of developmental theory -- Chapter 7: Before developmental theory -- Chapter 8: Developmental metaphysics: the Middle Ages -- Chapter 9: Precritical versus postcritical psychology -- Chapter 10: Functionalism nature versus nurture -- Chapter 11: Paths of the soul: love, reason, conflict -- Chapter 12: History and the interpersonal: altruism and aggression -- Chapter 13: History and the self: the four-stage legacy -- Chapter 14: A prescription for irony.
ISBN
  • 0887068219
  • 9780887068218
  • 0887068227
  • 9780887068225
LCCN
87033602
OCLC
  • ocm17297739
  • 17297739
  • SCSB-1705106
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library