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The road less traveled : a new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth / M. Scott Peck, M.D.

By: Publisher: New York : Touchstone, 2003Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 25th anniversary edition; First Touchstone editionDescription: 315 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780743243155
  • 0743243153
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF 637 .S4 P43 2003
Contents:
ntroduction to the 25th anniversary ed. -- I. Discipline : Problems and pain ; Delaying gratification ; The sins of the father ; Problem-solving and time ; Responsibility ; Neuroses and character disorders ; Escape from freedom ; Dedication to reality ; Transference: the outdated map ; Openness to challenge ; Withholding truth ; Balancing ; The healthiness of depression ; Renunciation and rebirth -- II. Love : Love defined ; Falling in "love" ; The myth of romantic love ; More about ego boundaries ; Dependency ; Cathexis without love ; "Self-sacrifice" ; Love is not a feeling ; The work of attention ; The risk of loss ; The risk of independence ; The risk of commitment ; The risk of confrontation ; Love is disciplined ; Love is separateness ; Love and psychotherapy ; The mystery of love -- III. Growth and religion : World views and religion ; The religion of science ; The case of Kathy ; The case of Marcia ; The case of Theodore ; The baby and the bath water ; Scientific tunnel vision -- IV. Grace : The miracle of health ; The miracle of the unconscious ; The miracle of serendipity ; The definition of grace ; The miracle of evolution ; The alpha and the omega ; Entropy and original sin ; The problem of evil ; The evolution of consciousness ; The nature of power ; Grace and mental illness: the myth of Orestes ; Resistance to grace ; The welcoming of grace.

This edition originally published: 2002.

Previous edition: 1978.

Includes bibliographical references.

ntroduction to the 25th anniversary ed. -- I. Discipline : Problems and pain ; Delaying gratification ; The sins of the father ; Problem-solving and time ; Responsibility ; Neuroses and character disorders ; Escape from freedom ; Dedication to reality ; Transference: the outdated map ; Openness to challenge ; Withholding truth ; Balancing ; The healthiness of depression ; Renunciation and rebirth -- II. Love : Love defined ; Falling in "love" ; The myth of romantic love ; More about ego boundaries ; Dependency ; Cathexis without love ; "Self-sacrifice" ; Love is not a feeling ; The work of attention ; The risk of loss ; The risk of independence ; The risk of commitment ; The risk of confrontation ; Love is disciplined ; Love is separateness ; Love and psychotherapy ; The mystery of love -- III. Growth and religion : World views and religion ; The religion of science ; The case of Kathy ; The case of Marcia ; The case of Theodore ; The baby and the bath water ; Scientific tunnel vision -- IV. Grace : The miracle of health ; The miracle of the unconscious ; The miracle of serendipity ; The definition of grace ; The miracle of evolution ; The alpha and the omega ; Entropy and original sin ; The problem of evil ; The evolution of consciousness ; The nature of power ; Grace and mental illness: the myth of Orestes ; Resistance to grace ; The welcoming of grace.

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