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The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self de Dan P. McAdams

The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self

Autor Dan P. McAdams
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 feb 1997

Subliniem autoritatea academică a lui Dan P. McAdams, profesor de psihologie la Northwestern University, a cărui cercetare fundamentală în domeniul personologiei a declanșat o schimbare de paradigmă în înțelegerea identității. În The Stories We Live By, autorul sintetizează decenii de studiu clinic pentru a demonstra că personalitatea nu este un ansamblu de trăsături imuabile, ci o construcție narativă continuă. Reținem că această lucrare fundamentează conceptul de „mit personal”, oferind un cadru științific riguros pentru ideea că suntem, în esență, poveștile pe care alegem să le spunem despre noi înșine. Cartea acoperă o arie similară cu Your Mythic Journey de Sam Keen, dar se distinge printr-o abordare mult mai ancorată în psihologia dezvoltării și în date empirice, depășind sfera exercițiilor de self-help pentru a oferi un model teoretic solid. În contextul operei sale, volumul servește drept bază pentru analizele psihobiografice ulterioare, precum cele din The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump sau The Redemptive Self, unde McAdams aplică teoria narațiunii identitare pe figuri publice și pe ethosul american. Structura cărții ghidează cititorul de la fundamentele imagisticii narative în copilărie, prin analiza personajelor interne — de tip „agentic” (orientate spre putere) sau „comunal” (orientate spre relații) — până la crizele de identitate de la mijlocul vieții. Finalul lucrării este unul aplicat, oferind instrumente metodologice precum analiza episoadelor nucleare pentru cei care doresc să își decodeze propria istorie de viață.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781572301887
ISBN-10: 1572301880
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Guilford Publications
Colecția Guilford Press

Public țintă

Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate

De ce să citești această carte

Această lucrare este esențială pentru studenții și profesioniștii din psihologie care doresc să înțeleagă identitatea dincolo de testele de personalitate standardizate. Cititorul câștigă o metodă analitică de a interpreta parcursul propriu sau al clienților, transformând experiențele disparate într-o structură coerentă. Este o resursă academică rară care îmbină rigoarea științifică cu o accesibilitate remarcabilă, ideală pentru oricine caută să înțeleagă mecanismele psihologice din spatele sensului vieții.

Despre autor

Dan P. McAdams, PhD, este o figură centrală în psihologia contemporană, ocupând funcția de profesor de Dezvoltare Umană și Politici Sociale la Northwestern University. În calitate de director al Foley Center for the Study of Lives, McAdams a revoluționat domeniul prin introducerea metodelor narative în studiul personalității. Este autorul a peste 10 cărți și 100 de articole științifice, fiind recunoscut la nivel internațional pentru modul în care integrează psihologia socială, clinică și a dezvoltării. Opera sa se concentrează pe modul în care adulții își construiesc identitatea prin povești de viață care oferă scop și unitate în cultura modernă.

Notă biografică

Dan P. McAdams, PhD, is Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, where he is also Director of the Foley Center for the Study of Lives. He has published 12 books and over 100 articles and chapters in the areas of personality and developmental psychology.

Recenzii

There's a quiet revolution taking place within psychology and at its forefront is a young personologist named Dan McAdams. To understand ourselves, he says, you have to go beyond 'objective' data to the myths we create about our lives. Here at last is a book that will introduce you to the revolution, and here is a social scientist--a storyteller, too--who will guide you through the intricacies of your own myths. You'll welcome the chance to spend some time with him. --John Kotre, PhD, Coauthor of Seasons of Life, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan

McAdams looks beyond the narrow confines of academic psychology and sheds light on the mysteries of the life cycle. He calls to his aid the contemporary scientific visionaries Erikson, Jaques, and Levinson, and shows how the life stories we create and revise can lead to genuine self-discovery. --Peter M. Newton, PhD, Professor of Psychology, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California

This wonderful and readable account of the ways in which we use stories across the life cycle and through history provides important new insights into the ways in which we maintain our identity. A compassionate and informed discussion of life-story and life-history, the book will have wide appeal to both students and those working with or studying personality. --Bertram J. Cohler, PhD, William Rainey Harper Professor of Social Sciences in the College and the Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Education, University of Chicago

This the first exciting theory of adult personality development as seen through the eyes of the person, and expressed through the ideas each man and woman tells. A 'must' read for those of us entering mid-life and beyond, who seek to better understand where we came from, where we are now, and where we are going. --Robert Emmons, PhD, University of California at Davis

Dan McAdams' wonderful book is a major event....McAdams has the gift of being able to express complicated and subtle notions with remarkable clarity. --Robert Hogan, PhD, in Contemporary Psychology

This is a wonderful book. Dan McAdams integrates the rigor of modern psychology with the humanity, sensitivity, and complexity of the best fiction. His message is simple, yet profound. We are our stories. This work places Dan McAdams in the forefront of psychology's efforts to understand people in their life contexts. It defines a whole new tradition of scientific inquiry. --William Pinsof, PhD, President, The Family Institute at Northwestern University

I highly recommend this book for classes in pastoral counseling and religious education. In fresh ways, Dan McAdams introduces us to patterns of human development. Grounded in research, the book provides resources for understanding how people build life meanings. The insights of this work complement narrative theology and qualitative research in ministry studies. --Jack L. Seymour, Academic Dean and Professor of Religious Education, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois

Dan McAdam's wonderful new book is a major event....McAdams has the gift of being able to express complicated and subtle notions with remarkable clarity. --Robert Hogan, in Contemporary Psychology
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This is the sort of book around which a narrative psychology course can easily be built....McAdams renders the research literatures from disparate psychological domains (i.e., developmental, social, clinical, and personality) comprehensible and integrated.
--Contemporary Psychology, 1/5/1997
"There's a quiet revolution taking place within psychology and at its forefront is a young personologist named Dan McAdams. To understand ourselves, he says, you have to go beyond 'objective' data to the myths we create about our lives. Here at last is a book that will introduce you to the revolution, and here is a social scientist--a storyteller, too--who will guide you through the intricacies of your own myths. You'll welcome the chance to spend some time with him." --John Kotre, PhD, Coauthor of" Seasons of Life," Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan "McAdams looks beyond the narrow confines of academic psychology and sheds light on the mysteries of the life cycle. He calls to his aid the contemporary scientific visionaries Erikson, Jaques, and Levinson, and shows how the life stories we create and revise can lead to genuine self-discovery." --Peter M. Newton, PhD, Professor of Psychology, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California "This wonderful and readable account of the ways in which we use stories across the life cycle and through history provides important new insights into the ways in which we maintain our identity. A compassionate and informed discussion of life-story and life-history, the book will have wide appeal to both students and those working with or studying personality." --Bertram J. Cohler, PhD, William Rainey Harper Professor of Social Sciences in the College and the Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Education, University of Chicago "This the first exciting theory of adult personality development as seen through the eyes of the person, and expressed through the ideas each man and woman tells. A 'must' read for those of us entering mid-life and beyond, who seek to better understand where we came from, where we are now, and where we are going." --Robert Emmons, PhD, University of California at Davis "Dan McAdams' wonderful book is a major event....McAdams has the gift of being able to express comp

Cuprins

Introduction: Life and Myth. Part I: Making Lives Into Stories. The Meaning of Stories. Narrative Tone and Imagery. Theme and Ideological Setting. Becoming the Mythmaker. Part II: Story Characters.Character and Image. Agentic and Communal Characters. Part III: The Mythic Challenge of Adulthood. Identity, Malaise, and Faith. Putting It Together in Mid-life. Generating New Beginnings. Exploring Your Myth. Epilogue: Beyond Story. Appendix 1: Agency and Communion. Appendix 2: Nuclear Episodes.

Descriere

"Who am I?" "How do I fit in the world around me?" This revealing and innovative book demonstrates that each of us discovers what is true and meaningful, in our lives and in ourselves, through the creation of personal myths. Challenging the traditional view that our personalities are formed by fixed, unchanging characteristics, or by predictable stages through which every individual travels, "The Stories We Live By" persuasively argues that we "are" the stories we tell. Informed by extensive scientific research--yet highly readable, engaging, and accessible--the book explores how understanding and revising our personal stories can open up new possibilities for our lives.