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Psychology

Allen Shawn Discusses Phobias

by Paul Comstock

June 13th, 2007

“When I finally encountered the concept of ‘agoraphobia’, I recognized myself. I have an intense fear of being trapped or isolated.”

Fool’s Paradise: The Unreal World of Pop Psychology by Stewart Justman

by Bradley Kreit

June 10th, 2007

Imagine, for a second, that instead of claiming the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the Declaration of Independence promised happiness itself, whatever that might be, as a guaranteed right. In a sense, that subtle shift in language would be a promise of utopia—you will be happy—where the burdens and difficulties of life simply melt away.

Faking It by William Ian Miller

by Paul Blairon

June 10th, 2007

At turns erudite and droll, it reads like the collaborative effort of Harold Bloom and Dave Barry.

Devil In The Details – by Jennifer Traig

by Kelly Hartog

April 11th, 2007

All parents of adolescents despair of them, particularly those with teenage daughters. Endless hours on the telephone, picky eating habits, emotional outbursts.

Denial of Death by Ernest Becker

by Paul Blairon

April 11th, 2007

According to Becker, man is torn between his symbolic, self-conscious awareness and his animal nature. The same creature that names himself, imagines, explores and speculates is in the end, food for insects.

An Interview With Freud Biographer Peter D. Kramer

by Paul Comstock

April 3rd, 2007

“In a brief biography, a writer needs to set himself a limited question. I chose this one: given Freud’s shortcomings as a scientist, many of them evident in his day, how did he achieve his enormous cultural impact?”

An Interview With James Hollis

by Pat Dannenberg

March 31st, 2007

James Hollis
James Hollis, Ph. D. is Executive Director of the Jung Center of Houston, TX, a practicing Jungian Analyst, and author of eleven books, including the most recent Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up.

Why is Jungian psychology so dominant today? Why is Freud in eclipse? [...]

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