The Insanity of Normality

Author: Arno Gruen
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0966990846

The Insanity of Normality: Toward Understanding Human Destructiveness

THE INSANITY OF NORMALITY: TOWARD UNDERSTANDING HUMAN DESTRUCTIVENESS by ARNO GRUEN According to Sigmund Freud, man is born with an innate tendency to destruction and violence; in THE INSANITY OF NORMALITY, the psychoanalyst Arno Gruen challenges that assumption, arguing instead that at the root of evil lies self-hatred, a rage originating in a self-betrayal that begins in childhood, when autonomy is surrendered in exchange for the "love" of those who wield power over us. Get The Insanity of Normality diet books 2013 for free.
To share in that subjugating power, we create a false self, an image of ourselves that springs from a powerful and deep-seated sense of fear. Gruen traces this pattern of adaptation and smoldering rebellion through a number of case studies, sociological phenomena Check The Insanity of Normality our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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