{"product_id":"9781630510015","title":"The Exploding Self: The Creative and Destructive Nucleus of the Personality","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere may be in each of us an impulse, however fleeting, to destroy the world with its evil, its problems and conflicts, either in momentary anger or in the hope of starting afresh. Now that we have the technical means to make this fantasy come true, it behooves us to explore its sources in a very serious way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is obvious that groups, like individuals, sometimes enact the dark part of their nature in mass movements or \"accidental\" events, even when this dark part is only a small part of a whole with the best intentions and genuine ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn spite of detente, therefore, the destruction of the world by nuclear means, massive pollution, or political explosion remains a distinct possibility unless our hidden destructiveness is better understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreative regression, living closer to one's fun­damental nature, is what we are learning about today. But how to apply our knowledge on a world scale so as collectively to avoid violent swings and explosions is., of course, the unsolved problem of our era of massive blindness and consequent mass behaviors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Redfearn, M.D.\u003c\/strong\u003e, was born in 1921 in a Yorkshire mining town and educated at John Hopkins, Baltimore, and Maudsley Hospital, London. Since 1968 he has been a training ana­lyst for the Society of Analytical Psychology in London. He is a past chair and was its director of training for many years. He continues to practice in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bomb in Dreams: Unfaceable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAspects of the Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Concrete Behaviour to the Ability to Use Metaphors and Symbols in Therapy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Interdependence of Our\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOuter and Inner Worlds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Explosive Self and the Maternal Container\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrees, Fountains, Eggs, Volcanoes, and Bombs: Symbols of Renewal or Breakthrough of Varying Degrees of Violence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtom Bomb and Divine Child: Regression and Responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory Seen Partly as Concretized Mythology: The Interaction of the Subpersonalities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman Sacrifice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Male Gods and the Separation of the Opposites\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePavlov, Freud, and Jung on the Meeting of Opposites\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe Democratization of the Divine Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Healing Apocalypse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Task of Healin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummary and Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chiron Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045589696752,"sku":"9781630510015","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781630510015_p0.jpg?v=1763670393","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781630510015","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}