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Introduction | 17 | |
Paradox and the Long Shadow of Kierkegaard | 21 | |
Ch. 1 | The Paradox Principle: Basic Assumptions | 25 |
Ch. 2 | Dysfunctional Extremes | 35 |
Descriptions of the Dysfunctional | 38 | |
Hyperconstriction | 40 | |
Hyperexpansion | 47 | |
Mixed Dysfunctions (Constrictive/Expansive Blends) | 50 | |
Ch. 3 | The Basis for Dysfunctional Extremes: Background and Theoretical Roots | 55 |
Psychoanalytic Limitations | 59 | |
The Limitations of "Self Psychology" and "Clinical Psychoanalysis" | 64 | |
The Paradoxic Understanding | 71 | |
Developmental Paradoxes | 75 | |
Case Summaries of the Forms of Trauma: Case I: Acute Trauma | 86 | |
Case Summaries of the Forms of Trauma: Case II: Chronic Trauma | 89 | |
Case Summaries of the Forms of Trauma: Implicit Trauma: Case Overviews | 91 | |
Mixed Dysfunctions | 94 | |
Summary | 97 | |
Ch. 4 | The Extremism of Everyday Life: Conventional Answers to Terror | 99 |
Idolatry | 101 | |
False Confrontations | 103 | |
Prejudice | 106 | |
Individual vs. Collective Insanity | 120 | |
Signs, Symbols, and Dreams | 122 | |
Ch. 5 | Optimal Confrontations with Paradox | 137 |
Empirical Studies of Optimal Integration | 141 | |
Optimal Personality: A Study in Controlled Madness | 142 | |
Optimal Physical Health | 151 | |
Optimal Organizations | 157 | |
Optimal Societies | 160 | |
Optimal Development | 167 | |
Conclusion on the Empirical Status of Optimal Confrontations | 173 | |
Optimal Worship: Confronting the Paradoxes of Religion | 173 | |
Ch. 6 | Toward a Paradox-Based Therapy and a Therapeutic Rapprochement | 183 |
Case Illustrations: Jane: A Case of Hyperexpansion | 194 | |
Case Illustrations: Sally: A Case of Hyperconstriction | 198 | |
Conclusion | 205 | |
References | 211 | |
Index | 231 |
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