Anthony Storr Libros
18 de mayo de 1920 – 17 de marzo de 2001
Anthony Storr fue un psiquiatra y autor inglés, célebre por sus perspicaces retratos psicoanalíticos de figuras históricas. Su obra se nutre profundamente de su comprensión del sufrimiento humano, lo que le permite adentrarse en la psique de los individuos con profunda empatía. El estilo de escritura de Storr es a la vez amable y penetrante, ofreciendo a los lectores una ventana única a las motivaciones y las luchas internas de aquellos que examinó. Sus escritos son valorados por su agudeza psicológica y su mérito literario.
Jung's writing is the key to understanding 20th century psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis. This collection of his writings clearly presents him in his own words and in precis.
Churchill's black dog, Kafka's mice and other phenomena of the human mind
- 310 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
This title collects the essays of one of England's best-known and most distinguished psychiatrists. Storr weighs and tests Freud's theory that creativity is the result of dissatisfaction by examining the impulses which drove Kafka, Newton and Churchill.
Solitude
- 240 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
The author disagrees with the view that only intimate relationships can provide mental and personal satisfaction arguing that solitude has restorative powers.
On the 50th anniversary of Freud's death, Anthony Storr looks at his major theories, evaluating whether they have stood the test of time. In the process he also examines Freud himself in the light of his own ideas.
Storr’s The Art of Psychotherapy appeared in 1979 and became an instant classic. After Storr’s death, a third edition was rewritten and revised by Jeremy Holmes, and the fourth edition is a further up-to-date iteration.
Aby člověk pochopil, kdo je to guru, a porozuměl mu, musí být připraven zvážit otázku, kde leží hranice mezi racionalitou a šílenstvím, mezi tzv. zdravým rozumem a bláznovstvím. Autor se zabývá tématem iluze a víry i jezuity a Ježíšem. Pojednává o velkých duchovních vůdcích, hnutích, kultech i charitativních organizacích, zamýšlí se nad osobnostmi, jako byl Gurdjieff, Jung, Freud, Steiner a mnoho dalších.
