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Motifs The Transformative Creation of Self
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Don J. Feeney
Book Code: C6844
ISBN: 0-275-96844-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96844-1
264 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 2/28/2001
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Because Feeney offers a good blend of philosophy and science, this volume will be an excellent tool for graduate, research, and professional collections supporting the philosophy of science as well as the history of psychology.
    —Choice     December 2001
Description: Just as DNA determines the genetic makeup of every individual, a motif determines individual bio-psycho-social, emotional, and spiritual behaviors and attitudes. This epigenetic theory of individuality describes the motif as a unique artistry of organizing principles. The author uses the concept of motif to explain physiology, behavior, and attitude and to show how each person has his or her own unique system of motifs that comprises the fabric of every level of personality. Case studies exemplify the way in which motifs manifest the "self" and how the core personality is understood once the individual's motif is revealed. Of interest to graduate students in psychology and clinicians and counselors in the field of humanistic and clinical psychology, holistic medicine, wellness and mind-body healing, psycho-biology, and spirituality this book will bring new understanding to personality and behavior studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Transforming Motifs
  • Motifs and Fundamental Design Structures in a Physical, Biochemical Universe
  • Nature, Nurture and Epigenesis: Motifs in and Beyond DNA
  • Motifs: Neuro-Muscular-Skeletal Designs and Personality Temperament
  • Motif of Individuality: Archidentity and Archetypes
  • Motifs: Developing the Capacity for Brilliance
  • Healing Motifs
  • Motifs in Marriage and Family Systems
  • Motifs: Meaning and Purposeful Self
  • Motif: Soul and Spirituality
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 00-064957
LCC Class: BF697
Dewey Class: 155
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