Suicide and the creative arts

206 Pages·2009·5.281 MB·English

by  Stack, Steven, Lester, David

PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRESS SERIES

A M S T
ULTIPLE ELF HEORY
OF PERSONALITY

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PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRESS SERIES

A M S T
ULTIPLE ELF HEORY
OF PERSONALITY

DAVID LESTER

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lester, David, 1942-
A multiple self theory of personality / David Lester.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61761-278-7 (Ebook)
1. Personality. 2. Self. I. Title.
BF698.L3968 2009
155.2--dc22
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CONTENTS

Preface ix
Summary of the Postulates and Corollaries xiii
Chapter 1 The First Postulate: The Mind as a Set of Subselves 1
Chapter 2 Executive Power 25
Chapter 3 The Varieties of Subselves 35
Chapter 4 Subselves and Group Dynamics 55
Chapter 5 Subselves and Psychological Disturbance 65
Chapter 6 Subselves and Psychotherapy 83
Chapter 7 Multiple Self Theory, Dissociation
and Reincarnation/Possession 105
Chapter 8 The Construction and Description
of the Multiple Self 121
Chapter 9 Developmental Considerations 135
Chapter 10 Applications of Multiple Self Theory 145
Postscript 157
References 161
Index 173