This book is an exposition and critical interpretation of the life and works of Leopold Szondi (1893-1986), an eminent Swiss psychiatrist who was the first to synthesize heredity and personality development within a multigenerational perspective. He discovered getropism, the familial unconscious, paroxysmal pattern of the epilepsies, emergence of the ancestors in therapy, and the Cain complex. A native of Hungarian Jewry and a Holocaust survivor, he formulated a transpersonal theory of religion in dialogue with the Bible, Rabbinic Judaism, and the history of religions. This study is based upon extensive, untranslated literature, dealing with psychiatry, behavioral biology, and the humanities.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Ag
ISBN-10
0820417904
ISBN-13
9780820417905
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107206639
Product Key Features
Author
Richard A. Hughes
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Psychology: Professional & General
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Issn
0740-0446
Series Part/Volume Number
129
First Published
1992
Series Title
American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion
Author Biography
The Author: Richard A. Hughes is the M. B. Rich Professor of Religion at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He received the S.T.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Boston University, studied at the University of Geneva and Alliance Francaise in Paris, and was a visiting scholar at the National Diet Library of Japan in Tokyo. Dr. Hughes has published many books and essays in religion, psychology, and the law.