Living on the Edge starts by seeking to answer the question, 'Why do the people who fight our wars and clean up our natural and self-made disasters wind up on the margins of society?' Based on the author's work with a group of Chernobyl liquidators - members of the army of more than 750,000 who decontaminated and sealed the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor disaster - the book explores the processes that lead those who start off as heroes to be ultimately despised and rejected by the very society they rescued. A key to this mystery is found in the ancient Chinese creation myth of Pan Ku, in which the universe is created from the fragmentation of the body of an immmense primal being, while human beings are created from the vermin on its body - the very essence of a marginal existence. The journey leads us through an exploration of experiential philosophy, mythology, linguistics, and psychology to the very roots of reality itself. Living on the Edge then applies this model of social marginalisation to understanding the why and how the mentally ill are marginalised, shedding light on why, once we are at the margins, return to mainstream society is so difficult.

Living on the Edge: The Mythical, Spiritual, and Philosophical Roots of Social Marginality (Health and Human Developments Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Goodbread, Joseph

Social Sciences

Nova Science Pub Inc

This book starts by seeking to answer the question, 'Why do the people who fight our wars and clean up our natural and self-made disasters wind up on the margins of society?'. Based on the author's work with a group of Chernobyl liquidators - members of the army of over 750,000 who decontaminated and sealed the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor disaster - the book explores the processes that lead those who start off as heroes to be ultimately despised and rejected by the very society they rescued. A key to this mystery is found in the ancient Chinese creation myth of Pan Ku, in which the universe is created from the fragmentation of the body of an immense primal being, while human beings are created from the vermin on its body- the very essence of a marginal existence. The journey leads us through an exploration of experiential philosophy, mythology, linguistics, and psychology to the very roots of reality itself. "Living on the Edge" then applies this model of social marginalisation to understanding the why and how the mentally ill are marginalised, shedding light on why, once we are at the margins, return to mainstream society is so difficult. The book concludes with some suggestions about how to make marginalisation more of a process and less of a fixed state through the arts and mass media.

Living on the Edge: The Mythical, Spiritual, and Philosophical Roots of Social Marginality (Health and Human Development)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

This introduction to the theory and practice of process-oriented psychology explores this philosophy and places it in the context of other experientally-based therapies. An annotated transcript of an hour-long therapy session and a detailed exposition of the elementary methods of process-oriented psychology give this text a multifaceted view of this new theory.

The Dreambody Toolkit: A Practical Introduction to the Philosophy, Goals, and Practice of Process-Oriented Psychology

Religion & Spirituality

Lao Tse Press

Between the participants in any relationship, there exists a kind of enescapable communion whereby they create—dream up—parts of one another's worlds of experience out of each other's dreams. Rather than viewing this as a liability, it is a powerful learning too, offering practical strategies for making even the most difficult or unpleasant interaction a source of growth and new understanding.

Radical Intercourse: How Dreams Unite Us in Love, Conflict, and Other Inevitable Relationships

Parenting & Relationships

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Living on the Edge: The Mythical, Spiritual, and Philosophical Roots of Social Marginality (Health and Human Developments Series)

Living on the Edge: The Mythical, Spiritual, and Philosophical Roots of Social Marginality (Health and Human Development)

The Dreambody Toolkit: A Practical Introduction to the Philosophy, Goals, and Practice of Process-Oriented Psychology

Radical Intercourse: How Dreams Unite Us in Love, Conflict, and Other Inevitable Relationships