Modern art and modern science: The parallel analysis of vision

Modern Art and Modern Science: The Parallel Analysis of Vision

Vitz, Paul C.

Arts & Photography

Praeger Publishers

Making extensive use of Freud's correspondence and writings, Vitz discusses Freud's early childhood in Moravia (especially his relationship with his Catholic nanny), his rejection of his father, his university years, his extended visits to Rome, his involvement with cocaine, his peculiar preoccupation with the holiday of Pentecost, and more. Photographs.

Sigmund Freud's Christian Unconscious

Biographies & Memoirs

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

A trenchant analysis of modern psychology -- an enterprise that Paul Vitz maintains has become a religion, a secular cult of self, now part of the problem of modern life rather than part of its resolution. Virtually rewritten, this second edition of the original 1977 text takes into account much of what has happened in the field of psychology during the past seventeen years. Two completely new chapters are also included -- one on education and "values clarification" and the other on New Age religion.

Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-worship (Aslan Paperbacks)

Religion & Spirituality

LION HUDSON PLC

The Guilford Press

Renowned psychologist Paul Vitz addresses the troubling fact that scientific progress is no longer making human beings happy. In fact, the reverse trend is taking hold: individuals are more distressed and struggle with overwhelming confusion regarding personal identity and the meaningfulness of life as technology makes daily life more 'manageable.' Vitz asserts there is a noteworthy connection between the sense of personal identity and flourishing, and the connection between well-being and technological progress has been largely severed because 'progress' in this sense encourages various ways 'losing sight of oneself.' Vitz argues that the "special digital way in which technology is destroying our well-being will require some new vocabulary... [while] making the case that analog experience is the only reliable source of meaning in our lives and that its loss has led to the growth of meaninglessness and especially to the loss of [personal identity." This book is written for those who are enthralled by the digital realm and tech advancements, but also for those who are affected by contemporary crises in culture and identity. Vitz's approach is far-reaching and concise. "After describing the nature of analog and digital codes in chapters 1 and 2, I then note the great importance of the right and left brain hemispheres to analog and digital differences in chapters 3 and 4. Chapter 5 introduces the cultural crisis of today as analog hunger in a digital world. Chapters 6 and 7 identify the problem as extreme uncontrolled digitalism, with a focus on transhumanism. Chapter 8 presents ways to recover analog life and chapter 9 makes clear we need both codes. Chapter 10 provides a solution involving the integration of the two codes in the service of the analog from a distinctly religious perspective."

Analog Hunger in a Digital World: Confronting Today's Identity Crisis

Parenting & Relationships

St. Augustines Press

Analog Hunger In A Digital World

South Bend : St. Augustine's Press

A Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person integrates the insights of three wisdom traditions-the psychological sciences, philosophy, and theology-to provide a framework for understanding the person. The Meta-Model develops a more systematic, integrative, and nonreductionist vision of the person, marriage, family, and society than is found in any of these three disciplines alone. The Meta-Model is a unifying framework for the integration of already-existing personality theories and therapeutic models. In addition, it enhances assessment, diagnosis, case conceptualization, and treatment planning by addressing eleven essential dimensions of the person needed in a mental health practice aimed at healing and flourishing. The book also explores how the Meta-Model framework can improve client care. Finally, it demonstrates how the Meta-Model assists mental health professionals to better understand how they can be faithful to their Christian identity as they serve all clients - Christians, persons from other faiths, and non-believers.

A Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person: Integration with Psychology and Mental Health Practice

Titus, Craig S.

Divine Mercy University

Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism

Starting with Freud's "projection theory" of religion-that belief in God is merely a product of man's desire for security-Professor Vitz argues that psychoanalysis actually provides a more satisfying explanation for atheism. Disappointment in one's earthly father, whether through death, absence, or mistreatment, frequently leads to a rejection of God. A biographical survey of influential atheists of the past four centuries shows that this "defective father hypothesis" provides a consistent explanation of the "intense atheism" of these thinkers. A survey of the leading intellectual defenders of Christianity over the same period confirms the hypothesis, finding few defective fathers. Professor Vitz concludes with an intriguing comparison of male and female atheists and a consideration of other psychological factors that can contribute to atheism. 
Professor Vitz does not argue that atheism is psychologically determined. Each man, whatever his experiences, ultimately chooses to accept God or reject him. Yet the cavalier attribution of religious faith to irrational, psychological needs is so prevalent that an exposition of the psychological factors predisposing one to atheism is necessary.

Religious Studies

Spence Publishing Company

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