Myth of Tantalus: A Scaffolding for an Ontological Personality Theory

by S. Giora Shoham

Book Overview

These psychological dynamics are presented by way of the developmental and relationship experiences we have with the outside world -- alternations between conflict and a striving to revert back to earlier developmental phases. At any given moment of our lives there is a gap between our desires for participation and our subjectively defined distance from our participatory aims. This gap is denoted the Tantalus Ratio, after the Olympian demigod. Transcendental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903900433
• ISBN13: 9781903900437
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"