| Description |
1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 What to Do About Absurdity?; 2 How Difficult Is It to Be Human?; 3 What Is Death Anxiety and How Pervasive Is It?; 4 The Problems of Uncertainty and Insignificance; 5 Testing the Buffering Power of Religious Imagery; 6 Learning How to Pretend and Make Things Up; 7 Classical Defense Mechanisms; 8 How Do Make-Believe and Psychopathology Intersect?; 9 Conjuring Up a Self; 10 Somatic Consequences of Illusions; 11 Larger Perspectives; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
The major goal of this book is to explore and integrate all that is scientifically known about the utility of magical plans and strategies for coping with life's inevitable absurdities. Make-believe has great adaptive value and helps the average individual to function better in cultures saturated with puzzling contradictions. This book traces the origins of pretending (illusion-construction) and the developmental phases of this skill. Further, it analyzes how parents depend on pretending to secure conformity and self-control from their children. It unravels the ways in which make-believe is ut |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fisher, Rhoda L
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Fisher, Rhoda
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| ISBN |
9781317782001 |
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1317782003 |
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