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Author Starr, Karen E

Title Repair of the Soul : Metaphors of Transformation in Jewish Mysticism and Psychoanalysis
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2008

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Description 1 online resource (160 pages)
Series Relational Perspectives Book Series, 38
Relational Perspectives Book Series, 38
Contents Front cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Kabbalah; Chapter 2. Psychoanalysis and the Kabbalah: A Case for Dialogue; Chapter 3. Transformation; Chapter 4. The Interpretive Encounter; Chapter 5. Faith as the Fulcrum of Psychic Change; Chapter 6. The Transformation of Evil; Epilogue: Jacob's Ladder; References; Index; Back cover
Summary Repair of the Soul examines transformation from the perspective of Jewish mysticism and psychoanalysis, addressing the question of how one achieves self-understanding that leads not only to insight but also to meaningful change. In this beautifully written and thought-provoking book, Karen Starr draws upon a contemporary relational approach to psychoanalysis to explore the spiritual dimension of psychic change within the context of the psychoanalytic relationship. Influenced by the work of Lewis Aron, Steven Mitchell and other relational theorists, and drawing upon contemporary scholarship in
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203894767
0203894766