Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world – hoping it will bring us happiness. But this often leads to a complex game of envy and pride. We achieve these identities but want others to imitate us. We disagree with those...(展开全部)

From Library Journal This book is primarily a historical account of the modernist protest against the disengaged and instrumental modes of thought and action that arose when theistically grounded morality crumbled, but that themselves focused too little upon our inner life, i.e., our powers of creative imagination and the substantive goods of ordinary life, which Taylor alleges...(展开全部)

英文版譯註者／梅拉．埃普斯坦Meira B. Epstein NCGR-PAA認證占星師 NCGR紐約分會導師 原籍以色列的紐約占星名家，為古典占星文獻復興計劃——「後見之明」（Project Hindsight）、ARHAT的希伯來文重要譯者。專業認證占星師，為NCGR線上四級認證課程的創始者與指導教師，課程內容包括星盤繪製與天文學。專攻希臘/古典占星以及現代漢堡占星學派。出版品Excellence in Astrology為中世紀猶太占星名家亞伯拉罕・伊本･伊茲拉文獻的翻譯合集，亦為認證課程的參考書籍。 她亦為獨立的執業占星師，在美國及歐洲的專業占星雜誌發表過許多文章，在聯合占星大會（UAC）等活動經常受邀演講之導師。除了投入占星學研究，她也曾為ESL英文教師，現為電腦程式分析師。

An exploration of man's quest for psychological security and spiritual certainty in religion and philosophy.

凯文•达顿（Kevin Dutton），1967年出生于英国伦敦，心理学博士。现为牛津大学实验心理学系的研究型心理学家。他是享誉世界的心理学、精神病专家，英国皇家医学会和精神病科学研究学会成员。他的父亲是精神病患者，至交也患有精神病，他常常感慨自己过得“太正常”。达顿一生专注于精神病学领域，潜心钻研近30年，为了获得真实的资料，不惜将自己伪装成患者，与真正的精神病患者共处一室。他在精神病研究领域的发现频频被《泰晤士报》、BBC和Discovery探索频道等知名媒体报道，是英国乃至世界不可或缺的研究“不正常人格”的专家。

In his foundational work "The Restoration of the Self", noted psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut boldly challenges 'the limits of classical analytic theory' and the Freudian orthodoxy. Here Kohut proposes a 'psychology of the self' as a theory in its own right - one that can stand beside the teachings of Freud and Jung. Using clinical data, Kohut explores issues such as the role of narc...(展开全部)

Most of us believe that we are unique and coherent individuals, but are we? The idea of a "self" has existed ever since humans began to live in groups and become sociable. Those who embrace the self as an individual in the West, or a member of the group in the East, feel fulfilled and purposeful. This experience seems incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence r...(展开全部)

Most of us believe that we are an independent, coherent self--an individual inside our head who thinks, watches, wonders, dreams, and makes plans for the future. This sense of our self may seem incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that it is not what it seems--it is all an illusion. In The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges du...(展开全部)

This best-selling book of advice on how to achieve personal and professional success is valued for its timeless insights on how to make one's way in the world. Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit, these teachings are strikingly modern in tone, putting strategy above ethics while reminding the reader that the true search for excellence begins with perfecting o...(展开全部)