{"product_id":"the-poets-voice-in-the-making-of-mind-paperback","title":"The Poet's Voice in the Making of Mind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell Meares\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did the human mind evolve and how does it emerge, again and again, in individual lives?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Poet's Voice in the Making of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Russell Meares presents a fascinating inquiry into the origin of mind. He proposes that the way in which mind, or self, evolved, may resemble the way it emerges in childhood play and that a poetic, analogical style of thought is a biological necessity, essential to bringing to fruition the achievement of the human mind. Taking a fresh look at the language used in psychotherapy, he shows how language, and conversation in particular, is central to the development and maintenance of self. His theory incorporates the ideas from William James, Hughlings, Jackson, Janet, Hobson, Gerald Edelman, Wolf Singer, Vygotsky and others. It is illuminated by extracts from literary artists such as Wallace Stevens, W.S. Merwin, Virginia Woolf, Joseph Conrad and Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncompassing psychotherapy; psychoanalysis; evolution; child development; literary criticism; philosophy; studies of mind and consciousness, \u003cem\u003eThe Poet's Voice in the Making of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is an engaging, ground-breaking and thought-provoking work that will appeal to psychotherapists and psychoanalysts, as well as anyone interested in the emergence of mind and self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell Meares is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney. He trained in psychiatry at the Royal Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals, where he formed an enduring friendship with the late Robert Hobson, with whom he collaborated to develop the Conversational Model of psychotherapy, devised to treat people who could not be treated by other means and who would now be called \"borderline.\" His most recent books for Routledge include are \u003cem\u003eIntimacy and Alienation (2000)\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Metaphor of Play (revised and enlarged edition) (2005)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782375047456,"sku":"9780415572347","price":80.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3f7d17e06e6697251b4856fab113aa3a.webp?v=1780569171","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-poets-voice-in-the-making-of-mind-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}