Author: CHARME, STUART L.
Title: Meaning and Myth in the Study of Lives - a Sartrean Perspective
Description: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0812279085). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a bump to spine head) with dustjacket which has a small tear to back.vii + 190 pages. The book explores major theoretical issues in the study of an individual life through its focus on Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre's quest for an 'existential psychoanalysis' led him to develop what he called 'true novels' in the landmark studies of Flaubert and others. In clarifying Sartre's philosophical ideas in relation to the analysis of the self, Charmé examines the attraction/repulsion of Freudian concepts and explores parallels in Erikson's ego psychology. Certain 'mythic' qualities in religious biography and autobiography are seen as central to Sartre, who presents lives - including his own - as normative models. 24. Near Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Jean-Paul Sartre, Existential Psychology, Self, Dialectic and Totalization, Human Meaning, Philosophy, Nature of Consciousness, Identity, Freudian Concepts, Erikson's Ego Psychology 0812279085


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