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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965055203321

Autore

Schwartz Judith A

Titolo

The wounds that heal : heroism and human development / / Judith A. Schwartz, Richard B. Schwartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, 2010

ISBN

0-7618-9081-5

1-282-82020-6

9786612820205

0-7618-5180-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchwartzRichard B

Disciplina

155

612.6

Soggetti

Psychology

Human growth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter I; Introduction; Chapter II; Defining the Hero; Chapter III; Heroism and Human Development Theory; Chapter IV; Heroes Real and Imagined; Chapter V; Summation; Chapter VI; Becoming a Hero; Appendix; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines developmental theory in light of heroic narrative and argues that such theory should be adjusted to accommodate the experience of those who are, in many ways, our principal role models, examining figures such as Jane Austen, T. E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill and George S. Patton, Jr.