Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart
A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness
$23.25
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 June 1999
Summary
An intimate guide to self-acceptance and discovery that offers a Buddhist perspective on wholeness within the framework of a Western understanding of self.
For decades, Western psychology has promised fulfillment through building and strengthening the ego. We are taught that the ideal is a strong, individuated self, constructed and reinforced over a lifetime. But Buddhist psychiatrist Mark Epstein has found a different way.
Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart shows …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780767902359 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0767902351 |
| Author: | Mark Epstein, Mark Epstein, M.D. |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 1999 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 133mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
”[Epstein] elegantly describes how psychotherapy and meditation can help us manage our most powerful emotions—and make us feel more alive and whole in the process.”
—Psychology Today
“Exhilarating … brilliant and original… . Important because it shows how work on the pains and pleasures of our own lives can be a means of transformation.”
—New Age
“A daring and profound synthesis of intelligence about emotions East and West … establishes Mark Epstein as one of psychology’s most dazzling thinkers.”
—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
“Plato’s Socrates once wondered whether he should be a politician or a physician—that is, whether he should try to serve the existing tastes and interests of his fellow citizens or continually work to improve their minds and souls. Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart will appeal to physicians, therapists, and patients who, like Socrates, opt for the latter.”
—New England Journal of Medicine
“A thought-provoking look at how to break free from psychological materialism.”
—Utne Reader
Mark Epstein
Mark Epstein, M.D., is a psychiatrist in private practice and the author of Thoughts Without a Thinker. He is a contributing editor to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and clinical assistant professor of psychology at New York University. He lives in New York City.
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