THE EVOLVING SELF --- PROBLEM AND PROCESS IN HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
by Robert Kegan. Harvard University Press, 1982.
PROLOGUE (p1-21)
PART 1 --- EVOLUTIONARY "TRUCES" (p23-110)
1) The unrecognized genius of Jean Piaget (p25-45)
2) The evolution of "moral meaning-making" (p46-72)
3) The "constitutions" of the SELF (p73-85)
[1] The "impulsive balance" --- Stage 1 (p85-89)
[2] The "imperial balance" --- Stage 2 (p89-95)
[3] The "interpersonal balance" --- Stage 3 (p95-100)
[4] The "institutional balance" --- Stage 4 (p100-103)
[5] The "interindividual balance" --- Stage 5 (p103-110)
PART 2 --- THE NATURAL "EMERGENCIES" OF THE SELF (p111-296)
4) The growth and loss of the "incorporative SELF" (p113-)
[1] Holding on (p121-126)
[2] Letting go (p127-128)
[3] Remaining in place (p129-132)
5) The growth and loss of the "impulsive SELF" (p133-160)
6) The growth and loss of the "imperial SELF" (p161-183)
7) The growth and loss of the "interpersonal SELF" (p184-220)
8) The growth and loss of the "institutional SELF " (p221-254)
9) Natural therapy (p255-296)
The Piagetian Framework of "Meaning-Constitutive Personal Development" (Chart on p294)
REFERENCES (p299-307)
INDEX (p309-318)
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