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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