The Schopenhauer Cure

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Yalom, Irvin D. , Yalom, Irvin 저자(글)

Harper Perennial · 2020년 11월 10일

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Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., is the author of Love's Executioner, Momma and the Meaning of Life, Lying on the Couch, The Schopenhauer Cure, When Nietzsche Wept, as well as several classic textbooks on psychotherapy, including The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, considered the foremost work on group therapy. The Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Stanford University, he divides his practice between Palo Alto, where he lives, and San Francisco, California.
Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work -- and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured -- miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer -- and is, himself, a philosophical counselor in training. Philips dour, misanthropic stance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group in exchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may be far too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the group members. And then again, it might be just long enough.
"At one time or another, all of us have wondered what we'd do in the face of death. Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, distinguished psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work. Has he really made an enduring difference in the lives of his patients? And what about the patients he's failed? What has happened to them? Now that he is wiser and riper, can he rescue them yet?" "Reaching beyond the safety of his thriving San Francisco practice, Julius feels compelled to seek out Philip Slate, whom he treated for sex addiction some twenty-three years earlier. At that time, Philip's only means of connecting to humans was through brief sexual interludes with countless women, and Julius's therapy did not change that. He meets with Philip, who claims to have cured himself - by reading the pessimistic and misanthropic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer." "Much to Julius's surprise, Philip has become a philosophical counselor and requests that Julius provide him with the supervisory hours he needs to obtain a license to practice. In return, Philip offers to tutor Julius in the work of Schopenhauer. Julius hesitates. How can Philip possibly become a therapist? He is still the same arrogant, uncaring, self-absorbed person he had always been. In fact, in every way he resembles his mentor, Schopenhauer. But eventually they strike a Faustian bargain: Julius agrees to supervise Philip, provided that Philip first joins his therapy group. Julius is hoping that six months with the group will address Philip's misanthropy and that by being part of a circle of fellow patients, he will develop the relationship skills necessary to become a therapist." "Philip enters the group, but he is more interested in educating the members in Schopenhauer's philosophy - which he claims is all the therapy anyone should need - than he is in their individual problems. Soon Julius and Philip, using very different therapeutic approaches, are competing for the hearts and minds of the group members."--BOOK JACKET.
'? beautifully wrought tale of a therapy group's final year and a moving debate about the end of life.'?9780060938109
"A beautifully wrought tale of a therapy group's final year and a moving debate about the end of life."
'?s a novel of ideas, this book effectively explores loss, sexual desire, and the search for meaning.'?9780060938109
"As a novel of ideas, this book effectively explores loss, sexual desire, and the search for meaning."
'?onsiders the value and limits of therapy and those points at which philosophy and psychology converge.'?9780060938109
"Considers the value and limits of therapy and those points at which philosophy and psychology converge."
'?eticulous. [Yalom's] re-creation of a working therapy group is utterly convincing.'?9780060938109
"Meticulous. [Yalom's] re-creation of a working therapy group is utterly convincing."
'?he world's first accurate group-therapy novel, a mezmerizing story of two men's search for meaning.'?9780060938109
"The world's first accurate group-therapy novel, a mezmerizing story of two men's search for meaning."
'?alom's enthusiasm is contagious. And he certainly knows how to tell a page-turning story.'?9780060938109
"Yalom's enthusiasm is contagious. And he certainly knows how to tell a page-turning story."
'?alom's melding of philosophy, pedantry, psychiatry and literature result in a surprisingly engaging novel of ideas.'?9780060938109
"Yalom's melding of philosophy, pedantry, psychiatry and literature result in a surprisingly engaging novel of ideas."

작가정보

저자(글) Yalom, Irvin D.

1931년 미국 Washington DC 출생. 미국 스탠포드의과대학의 정신의학과 명예교수이며, 심리치료 분야에서 세계적인 권위를 인정받고 있는 정신과 의사이다. 또한 '니체가 눈물을 흘릴 때', '긴 의자에 누워 Lying on the Couch', '쇼펜하우어의 치료 The Schopenhauer Cure' 등의 소설을 쓴 베스트셀러 작가이기도 하다. 이 책들은 모두 세계 20여 개국에서 번역 출간되었으며, 특히 '니체가 눈물을 흘릴 때'는 1992년에 출간된 이후 장기 베스트셀러로서 꾸준한 인기를 얻고 있다. 또한 1980년과 1985년에 각각 쓴 '실존심리치료 Existential Psychotherapy', '집단정신치료의 이론과 실제 The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy'는 세계 각국에서 심리치료의 교재로 널리 채택되고 있다. 그 밖의 저서에 실제 심리치료 사례를 모아놓은 '나는 사랑의 처형자가 되기 싫다 Love's Executioner'와 주요 작품 모음집인 '얄롬을 읽는다 The Yalom Reader'가 있다. 어빈 얄롬은 제1차 세계대전 직전에 러시아의 작은 마을에서 미국의 워싱턴DC로 이주를 한 부모님에게서 태어났다. 식료품점을 운영하는 부모님과 함께 어린 시절부터 가난하게 생활한 탓에 책 한 권 사서 읽기 어려운 형편이었던 그는 도서관에서 많은 시간을 보내며 닥치는 대로 독서를 했다. 하지만 그 중에서도 특히 소설을 좋아했고, 소설을 통해 많은 지혜를 얻었다. 그리고 소설을 쓰는 일이 인간이 할 수 있는 가장 섬세한 작업이라는 생각을 하게 되었다.

저자(글) Yalom, Irvin

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ISBN	9780060938109 ( 0060938102 )
발행(출시)일자	2020년 11월 10일
쪽수	384쪽
크기	136 * 203 * 25 mm / 295 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어