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At times, his prose is so deeply lyrical, so full of imagery and allusion, that it becomes a kind of poetry (Jonathan Kirsch, reviewing the first edition in the Los Angeles Times).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49804639306001,"sku":"CIN0802114822G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0802114822.jpg?v=1750882691"},{"product_id":"confession-from-a-jericho-jail-book-stephen-langfur-9781953236777","title":"Confession from a Jericho Jail","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Israeli Palestinian conflict came to a head in 1989 with the first Intifada. Stephen Langfur-an American-Israeli Ph. D.-refused to serve in the West Bank, joining the 90-odd conscientious objectors in Israel. The army sent him to a cell for wayward soldiers in Jericho. A few feet from him were cells holding Palestinians. Langfur jotted down his observations and thoughts on the entanglement of Arabs and Jews. After release, he developed the notes into Confession from a Jericho Jail, first published by Grove Weidenfeld in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsraeli Supreme Court Justice Haim Cohen wrote from retirement: \"The author's brilliant exposition of ... the Israeli-Arab conflict may well prove a valuable contribution to present-day peace efforts.\" Instead, the Occupation has continued for 30 more years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Langfur's confession is relevant today, it is because (as a reviewer put it) \"the book is much more intimate-and much more intriguing and satisfying-than a mere political tract. It's a glimpse into the heart and soul of a man in middle age who is struggling with his ideals, his identity, his passions and his destiny.... 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Stephen Langfur’s Philosophy Meets the Infant integrates groundbreaking infancy studies of the last 50 years to offer a fresh exploration of our drive for human connection. He begins with a new understanding of self-awareness, which he locates in reciprocal attention between baby and caregiver. Instead of “I think, therefore I am,” the new research supports “You attend, therefore I am.” The event of becoming self-aware through another is termed a “You-I Event.”  The idea is counterintuitive: we are perfectly self-aware when alone! To explain the change after infancy, Langfur makes transformative use of an old psychoanalytic finding. With the onset of language, a child internalizes (introjects) the most important You’s, playing them toward herself in speech. Instead of the original You-I Event, we have its counterfeit in our heads. Nevertheless, a longing for the true Event persists in the unconscious; individual chapters trace this longing in work, love, art, conversation, and religion.  Organized into three parts (“The You-I Event in infancy and why it disappears,\" \"The You-I Event after infancy,\" and \"Philosophical Issues\"), this book will be of keen interest to philosophers, infancy researchers, and anyone seeking new light on the major questions of human existence.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51597647053073,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51597647905041,"sku":"NGR9781032895291","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52666799030545,"sku":"NLS9781032895291","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1032895292.jpg?v=1751366074"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-stephen-langfur.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}