The Drama of Everyday Life by Karl E Scheibe
Psychologists, says the old joke, know everything there s to know about the college sophomore and the white rat. But what about the rest of us, older than the former, bigger than the latter, with lives more labyrinthine than either? In this book, the author aims to take psychology out of its rut and bring it into contact with the complex lives that most people quietly live. Drama, Scheibe remind us, is no more confined to the theatre than religion is to the church or education to the schoolroom. Accordingly, he brings to his reflection on psychology the drama of literature, poetry, philosophy, history, music, and theatre. The essence of drama is transformation: the transformation of the quotidian world into something that commands interest and stimulates conversation. It is this dramatic transformation that the author seeks in psychology as he pursues a series of suggestive questions, such as: what is boredom the central motivational issue of our time? why are eating and sex the biological foundations of all human dramas? why is indifference a natural condition, caring a dramatic achievement? why is schizophrenia disappearing? why does gambling have cosmic significance? Writing with elegance and passion, Scheibe asks us to take note of the self-representation, performance, and scripts of the drama that is our everyday life. In doing so, he challenges our dispirited senses and awakens psychology to a new realm of dramatic possibility.
Karl E. Scheibe is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, USA. His publication record includes a wide range of topics from verbal learning, to theoretical studies on self and identity and in recent years, theoretical essays connecting psychology to the language of drama and the techniques of theatre.
Frank J. Barrett is Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at the Naval Postgraduate School in California, USA. He has written and lectured widely on social constructionism, appreciative inquiry, organizational change, jazz improvisation and organizational learning.
Frank J. Barrett is Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at the Naval Postgraduate School in California, USA. He has written and lectured widely on social constructionism, appreciative inquiry, organizational change, jazz improvisation and organizational learning.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674002319 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674002318 |
| Title | The Drama of Everyday Life |
| Author | Karl E Scheibe |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2000-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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