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Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health 2/2018

08.02.2018 | Book Review

GROWING DOWN

By Jaco J. Hamman. 242 pp. Waco: Baylor University Press. $39.95, ISBN 9781481306461

verfasst von: Charles D. Mayer, , Psy.D.

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 2/2018

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Jaco Hamman’s enormously valuable Growing Down brings a highly therapeutic sense of calm, patience, and sustained attention to a subject that is often a source of anxiety and confusion. The book, Hamman says, “seeks to inform a conversation for those interested in human nature, especially those who are curious about the meaning of the personal rituals and habits we have formed around technologies with small screens” (p. 9). It does so by placing “the psychodynamic thought of Winnicott… in a specific framework that posits certain intelligences needed to thrive and feel alive” (p. 12). These intelligences—Self, Relational, Transitional, Reparative, Playground, and Technological—are examined against the backdrop of the central place devices with small screens have in our culture. …
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Titel
GROWING DOWN
By Jaco J. Hamman. 242 pp. Waco: Baylor University Press. $39.95, ISBN 9781481306461
verfasst von
Charles D. Mayer, , Psy.D.
Publikationsdatum
08.02.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0569-3

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