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This book is promoted as a basic text in personality. I would amend this by calling it a very elementary text. I believe it can help in the education of lay people and beginners in the psychological and social fields.
The author wishes to demonstrate the use of psychological understanding, psychoanalytic psychological understanding, in the resolution of life crises. He uses case vignettes of varying length to show these crises in different people. These individuals are typical of people seen in a psychotherapeutic practice and consultation. Moreover, and this is the theme of the last two chapters, all people are in increasing distress. All are in the midst of a pandemic of continued dehumanization and brutalization. To reverse this, each one of us must struggle with the problems of exploring one's own inner psychological sphere, behaviour and values.
To return to the beginning: there is a brief explication of basic psychoanalytic concepts and explanations within an epigenetic frame. I thought beginners might not understand that some of the terms used are technical and, though