Description
How do gurus get their power? Gurus are extraordinary individuals who attract fanatical followers and wield incredible and at times destructive control over them. In this remarkable study, Anthony Storr, the acclaimed author of Solitude and Music and the Mind, examines why we are so enthralled with these dogmatic figures who satisfy our need for certainty. Taking as his examples such diverse figures as Jesus, Sigmund Freud, Ignatius Loyola, and David Koresh, Storr traces the typical patterns--often involving psychotic illness--that shape the guru's development, and reveals how certain gurus become monsters while others become spiritual beacons.
Author: Anthony Storr
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 08/19/1997
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.62h x 6.24w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780684834955
ISBN10: 0684834952
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Psychology | Movements | Psychoanalysis
- Social Science | General
Author: Anthony Storr
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 08/19/1997
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.62h x 6.24w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780684834955
ISBN10: 0684834952
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Psychology | Movements | Psychoanalysis
- Social Science | General
About the Author
Anthony Storr was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and an Emeritus Fellow of Green College, Oxford. He was the author of numerous books, including The Integrity of the Personality, The Dynamics of Creation, The Essential Jung, and The Art of Psychotherapy. Dr. Storr died in 2001