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Absent Fathers, Lost Sons
The Search for Masculine Identity
Original Title
Père manquant, fils manqué (+ DVD) Que sont les hommes devenus ?
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An experience of the fragility of conventional images of masculinity is something many modern men share. Psychoanalyst Guy Corneau traces this experience to an even deeper feeling men have of their fathers' silence or absence—sometimes literal, but especially emotional and spiritual. Why is this feeling so profound in the lives of the postwar "baby boom" generation—men who are now approaching middle age? Because, he says, this generation marks a critical phase in the loss of the masculine initiation rituals that in the past ensured a boy's passage into manhood. In his engaging examination of the many different ways this missing link manifests in men's lives, Corneau shows that, for men today, regaining the essential "second birth" into manhood lies in gaining the ability to be a father to themselves—not only as a means of healing psychological pain, but as a necessary step in the process of becoming whole.
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- Price :
- 15.00 $ CAD
- ISBN :
- 9782761940337
- Publication date :
- September 2014
- Category :
- Psychology & Self-Help
- Pages :
- 224 pages
Author
Guy Corneau
Renown Canadian psychoanalyst Guy Corneau is the author of several books about personal development including The Best Is Still to Come, L'Amour en Guerre, and Beyond Fear. He regularly offers international workshops and conferences about psychological issues. Very involved with various types of social work, Corneau is the founder of the Réseau Hommes Québec and Réseau Femmes Québec. In 1997, he founded Productions Coeur.com, an organization that brings together therapists and artists to work on personal development and expression through art. Corneau also hosts his own television show about psychology. In 2007, he was diagnosed with and survived cancer, which lead him to write Rebirth.
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