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Product Identifiers
PublisherFree Press
ISBN-100684834952
ISBN-139780684834955
eBay Product ID (ePID)574907
Product Key Features
Book TitleFeet of Clay
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicMovements / Psychoanalysis, Religious, Hinduism / General, General, Psychopathology / General, Personality, Social Psychology
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
AuthorAnthony Storr
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-014250
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal291.6/1
SynopsisHow 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.