The Transformative Self explores three of life's perennial questions: How do we make sense of our lives? What is a good life? How do we create one?
In this comprehensive volume, developmental psychologist Jack J. Bauer responds to those three questions by integrating three main areas of study--narrative identity, the good life, and personal growth--to present an innovative model of humane flourishing and human development.
The Transformative Self synthesizes an extensive range of scholarship, from scientific research in psychology to work in philosophy, literature, history, cultural studies, and more. The result is a cohesive framework for understanding how personal and cultural stories shape our development and how, through those stories, we might cultivate the growth of happiness, love, and wisdom for the self and others.

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The Transformative Self: Personal Growth, Narrative Identity, and the Good Life (EXPLORATIONS IN NARRATIVE PSYCH SERIES)

Bauer, Jack J.

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

Explorations in narrative psychology, New York, NY, 2021

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

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Half title
Series
The Transformative Self
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Detailed Table of Contents
Contents
Detailed Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I. THE TRANSFORMATIVE SELF AS A GOOD LIFE STORY
1. Introducing the Transformative Self
2. The Cultural Master Narrative of Personal Growth
3. Growth and the Good Life
4. Growth and a Good Life Story
5. Growthy Tones in Personal Narratives
6. Growth Themes in Personal Narratives
7. Growth Structure in Personal Narratives
SECTION II. THE PERSON WHO HAS A TRANSFORMATIVE SELF
8. Transformative Traits, Motives, and Experiences
9. Transformative Self- Regulation and the Quiet Ego
10. Growth in the Hard and Soft Margins of Society
SECTION III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE SELF
11. Nature, Nurture, and ’Ndividuality: Why Personal Growth Is Possible
12. The Transforming, Transformative Self: Identity Development
13. The Aging, Transformative Self: Growth Is Not Just for the Young
14. Stages of Transformative Self- Authorship
SECTION IV. SHADOWS AND ILLUMINATION
15. The Dark Side of the Transformative Self
16. Authenticity, Self- Actualizing, and Self- Authorship
17. The Self Beyond the Story
Notes
References
Index

"This chapter introduces the main features of the transformative self-what it is and is not. For instance, the transformative self is not a person but rather a self-identity that a person uses to facilitate personal growth. The person creates a transformative self primarily in their evolving life story. This growth-oriented narrative identity helps the person to cultivate growth toward a good life for the self and others. The chapter provides an overview of the book's theoretical approach and topics. The book's first section examines the components of personal growth, narrative identity, and a good life that culturally characterize the transformative self. The second section explores he personality and social ecology of the person who has a transformative self. The third section shows how the transformative self itself develops over time. The final section explores the hazards and heights of having a transformative self"-- Provided by publisher

The Transformative Self explains how people create a self-identity in their life stories to cultivate personal growth and the good life. Combining scientific research in psychology with work in philosophy, literature, history, and more, this book shows how personal and cultural narratives shape the development of happiness, love, and wisdom.

2024-04-27