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The Western Mind in Transition

The Western Mind in Transition This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This is a book by a man who knows as much about the Western mind as anyone, and as much about its transition too since he has been observing, thinking, and writing as a psychoanalyst, philosopher, and scientist for at least 50 of his 70 years. This is a book having an amazing combination of liveliness with reflective power and quiet wisdom. I feel sure that if one read the book without having the biographical end-flaps on the cover or without knowing anything about the author he would imagine that a spirited and brilliant man of thirty had managed to absorb a great deal of history, scientific theory, and philosphy while remaining acutely in touch with his times. The theme to which Alexander returns time and again throughout his wide-ranging discussion of the problems of individual mind and Western culture in this: The deterioration or surrender of former values and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

The Western Mind in Transition

Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 107 (4) – Apr 1, 1961

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1961 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0003-9926
eISSN
1538-3679
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1961.03620040144017
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This is a book by a man who knows as much about the Western mind as anyone, and as much about its transition too since he has been observing, thinking, and writing as a psychoanalyst, philosopher, and scientist for at least 50 of his 70 years. This is a book having an amazing combination of liveliness with reflective power and quiet wisdom. I feel sure that if one read the book without having the biographical end-flaps on the cover or without knowing anything about the author he would imagine that a spirited and brilliant man of thirty had managed to absorb a great deal of history, scientific theory, and philosphy while remaining acutely in touch with his times. The theme to which Alexander returns time and again throughout his wide-ranging discussion of the problems of individual mind and Western culture in this: The deterioration or surrender of former values and

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Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Apr 1, 1961

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