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In humanistic psychology, as well as in much contemporary psychoanalysis, there is a new sense that man can become a more active force in shaping his life. Freud, with his emphasis on man's being driven by his unconscious, tended to undercut the notion of will. Writes Italian Psychoanalyst...
Much harder to dismiss are allegations that behavior therapy threatens man's freedom by manipulating patients like so many laboratory animals. San Francisco's Allen Wheelis, who is both psychoanalyst and thoughtful novelist, believes that a human being who submits to behavior manipulation "is treating himself as object...
Economy and Tact. As case history, Ariana's problem is not uncommon. She is unable to choose happiness over despair because her will has been paralyzed. In Wheelis' view, the cause is not only Craig's outrages but the subtly pervasive spirit of the age. Behaviorists, technophiles...
Wheelis interrupts his story a number of times with general discussions of personal inertia, freedom and will. Because these talks are jargon-free and meditative in tone, they do not distract from the fictional narrative. If anything, they heighten the reader's involvement in a story written with exceptional...
Despite its incongruities of form, The Desert is an exciting, even a profound modern document. Its philosophical underwriters are Husserl, Heidegger and Ludwig Binswanger, the Swiss psychiatrist who provided a much-needed addendum to Freud. Binswanger gently argued that the undefinable human spirit is as powerful a drive as instinct...