Background
Strenger, Carlo was born on July 16, 1958 in Basel, Switzerland. Arrived in Israel, 1978. Son of Enrico Strenger and Rachel Strenger-Ringer.
(What can contemporary psychoanalysis bring to the underst...)
What can contemporary psychoanalysis bring to the understanding of Generation X, a cohort for whom the trivialization of a dizzying array of possible experiences teamed with the pressure to lead spectacular lives often leads to diffuse feelings of confusion, depression, and disorientation. The Designed Self chronicles Strenger's therapeutic encounters with five extraordinarily gifted young adults for whom the ideal of authenticity long associated with the Baby-Boom generation was supplanted by the need to experiment endlessly with the self. Perpetual self-experimentation, constantly reinforced by the media, came to encompass everything from career choice, to hair color, to body shape, to gender identity. In compelling clinical stories, Strenger introduces us to patients for whom the project of shaping the self had become a cultural imperative no less than an expression of individuality. At once insightful and cautionary, The Designed Self investigates how psychoanalysis must change if it is to claim cultural relevance and therapeutic effectiveness in The Age of the Designed Self.
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Strenger, Carlo was born on July 16, 1958 in Basel, Switzerland. Arrived in Israel, 1978. Son of Enrico Strenger and Rachel Strenger-Ringer.
Bachelor, Hebrew University, 1982. Master of Arts, Hebrew University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1989.
Private practice psychologist, consultant, Tel Aviv, since 1989. Senior lecturer Tel Aviv University, 1996—2005, associate professor, since 2005.
(What can contemporary psychoanalysis bring to the underst...)
(Book by Strenger, Carlo)