Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self Deception

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Simon and Schuster, 1985 - 288
From the bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence comes a penetrating analysis of the many ways we deceive ourselves.

Daniel Goleman draws on evidence of all kinds—from brain function to social dynamics—to reveal how we skew our most intimate relationships, our day-to-day lives, and our common reality by burying painful insights and memories. This self-deception is our means of psychic self-preservation, the currency of survival in which an entire society colludes. But although self-deception is sometimes benign, it can also be dangerous and life-diminishing. This important book both illuminates and raises challenging questions about a subject that is central to our psychological existence.

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FOREWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
11
Thoughts on Being Mauled by a Lion
29
Anxiety Is Stress Out of Place
44
Freuds Model of the Mind
57
The Packets Knowledge Comes In
74
PART THREE
90
Noticing What Not to Notice
106
Forgetting and Forgetting We Have Forgotten
117
Family Ritual As Group Memory
171
Theres Nothing Rotten Here in Denmark
180
Groupthink in the Corporate Family
190
Constructing the Reality Par Excellence
197
The Tyrannies and Freedoms of Frames
203
The WeilMannered Gaze
209
What You Dont See Wont Hurt You
221
The Flow of Information in a Free Society
231

The Therapists Dilemma
124
Neurotic Styles
131
The Anatomy of Psychic Armor
142
How to Raise a Paranoid
150
The We
161
An Ancient Malady and Its Cure
237
Vital Lies and Simple Truths
244
NOTES
253
INDEX
271
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Daniel Goleman is the bestselling author of several books, including Emotional Intelligence, Focus, and Optimal. He was a science journalist for The New York Times, received the American Psychological Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and was honored by Harvard for his contributions to education, business, and society. He lives near New York City. Find out more at DanielGoleman.info.

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