Deep Drama Exploring Life as Theater 1st edition by Karl Scheibe 9783319629865 3319629867

1: Profound Drama

Drama, Appearance, Reality, and Depth1

The Importance of Profound Drama

The Provision of Depth Through Narrative

Breakdowns

Damage to Life’s Dramatic Temple, the Body

The Return to Spirit

A Study in Shallowness: Donald Trump

Character as Depth

References

2: The Person as Actor, the Actor as Person: Personality from a Dramaturgical Perspective

Drama in Personality Assessment

Dramatizing Assessment

Why is the MBTI So Compelling and Dramatic?

References

3: The Drama of the Scientific Life

The Drama of Everyday Life

The Arbitrary Becomes Essential

Dramatic Contexts

Major and Minor Actors and the Audience

The Drama of Reciprocal Action

Conclusions and Cautions

References

4: Reflections on the Drama of Shame and Guilt

Classical Images of Shame and Guilt

Adam and Eve

Cain and Abel

Lessons from the Classical Cases

Some Dramatic Representations of Shame and Guilt

Othello

Death of a Salesman

Equus

Cyrano de Bergerac

Life is Not Neat: Mergings of Shame and Guilt and Other Complications

Emancipation

False Shame and False Guilt

Coping and Legitimacy

On the Secondary Gain of Shame and Guilt in the Drama of Life

References

5: The Drama of Fear

Escaping Pain and Avoidance Responses

The Face of Fear

The Enduring Effects of Public Disasters

Disaster Produces Drama, and with It Meaning

Qui Bono?

Replacing Fear with Confidence: The End of the Great Depression and the Control of Inflation

The Extremes of Fear Are Greater than the Extremes of Greed

Incongruity: A Source of Fear and Humor

Cheap Thrills and Fear

Cosmic Fear

The Functions of Fear in the Dramatic Context

References

6: Paradoxes of Well-being: A Dramatic Analysis

Standard Assumptions About Well-being Are Questionable

The Two Major Paradoxes of Well-being: “Eutrophication” and “Out of the Mud Grows the Lo

Drama and the Paradoxes of Well-being

In Sum: Reflections on the Separation of Joy and Reason

References

7: Narratives of Addiction

Biology and Biography

Doing What Works

Stories of Failure and Failed Stories

Institutional Structures and the Context of Addictions

A Success Story

Conclusions

References

8: On the Psychological Absurdity of a War on Terror

The War on Terror as a Chimera

Strategy, Tactics, and the War on Terror

The Preconditions for Terrorism

Reflections on the Rhetoric of Terror

Perverse Consequences and the Prospect of Reversal

The Conundrum of Terrorism from Above

Ingroups and Outgroups: Conflicts Formed and Dissolved

References

9: Three Modes of Human Aggression, Plus Pure Evil

The Three Kinds of Ordinary Aggression

Caused Happenings Versus Reasoned Actions

The First Type: Aggressive Acts As Caused Happenings

The Second and Third Types: Reasoned Actions with Selfish Purposes or Self-transcending Purposes

A Consideration of Evil and a Fourth Type of Human Aggression

The Perils of Thinking of Pure Evil

References

10: The Use of Dramatic Metaphor in Kahneman’s Psychology

Two Agents within the Same Person

Econs, Humans, and Nudging

The Experiencing Self and the Remembering Self

Summary and Conclusions

References

11: Rejection

Rejection Is Fixed in Our Nature

Subtle Social Forces

The Many Forms of Rejection

References

12: Wisdom from Hamilton

What Accounts for All This Success?

What Gives Hamilton Its Depth?

Industry and Patience

Acknowledging Faults and Moving On

A Word about the Importance of Alexander Hamilton’s Distinctive Identity

The Failure of Hamilton and the Lesson of Humility