Commonalities in Boesch and Murray: Bridging between a European and an American thinker

Journal/Book: Cult Psychol. 1997; 3: 6 Bonhill Street, London, England EC2A 4PU. Sage Publications Ltd. 395-404.

Abstract: Six commonalities in the work of Ernst Boesch and Henry Murray are outlined: a holistic approach to the study of personality; a systematic elaboration of the person-situation interaction; an incorporation of psychoanalytic elements into their theoretical thinking; an emphasis on the cultural foundations of personality; and an intense affinity with novelistic literature. The main part of this article is devoted to the sixth commonality: Boesch's and Murray's ideas on the multiplicity and multivoicedness of the self.

Note: Article Hermans HJM, Univ Nijmegen, Dept Clin Psychol & Personal, POB 9104, NL-6500 He Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS

Keyword(s): dialogue; self; voice; SELF

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