Feet of Clay
by Storr, AnthonyEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1997-08-19
Publisher(s): Free Press
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Summary
An eye-opening investigation of charismatic "gurus" from Jesus to Freud to David Koresh, by the author of "Solitude: A Return to the Self". In "Feet of Clay", eminent psychologist Anthony Storr uncovers the personality traits that link these men and explores the incredible power they have wielded over their fanatical followers. 11 photos.
Author Biography
Anthony Storr is an Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and an Emeritus Fellow at Green College at Oxford. He lives in Oxford, England.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. x |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Paranoid Enclosures | p. 1 |
| Georgei Ivanovitch Gurdjieff | p. 21 |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh | p. 45 |
| Rudolf Steiner | p. 65 |
| Carl Gustav Jung | p. 83 |
| Sigmund Freud | p. 107 |
| The Jesuit and Jesus | p. 127 |
| Sanity and Insanity | p. 149 |
| Chaos and Order | p. 173 |
| Delusion and Faith | p. 195 |
| To Whom Shall We Turn? | p. 213 |
| References | p. 235 |
| Bibliography | p. 245 |
| Index | p. 249 |
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