Name: the drama of the gifted child,the search for the true self
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Author: Alice Miller
ISBN: 9780465016907

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the drama of the gifted child,the search for the true self

Type

Physical Book

Contributions by

Alice Miller

Publisher

Basic Books

Author

Alice Miller

Language

English

Pages

144

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.11 kg.

ISBN

0465016901

ISBN13

9780465016907

Edition No.

0003

Synopsis "the drama of the gifted child,the search for the true self"

This bestselling book examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects of repressed anger and pain. Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.

Alice Miller

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Alicja “Alice Miller” Englard-Miller fue una psicóloga, psicoanalista y filósofa de origen polaco-suizo, nacida en 1923 y fallecida en 2010, que se convirtió en una de las voces más influyentes del siglo XX en cuestionar las formas tradicionales de crianza. Tras formarse en filosofía, psicología y sociología, ejerció como psicoanalista durante dos décadas antes de dedicarse a la escritura, aportando con sus reflexiones al debate sobre el maltrato infantil, la memoria emocional y las heridas invisibles de la infancia.

En su libro Por tu propio bien (1980), Alice Miller denuncia lo que ella llama “pedagogía venenosa”: una crianza basada en castigos, humillaciones o amenazas con la excusa del “bien del niño”. Su obra sostiene que este tipo de educación no solo daña el desarrollo emocional del niño, sino que puede generar adultos con patrones de violencia, sumisión o desconexión interior. Con un estilo claro y crítico, Miller impulsó una mirada radical sobre la infancia, la autoridad y la responsabilidad moral del adulto.

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