Psychology

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Books

Baudelaire, Charles.  The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
Jonathan Mayne, 1-40. New York: Da Capo, 1964.

Don is seen as a “dandy.” Baudelaire says “the specific beauty of the dandy consists particularly in the cold exterior resulting from the unshakable determination to remain unmoved; one is reminded of the latent fire, whose existence is merely suspected and which, if it wanted to, but does not, could burst forth in all its brightness.” (p.153, Mad Men, Mad World)

Benedict, Ruth. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

Benedict’s World War II–era study paints an illuminating contrast between the culture of Japan and that of the United States. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a revealing look at how and why our cultures differ, making it the perfect introduction to Japanese history and customs. -Amazon

Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and Influence People. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009.

Carnegie’s classic bestseller–an inspirational personal-development guide that shows how to achieve lifelong success–is now in a newly packaged edition, the first hardcover release of this classic since 1981. -OPAC

Goffman, Erving. The Presentation of Everyday Life . New York: Anchor, 1959.

A study of human behavior in social situations and the way we appear to others. Dr. Goffman has employed as a framework the metaphor of theatrical performance. Discussions of social techniques are based upon detailed research and observation of social customs in many regions. -Amazon

Goffman, Erving. Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. New York: J. Aronson, 1974.

Stigma is an illuminating excursion into the situation of persons who are unable to conform to standards that society calls normal. Disqualified from full social acceptance, they are stigmatized individuals…Drawing extensively on autobiographies and case studies, sociologist Erving Goffman analyzes the stigmatized person’s feelings about himself and his relationship to “normals” He explores the variety of strategies stigmatized individuals employ to deal with the rejection of others, and the complex sorts of information about themselves they project. -Amazon

Susann, Jacqueline. Valley of the Dolls. 50th ed. New York: Grove Press, 2016.

At a time when women were destined to become housewives, Jacqueline Susann let us dream. Anne, Neely, and Jennifer become best friends as struggling young women in New York City trying to make their mark. Eventually, they climb their way to the top of the entertainment industry only to find that there’s no place left to go but down, into the Valley of the Dolls. -Amazon

Van De Riet, Vernon, et al.  Gestalt Therapy: An Introduction. New York: Pergamon Press, 1980.

This unique text focuses on the gestalt orientation to the practice of psychotherapy and examines the clinical processes used to aid effective living.

 

Articles

Baldwin, Matthew, Monica Biernat, and Mark J. Landau. “.Remembering The Real Me: Nostalgia Offers A Window To The Intrinsic Self” Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology 108.1 (2015): 128-147. PsycARTICLES. Web. 28 July 2016.

Gerson, Mary-joan. “The World of Mad Men: Power, Surface and Passion.” American Journal of Psychoanalysis 71.4 (2011): 370-5. ProQuest. Web. 8 Aug. 2016.

Lacan, Jacques. “The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I Function as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience. Ecrits: A Selection. Trans. Bruce Fink, 3-9. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.

Prince, Robert. “Bodyguard of Lies: The Vicissitudes of Deception among Mad Men and Women.” American Journal of Psychoanalysis 71.4 (2011): 376-80. ProQuest. Web. 8 Aug. 2016.

Slochower, J. (2011). Gender, splitting and non-recognition in mad men. American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 71(4), 381-6. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ajp.2011.28