Please distribute to others who may be interested... You are hereby invited to a seminar in our tenth interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> (ECCO 2013-2014)
Time: Friday Dec. 6, 14h-16h Place: *room D.2.16* ------------------------------ Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration Lotte van Lith <http://[email protected]> *Abstract:* The Polish psychiatrist Kazimierz Dabrowski (1902 -1980) developed the Theory of Positive Disintegration. The TPD is a theory of personality development, which central concept is multilevelness. The theory emphasizes negative, disintegrating emotions as positive markers for development. Anxiety, obsessions, nervousness (‘psychoneuroses’) or other tensions are seen as (manifestations of) internal conflicts between ‘what is’ and ‘what ought to/ could be’ . These disintegrations are essential to transform the self, to develop a personal hierarchy of values which illustrates the emergence of a multilevel view of internal and external reality. People in crises are not seen to be mentally ill. Disintegrations indicate potential growth that is realized through the dissolution of neurological structures by intense conflicts. Thereby creating a changed inner milieu, a growing awareness of the emerging contrasts between ‘lower’ and ‘higher’. The TPD has inspired various research projects in the field of giftedness. Dabrowski’s description of ‘overexcitabilities’ (above average reaction to stimuli, hypersensitivity) has show to be an important indicator for recognizing and understanding (the development of) giftedness. This presentation offers an introduction to the theory. Mulitlevelness, internal conflicts, overexcitabilities and the place of positive disintegration within the social development of gifted personality, will be explained. Analysis will also suggest creative ways to further explore the notion of autotherapy and giftedness. ------------------------------ Upcoming Seminars *Dec. 13 * Atanu Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Technology) *Physical Foundations of Self-organizing Systems* See also the ECCO/GBI calendar<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=azMyN252aWluM2JoMnU3MXY5OGt2ZzliOGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ> More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 -- Evo Evo Busseniers - Seminar Coordinator ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: http://vub.academia.edu/EvoBusseniers<http://be.linkedin.com/in/weaver9/>
