Understanding al-Mutanabbī : A Humanistic Pyschological Approach.

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Notes of Transliteration -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AL-MUTANABBĪ -- The Historical Background -- The Early Life of Al-Mutanabbī -- His Patrons and Later Life -- Works on al-Mutanabbī -- CHAPTER THREE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGY AND POETRY -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE MAJOR THEORIES OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY -- The Horneyan Theory -- The Maslovian Theory -- The Rogerian Theory -- The Application of the Humanistic Theories to Al-Mutanabbī's Poetry -- CHAPTER FIVE: AL-MUTANABBĪ AND SAYF AL-DAWLAH: A MASLOVIAN APPROACH -- The Search for Safety -- The Needs of Belonging and Affection -- The Need for Self-Esteem -- The Quest for Self-Actualization -- A Self-Actualizer's Love -- Creativity and the Self-Actualizing Person -- Characteristic of the Self-Actualizing Person -- The Estrangement between Al-Mutanabbī and Sayf Al-Dawlah -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SIX: AL-MUTANABBĪ AND KĀFŪR: A HORNEYAN PERSPECTIVE -- Kāfūr's Patronage of Al-Mutanabbī -- Moving Towards People -- Moving Against and Away from People -- Al-Mutanabbī's Idealized Self-Image -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SEVEN: CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

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