At home in the world : sounds and symmetries of belonging

Part 1 - Home: womb of many stories. 1 Introduction. 2 My own home. Part 2 - Home: birthplace of culture. 3 Preserving a cultural context. 4 Transient spaces: between the languages of containment and reflection. Part 3 - Home: temenos of the soul's lineage. 5 Developmental perspectives. 6 Homecoming: a metaphor in therapy. 7 Homes of fate, homes of destiny: individuation and the transcendent function. Part 4 - Home: an odyssey through many lands. 8 Lost homes, lost nations. 9 Ireland: contemplating a nation from a place of exile. Part 5 - Home: respopnsibility in unsettled times. 10 At home in a global society?. 11 Traversing cultural boundaries. 12 A many-storied house

'...offers a profound philosophical and psychological exploration of the multi-dimensional significance of home and the interwoven themes of homelessness and homesickness in contemporary global culture. Home as a particular dwelling place, as a cultural or national identity, as a safe temenos in therapy, and as a metaphor for the individuation process are analyzed expertly from multi-disciplinary perspectives and, more poignantly, through the sharing of diverse narratives that bear witness to lives lived and endured from memories of homes lost and regained.'

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