The Theory of Positive Disintegration by Kazimierz Dabrowski.

Reproduction of Dabrowski's Major Works

Contact:bill@positivedisintegration.com

1). Reproduction of English and Polish books, conference proceedings and related materials.

Current as of January, 2009. This document contains information pertaining to the files contained on this disk.

Cost:

I am asking $35 Canadian (or US funds) for each DVD.

This includes postage. Sorry, I do not directly take credit cards but US buyers can send cheques drawn on a US bank. I am also registered on PayPal so this is also a safe and good alternative. Please specify if you want the English or Polish versions. If you want both the English and Polish material let me know as they will fit onto one DVD.

Use PayPal here. Enter "CD and English or Polish" under item column. Thank you.

Folders on the English DVD:

Read Me First Word File.doc (this document). Dabrowski's English Books Book PDF Images 1937 Monograph 1964 (five parts) 1967(two parts) 1970 (two parts) 1972 (three parts) 1973 (two parts) 1977 (two volumes) 1979 (two parts) 1996 (five parts) Existential thoughts . . . Fragments from the diary . . . Book Word files Dab Master (Word 2007) Dab Master Multi Format (Word 97-2003)

Bill's webpage PDF: Includes all of the web page and subpages (about 2500 pages.) Searchable as a PDF file. Current as of June 2008.

Dabrowski Newsletter 1-1 October 1994 through to issue 10-1 Winter 2005 (PDF files). Past Conference Proceedings/Information 1970 1972 1980 1982 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 Summary Conference List.doc [Summary] Photos A few published papers by Dabrowski: PDF files Word Files

A few published papers by others PDF files

Two Types of Files: Two types of files are presented for each book, a pdf image file of each page (equivalent to a photocopy of each page that you can print) and a WORD 2000 file presenting paraphrased text (OCR text).

1). PDF files: Pdf (portable document format) files are actual images (like photocopies) of the pages. For people unfamiliar with pdf files, you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, read and print these files. The reader is free and can be obtained from: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html

These are image files, you cannot search them and you cannot select (cut and paste) portions of text. You can print one page or all pages and the results are as clear as the original text scanned. When printing, select print from the file menu. Make sure the boxes are checked beside these two items; "Shrink Oversized pages to paper size" and "Auto-rotate and center pages." Also, under "print range", check the box beside "comments."

2). Word Files: Two of the books (1964, 1973) were manually typed, while the remainder of the material was scanned and recognized (OCR) into WORD 2000 using TextBridge Pro, version 11.01. I have provided these OCR WORD files to allow the user to search for words using WORD's find feature. These materials were then collated into one master file. In the WORD files, I have tried to keep the text as it appeared in the original, however,the WORD files should be considered only as approximations of the original textbecause TextBridge occasionally makes an automatic spelling correction or makes a recognition mistake. Most of the original books contain many spelling mistakes, so this made the problem of editing the OCR text significant. It is difficult to catch all of these deviations from the original text. You can always check the accuracy of a phrase in a WORD document by consulting the corresponding pdf file. In the WORD files, I have tried to maintain formatting in the recognized text as faithfully as practical. Each page break is maintained. The files are formatted for my printer, an HP. Minor formatting variations may be introduced when using different printers, but I do not believe this should effect major formatting such as forced page breaks. Part 2 of 1996 was not recognized into WORD format because there are so many oddly formatted and complex tables of data in this material - see the corresponding pdf files. Dabrowski 1979 was also not converted into WORD, it is only provided as a pdf file.

Photos: Russ Hewitt took the three photos of Dr. Dabrowski at a seminar at the University of Alberta on December 12, 1977.

Permissions and Copyright: I would like to express my appreciation to Dr. Joanna Dabrowski for her gracious permission to reproduce these materials. I also appreciate the permission given by Dr. Piechowski and Dr. Kawczak. I searched for GRYF publications in London and could not find them. I also contacted Little Brown and strangely, they could not find a record of publishing the 1964 or 1967 books. Dr. J. Dabrowski and I assert copyright over these materials and ask that the material not be copied or otherwise distributed or re-published. Do not publish these materials to the web. They are sold only for the private use of the buyer.

Technical Advice:

My thanks to Randy Nelson for his technical advice on this project.

Problems: If you have any problems with the disk, please e-mail me at btillier@shaw.ca and we will address it.

Material included on this disk:

- Photos: Three photos of Dr. Dabrowski are included in jpg format.

- Books: Cienin, Paul (Pseudonym) (1972). Existential Thoughts and Aphorisms. London: Gryf Publications.

Cienin, Pawel (Pseudonym) (1972). Fragments From The Diary of A Madman. London: Gryf Publications.

Dabrowski, Casimir (1937). Psychological basis of self mutilation. (W. Thau, Trans.) Genetic Psychology Monographs, 19, 1-104.

Dabrowski, K. (1964). Positive disintegration. Boston: Little Brown & Co. The book scanned is the paperback edition. An American hardcover edition was also issued.

Dabrowski, K. (1964). Positive disintegration. London: J. & A. Churchill Ltd. [This hardcover edition had a different cover than the American one and therefore I have provided pdf files of the cover, cover flap and title page.]

Dabrowski, K. (1967). Personality-shaping through positive disintegration. Boston: Little Brown & Co.

Dabrowski, K., with Kawczak, A., & Piechowski, M. M. (1970). Mental growth through positive disintegration. London: Gryf Publications.

Dabrowski, K. (1972). Psychoneurosis is not an illness. London: Gryf Publications.

Dabrowski, K., with Kawczak, A., & Sochanska, J. (1973). The dynamics of concepts. London: Gryf Publications.

*Dabrowski, K. (with Piechowski, M. M.). (1977). Theory of levels of emotional development: Multilevelness and positive disintegration (Vol. 1). Oceanside, NY: Dabor Science.

Dabrowski, K. (1996). Multilevelness of emotional and instinctive functions. Part 1: Theory and description of levels of behavior. Lublin, Poland: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego.

Dabrowski, K. (1979, March). Nothing can be changed here. (E. Mazurkiewicz, Trans.), Peter Rolland (Ed.). (No WORD file provided)

*Dabrowski, K., & Piechowski, M. M. (1977). Theory of levels of emotional development: From primary integration to self-actualization (Vol. 2). Oceanside, NY: Dabor Science.

Dabrowski, K. & Piechowski, M. M. with the assistance of Marlene [Rankel] and Dexter R. Amend (1996). Multilevelness of emotional and instinctive functions. Part 2: Types and Levels of Development. Lublin, Poland: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego. (No WORD file of Part 2)

*1977/1996 Books: Piechowski completed the editing of the Dabor Science volumes that were published in 1977. Due to a number of changes that Piechowski introduced, Dabrowski would not subsequently acknowledge the existence of these books and asked his wife to reprint the draft manuscripts as they originally appeared. This reprinting was accomplished in 1996. I have provided PDF copies of the table of contents of the 1977 books so the reader can get a flair for the changes that were made.

- A few published papers by Dabrowski (English): Dabrowski's Published Works (from the EDI paper collection) EDI - 30: Dabrowski, Casimir (1937). Psychological basis of self mutilation. (W. Thau, Trans.) Genetic Psychology Monographs, 19, 1-104. PDF and Word Files. EDI - 40: Dabrowski, K. (1966). The Theory of Positive Disintegration. International Journal of Psychiatry, 2 (2), 229-244. Pdf file. EDI - 52: Dabrowski, K., & Joshi, Purushottam (1972). Different contemporary conceptions of mental health. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 4(2), 97-106. Pdf file. EDI - 54: Dabrowski, K. (1976). On the philosophy of development through positive disintegration and secondary integration. Dialectics and Humanism, No. 3 - 4, pp. 131-144. PDF and Word Files.

- A few published papers by others: Not individually indexed.

- Conference Materials: Available material from Past Dabrowski related conferences (following).

1970 - First International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration. August 26-30, 1970, Laval University, Department of Psychology, Quebec. Various Conference Papers.

1980 - Third International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration. November 7-11, 1980, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. Conference Proceedings: Norbert Duda Editor (Published in 1981).

1996 - Perspectives on the Self: The Second Biennial Conference on Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration. May 22-26, 1996, Kananaskis (Banff), Alberta. Conference Proceedings: Bill Tillier (Ed.).

1998 - The Third Biennial Conference on Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration. July 10-12, 1998 Location: Kendall College, Evanston IL. Conference Proceedings: Cheryl Ackerman (Ed.).

2000 - The Labyrinth: Safe Journey and Homecoming: The Fourth Biennial Advanced Symposium on Dabrowski's Theory. July 6-9, 2000, Mount Tremblant, Quebec. Conference Proceedings: Bouchet, N. & Toth J. (Eds.).

2002 - Positive disintegration: The theory of the future. 100th Dabrowski anniversary program on the man, the theory, the application and the future. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Fidlar Doubleday. (Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration, held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL., November 7 - 10, 2002.) Duda, N. (Ed.).

2004 - Developmental Potential - From Theory to Practice: Educational and Therapeutic perspectives. Unpublished Manuscript. (Proceedings from the Sixth International Congress of the Institute For Positive Disintegration in Human Development June 24-26, 2004 Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tillier, W. (Ed.).

Additional information on Conferences included on the CD: [Supplemental Edmonton Dabrowski Index (SEDI): This material was added to the original collection of Dabrowski materials I received while I was in Edmonton (the EDI collection.)] SEDI - 76A: "First International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration" Laval University, Department of Psychology, Quebec. August 26-30, 1970. SEDI - 76B: "Second International Conference on Positive Disintegration" Loyola College, Montreal. December 27-31, 1972. SEDI - 76C: "Third International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration" University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. November 7-11, 1980. Proceedings: Norbert Duda, Editor (Published in 1981). SEDI - 76D: "The Kazimierz Dabrowski Memorial Conference" University of Alberta, Edmonton. November 26-27, 1982. SEDI - 76F: "Kazimierz Dabrowski's Paradigm of Emotional Development" ("First Workshop"). Ashland, Ohio. June 6-10, 1990. SEDI - 76G: "Second Annual Workshop on Dabrowski's Theory of Emotional Development and its Implications for Giftedness" Ashland, Ohio. June 26-30, 1991. SEDI - 76H: "Third Annual Workshop on Dabrowski's Theory of Emotional Development and its Implications for Giftedness" Ashland, Ohio. June 24-28, 1992. SEDI - 76I: "Fourth Annual Workshop on Dabrowski's Theory of Emotional Development and its Implications for Giftedness" Williams Bay WI. June 25-27, 1993. SEDI - 76J: "A Gifted Globe: World Congress on Gifted and Talented Education" Toronto, Canada. August 8 to 14, 1993. (sessions held on Dabrowski). SEDI - 76K - 1: "Dabrowski Retreat" Keystone, Colorado. June 7-8, 1994. SEDI - 76K - 2: "Dabrowski Symposium at Keystone Lodge" Keystone, Colorado. June 9-11, 1994. SEDI - 76L -1: "Dabrowski's Theory of Emotional Development Implications for Giftedness, Counseling & Empirical Study@ Fifth Annual Workshop. Madison, WI. June 14-18, 1995. SEDI - 76L - 2: "Fifth National Workshop on Dabrowski's Theory of Emotional Development and its Implications for Giftedness". Madison, WI. June 15-18, 1995. SEDI - 76M: "The Second Biennial Conference on Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration" ("Perspectives on the Self Within a Dabrowskian Context: A Multi-Disciplinary Conference") Kananaskis (Banff), Alberta. May 22-26, 1996. Proceedings: Bill Tillier (Ed.). SEDI - 76P: "The Third International Symposium on Dabrowski's Theory" ("Texturizing and Contextualizing Dabrowski's Theory") Kendall College, Evanston IL. July 10-12, 1998. Proceedings: Cheryl Ackerman (Ed.). SEDI - 76Q: "The Fourth Biennial Advanced Symposium on Dabrowski's Theory" ("The Labyrinth: Safe Journey and Homecoming") Mount Tremblant, Quebec. July 7-9, 2000. Proceedings: Bouchet, N. & Toth J. (Eds.). SEDI - 76R: Institute for Positive Disintegration in Human Development. Fifth International Conference. Positive Disintegration: The theory of the future. 100th Dabrowski Anniversary Program on the Man, the Theory, the Application and the Future. Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida. November 7 10, 2002. Proceedings: Norbert Duda, Editor. SEDI - 76S: "Sixth International Conference 2003 Poland: In the Direction of Mature Personality Toward Positive Disintegration" Lublin, Poland. September 11 - 14, 2003. This conference did not take place. SEDI - 76T: The Sixth International Congress of the Institute For Positive Disintegration in Human Development. Developmental Potential: From Theory to Practice: Educational and Therapeutic perspectives. June 24-26 2004, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Proceedings: Bill Tillier (Ed.). I hold no information on these conferences: SEDI - 76E: "Fourth International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration" Warsaw, Poland, June 19 (?) 1987. NOT SCANNED / NOT DONE IN WORD (No information held). SEDI - 76N: Exact title? "Dabrowski's Theory of Emotional Development Implications for Giftedness, Counseling & Empirical Study, Sixth Annual Workshop. Madison, WI. June 7-9, 1996. NOT SCANNED / NOT DONE IN WORD (No information held). SEDI - 76O: "Seventh Annual Workshop on Dabrowski's Theory" Madison WI. June 6-8, 1997. NOT SCANNED / NOT DONE IN WORD (No information held).

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2). Polish Books

Cost: I am asking $35 Canadian funds for the DVD. This includes postage. I had been charging separately as this material had to go on a separate CD, now that I am using DVDs, I can put both English and Polish materials on one disc. Thus when you order the Polish books I also will be including the English materials as well.

PDF files: This disk contains only Pdf (portable document format) image files of each Polish book. Pdf files are actual images (like photocopies) of the pages. For people unfamiliar with pdf files, you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, read and print these files. The reader is free and can be obtained from: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html

These are image files, you can not search them and you can not select (cut and paste) portions of text. You can print one page or all pages and the results are as clear as the original text scanned. When printing, select print from the file menu. Make sure the boxes are checked beside these two items; "Shrink Oversized pages to paper size" and "Auto-rotate and center pages." Also, under "print range", also check the box beside "comments".

These ten books were selected from Dr. Dabrowski's personal collection and a couple have notes, in pencil, in his hand.

Permissions and copyright: I would like to express my appreciation to Dr. Joanna Dabrowski for her gracious permission to reproduce these materials. Dr. J. Dabrowski and I assert copyright over these materials and ask that the material not be copied or otherwise distributed or re-published. Do not publish these materials to the web. They are sold only for the private use of the buyer.

Problems: If you have any problems with the disk, please e-mail me at btillier@shaw.ca and we will address it.

Material included on this disk: Book 1: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1958). Nerwowosc dzieci i mlodziezy. [Nervousness of children and teenagers.] Warszawa: Panstwowe Zaklad Wydawnictw Szkolnych. Book 2: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1960). Nasze dzieci dorastaja [Our children are growing up]. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. Book 3: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1962). Co to jest higiena psychiczna [What is mental hygiene?] Warszawa: Nasza ksiegarnia. Book 4: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1964). Higiena psychiczna w zyciu codziennym [Mental hygiene in everyday life.] Warszawa: Panstwowy Zaklad Wydawnictw Lekarskich. Book 5: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1964). O dezyntegracji pozytywnej: szkic teorii rozwoju psychicznego czlowieka poprzez nierownowage psychiczna, Nerwowosc, nerwice I psychonerwice. [About positive disintegration: Outline of the theory of human mental development through nerve imbalances, neuroses and psychoneuroses.] Warszawa: Panstwowy Zaklad Wydawnictw Lekarskich. Book 6: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1974). Dwie Diagnozy [Two Diagnoses]. Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Higieny Psychicznej. Book 7: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1975). Trud istnienia. [Difficulty of existence]. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. Book 8: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1979). Psychoterapia przez rozwoj. [Psychotherapy through development.] Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Higieny Psychicznej. Book 9: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1982). Pasja rozwoju. [Passion of growth]. Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Higieny Psychicznej. (Copy two, (1988). Warszawa: Almapress. Studencka Oficyna Wydawnicza Zsp - this book has a very unusual cover, it has a flap that lifts up to expose a picture underneath - I have included the covers of this 1988 edition at the end of the 1982 book scan) Book 10: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1996). W poszukiwaniu zdrowia psychicznego. [In search of mental health.] Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Note: I also have another edition of this book - I only scanned the preface and covers: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1989). W poszukiwaniu zdrowia psychicznego. [In search of mental health.] Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.

Synopses of the books: A brief synopsis of the contents of the books in English. Translations and summaries provided by Magda Luczak, psychologist, Edmonton.

Book 1: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1958). Nerwowosc dzieci i mlodziezy. [Nervousness of children and teenagers.] Warszawa: Panstwowe Zaklad Wydawnictw Szkolnych. This book is meant to help professionals like teachers, doctors and foremost parents in educating and parenting their Anervous@ children. The material presented in this book deals with the nervousness observed in children, its symptoms and ways of dealing with it therapeutically. The author wants to increase the sensitivity level of doctors, psychologists, educators, sociologists and parents to the neurosis of children.

Bibliography and Index.

*********** Book 2: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1960). Nasze dzieci dorastaja [Our children are growing up]. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. In this book the author talks about adolescent children and the problems they face while growing up. The book deals with describing the general phases of human growth, physiological and biological components of growth as well as the period of childhood and pre-pubescence. The chapters deal with the intellectual life of adolescence , the most common physical and psychological disorders that can be observed during this time as well as sexual and pedagogical education that should occur during this time. In addition to this Dabrowski talks about the education of raising adolescents within the family context, the social aspect and characteristics of adolescence. No bibliography but has an Index.

************ Book 3: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1962). Co to jest higiena psychiczna [What is mental hygiene?] Warszawa: Nasza ksiegarnia.

The author talks about how mental hygiene came to be and how it now deals primarily with healthy individuals and groups. Its goals are to help the individual in proper growth, in overcoming and decreasing everyday life problems, as well to adapt in a healthy way to the surroundings. Mental hygiene can add a different point of view (psychological, pedagogical, social and medical); it sees mental health in a new light and with a new perspective. In this book the author explains what is mental health and talks about the mental health conferences that took place and what was decided during that time.

Bibliography: 36 entries, glossary and Index.

************** Book 4: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1964). Higiena psychiczna w zyciu codziennym [Mental hygiene in everyday life.] Warszawa: Panstwowy Zaklad Wydawnictw Lekarskich.

This book is focussed on the mental health of the individual as well as of the group. The author's goal is to help people in their everyday lives with family, work, friends, raising children, everyday problems, and conflicts with the external world as well as with oneself. The author hopes that this book will prove to be beneficial for the individual and in that will increase the need for personal growth as well as will help to deal with the outside environment. Dabrowski talks about the new mental health as a science that encompasses medicine, psychology and pedagogy which can give the individual many methods of prevention as well as help the individual in self learning. Mental hygiene introduces a moral aspect into the field of mental health, it is a new field which can adapt to the new civilization and help with the negative consequences which can cause the demise of culture and it's way of life.

No bibliography. Contains Glossary.

************* Book 5: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1964). O dezyntegracji pozytywnej: szkic teorii rozwoju psychicznego czlowieka poprzez nierownowage psychiczna, Nerwowosc, nerwice I psychonerwice. [About positive disintegration: Outline of the theory of human mental development through nerve imbalances, neuroses and psychoneuroses.] Warszawa: Panstwowy Zaklad Wydawnictw Lekarskich. Bibliography: 109 entries, no index.

****************** Book 6: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1974). Dwie Diagnozy [Two Diagnoses]. Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Higieny Psychicznej. In this book the author talks about two diagnosis; literary diagnosis and psychiatric diagnosis to describe the same case. The author wants to point out the weaknesses in the classification system used to identify illness, increase awareness that individual description of a particular case done by a skilled explorer has as much intake. As well Dabrowski wants to confirm his hypothesis that an expert of human nature is far better equipped to make a diagnosis that most psychologist and psychiatrists who think that the time spend at university has given them enough information to understand the many multilevel symptoms and syndromes. Dabrowski uses the literary works to classify the psychiatric cases and to demonstrate his theory.

Notes: 72 entries and an Index.

************* Book 7: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1975). Trud istnienia. [Difficulty of existence]. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. In this book the author introduces his own interpretation on mental health, and indicates many important points in autopsychotherapy. The authors considerations allow the reader to reflect on him/herself and help in finding individual paths of self growth.

Contents of the book: -What is multilevel existence? -Positive disintegration -Inner psychological surrounding and it's biggest dynamisms -Human personality, its structure and function -Research methods of multilevel human worth -Psychopathy- the biggest barrier in individual and group development -What is mental health? -The right to ones own, individual, as well social paths of development

Bibliography: None, No Index.

****************** Book 8: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1979). Psychoterapia przez rozwoj. [Psychotherapy through development.] Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Higieny Psychicznej. From the author: this book is meant to help as well as to introduce new methods in psychotherapy based on positive disintegration. This is the first book written solely on psychotherapy thus the theory on positive disintegration needs to be introduced. From Dabrowski himself, quoting Marcel Proust A Everything I know that is great comes from people with neurosis. It is them, no one else, who created religion and made works of art. The world will never know what a huge debt of gratitude it owes them, especially it will never know how much they suffered in order to give to the world. We delight in their subtle music, beautiful paintings, thousands of delicate things but we will never know how many sleepless nights, crying, crazy laughter, asthmas, epilepsy went into these creations, and in particular the fear of death, which is the worst of all.@

Bibliography: 13 entries and Index.

**************** Book 9: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1982). Pasja rozwoju. [Passion of growth]. Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Higieny Psychicznej. (Copy two, (1988). Warszawa: Almapress. Studencka Oficyna Wydawnicza Zsp)

As per the author Kazimierz Dabrowski: This small book is dedicated to the principals and developmental dynamism, according to the author there are the important principals for people who are gifted with self-awareness and the need for self direction in personal growth as well as the need for helping others in their development. The author feels that these two principals have been omitted from the dialogue of professionals in the fields of psychology, pedagogy and medicine- in particular the principals of different levels of development have been substituted by the phases of biological growth. What is missing is the principal(s) that needs to be accessible by the people who are developing and are looking for more than just reasoning and intellectualism-these people know that there is something more which is the higher emotional development.

This book includes publications of Kazimierz Dabrowski's work: 44 entries.

*************** Book 10 Edition Scanned: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1996). W poszukiwaniu zdrowia psychicznego. [In search of mental health.] Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

In this book the forward is done by Andrzej Kawczak who apparently was a close friend of Dr. Dabrowski, he talks about the life and struggles of Dr. Dabrowski and the development of the theory of positive disintegration. According to Kawczak the two became very close friends and Dr. Dabrowski propositioned Kawczak to work together. The forward also mentions a bit about the acceptance and fellowship the theory received in Edmonton, in particular by people like Tadeusz Weckowicz, William Hague, Dr. Leo Mos, Bill Tillier, Dr. Dexter Amend, Dr. Michael Piechowski and Dr. Marlene Rankel. There is also a description of the conferences that took place and what was discussed during that time. One of the biggest fears of Dr. Dabrowski was whether he could make it to the conference in Miami (his health was failing him), "I don't. know whether my health will allow me to go to Miami, and this is something horrible, what some people can accomplish with my theory" said Dr. Dabrowski. Bibliography: This book includes the same bibliography as Passion of Growth, the articles are taken from a polish news letter called Zdrowie Psychiczne ( Mental Health), which the writer believes Dabrowski was part of.

Book 10 1989 Edition. I only scanned the preface and covers: Dabrowski, Kazimierz. (1989). W poszukiwaniu zdrowia psychicznego. [In search of mental health.] Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.

The forward is done by Bogdan Suchodolski who talks about Dabrowski's work and what it has done for human kind. He also introduces the theory and terms used to describe certain concepts; for example the hardship of existence, point of existence, and search for the essence of existence. The terminology also includes terms like love, feelings, intelligence and attachments that have not been looked at in the scientific field before. According to Suchodolski the creator of the theory of positive disintegration was analysing huge metaphysical anomalies like good and bad, life and death, subject and object, development and lack of it. Suchodolski also talks about how Dabrowski stood behind many artists and creators who have been labelled as crazy, and talked about the development that comes through overcoming adversities.

Bibliography: 109 entries and Index. ****************

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The Dabrowski Project:

Part 1: Dabrowski Webpage - http://members.shaw.ca/positivedisintegration/

Part 2: Reproduction of Dabrowski's major English books (on CD).

Part 3: Reproduction of Dabrowski's major Polish books (on CD).

Part 4: Reproduction of Dabrowski's major unpublished English papers (on CD).

Part 5: Publication of Dabrowski papers (selected from Part 4).

Part 6: Publication of Dabrowski's English book manuscripts (3 books).

Part 7: English summaries / synopses of Dabrowski's major Polish books.

Part 8: Compilation of Polish bibliographies of Dabrowski's works.

Part 9: Translation of selected Polish materials.

Part 10: Publication of Dabrowski's Polish book manuscripts (if any exist).

Thank you for your interest in this project. Bill Tillier December 2008.

Contact:bill@positivedisintegration.com

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