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Curiosity Drive: Our Need for Inquisitive Thinking

Curiosity Drive: Our Need for Inquisitive Thinking

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Philip Stokoe's book, "The Curiosity Drive: Our Need for Inquisitive Thinking," was nominated for the Gradiva Award 2021. It emphasizes the importance of curiosity to the development of the mind and how it is a primary drive inside each of us. Stokoe outlines the work of Freud, Klein, and Bion to provide a firm foundation for his exploration of individual development and how it relates to groups and organizations. He also investigates curiosity's shadow side and provides insight into how groups function as a separate entity to the individuals involved. This is a great book for trainees, professionals, and anyone who has ever been frustrated by work.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 292 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2020
Publisher: Phoenix Publishing House


After eighteen frustrating months heading a specialist adolescent unit, Philip Stokoe applied for a training in consultation at the Tavistock Clinic based on the 'Tavi aka 'group relations model. This experience changed his life and, ultimately, led to this book, The Curiosity Drive: Our Need for Inquisitive Thinking. Embedding the training into his working life, Stokoe came to recognize the crucial importance of curiosity to the development of the mind. Alongside love and hate, it is a primary drive inside each of us. Without the desire to 'know, human evolution would take a very different path.

Philip Stokoe outlines the work of Freud, Klein, and Bion to provide a firm foundation to his exploration of individual development and how it relates to groups and organizations. He lays bare why so many organizations are dysfunctional, takes an in-depth look at the problems unique to psychoanalytic institutions, and gives clear insight into how groups function as a separate entity to the individuals involved. He also investigates curiosity's shadow side, detailing the 'alternative processes needed when it becomes a problem.

This is a truly excellent book for trainees, professionals, and anyone who has ever been frustrated by work!

Weight: 442g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912691456

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