Why do we so often act against our very own nature - without even realizing it?

This book describes a quiet inner conflict: In the midst of acceleration, self-staging, and disorientation, three forces within us - drive, ego, and self - struggle for inner leadership.

Building on Freud s structural model, yet defined with sharper precision, Jack P. Logan presents a new three-force model that not only makes individual crises more understandable but also exposes collective misdirections.

A work of social relevance - for all who sense that freedom means more than the ability to choose. And that healing begins the moment we recognize who within us is truly speaking.

For readers searching for more than self-optimization: this book does not offer simple answers, but a clear perspective - on what moves within us, and on what may be missing.

Jack P. Logan is an author and thinker at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and society.
First introduced in The Silent Center Within Me, he elaborates in Against Oneself a structural model of the psyche in detail - one that goes beyond Freud and proves universally applicable.
His works are equally addressed to scholars and general readers who seek to understand the dynamics of their own inner life more clearly.