Imagine that Herman Melville was doing IFS and that the book is his notes. There are different ways to think about how he splits things up into different characters (just as everyone’s ifs process is idiosyncratic but has recurring patterns), but the overall frame winds up feeling like it just fits. And I don’t mean this in the vacuous ‘everything could be an IFS manual if you think about it’ way. I’m actually not familiar with any others besides those two that are central examples of the thing. Thinking for a bit I’d venture The Metamorphosis probably counts, maybe No Exit.
Also Jed Mckenna has a book that discuses this for Moby Dick so I’m not the only one who’s noticed. Though IIRC it’s only a side story in Jed’s book (Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment).
I’d be interested in hearing more thoughts about this.
Imagine that Herman Melville was doing IFS and that the book is his notes. There are different ways to think about how he splits things up into different characters (just as everyone’s ifs process is idiosyncratic but has recurring patterns), but the overall frame winds up feeling like it just fits. And I don’t mean this in the vacuous ‘everything could be an IFS manual if you think about it’ way. I’m actually not familiar with any others besides those two that are central examples of the thing. Thinking for a bit I’d venture The Metamorphosis probably counts, maybe No Exit.
Also Jed Mckenna has a book that discuses this for Moby Dick so I’m not the only one who’s noticed. Though IIRC it’s only a side story in Jed’s book (Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment).
oh, the Bhagavad Gita obviously.