Codrin Țapu

Codrin Țapu
Born (1973-12-17) 17 December 1973 (age 51)
Bucharest[1]
NationalityRomanian
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest

Codrin Ștefan Țapu (born 17 December 1973) is a Romanian writer and psychologist. His work is focused on striking a middle ground between spiritual- and material-based belief systems,[2] in the context of the multiple dimensions and nuances of the self.[3][4]

Life and career

Țapu was born in Bucharest, and attended the University of Bucharest, where he earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in psychology. From 1998, he worked as an instructor at the psychology department of Hyperion University.[5] In 2000, he was awarded there the chair of lecturer extraordinary.[6] In 2006, he was appointed an associate professor of psychology at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, being the first chair of the postgraduate module of counseling.[6]

Work

Țapu's work addresses the multidimensionality of the self and the integrative study of a person.[3] By integrating spirituality with materialism, he proposed a perspective of interconnected spiritual support systems.[7]

Țapu summarized the hypostatic approach to personality in his 2001 book.[3][8] The hypostatic model, originated in mathematical logic by Charles Sanders Peirce with his "hypostatic abstraction",[9] argues, in Țapu's view, that the person presents herself in a multitude of different aspects or hypostases, depending on the internal and external realities she relates to,[10] including different epistemological approaches to the study of personality.[11]

The hypostatic model describes personality and self[12][13][14] as well as interpersonal relationships, with implications in dating.[15] Personality is viewed as both an agency and a relatively stable construction,[16][17] as the model is accompanied with specific methods of assessment, counseling, and psychotherapy addressing each of the personality dimensions.[18][19][20] The model was listed also as a resource on counselor's qualities in life quality management.[21]

As part of the efforts of revival and development of psychology in post-communist Romania, Tapu published a dictionary of psychopathology,[22] and a textbook of humanistic systems psychology.[23]

The work of Țapu has been described as inaugurating the field of concrete systems or "hypostatic" psychology,[4][24] and opening new insights into integrative, synthetic and holistic studies of individual personality factors within a person.[3] Also, some of his psychological works have been criticized for containing a large number of neologisms that make them difficult to understand, and for being "doomed to be incomplete".[25] Țapu's model influenced another hypostatic approach to personality and counselling therapy, the propeller model approach for understanding the human being.[26]

In his spiritual materialist writings, Țapu proposes a universal view of deity that even encompasses atheism,[7] addressing controversial matters like guilt and euthanasia in short texts that read like poetry,[27] and providing a provocative lifestyle perspective for people of all backgrounds.[28] He explores the intersection of faith and material life in nonfiction philosophical ruminations containing engrossing, nuanced reflections on what it means to be human, together with practical advice on ways to obtain “mind wholeness” in the chaos of modernity.[2] Reviewers compared the aphoristic style of Tapu to that of the ancient sacred texts,[29] Jesus, Gandhi,[28] the Sufi mystics,[27] Jodorowsky, and Chopra.[30]

Awards and accolades

  • Țapu was featured in the Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Aphorism (2017).[31]
  • In 2022, Țapu won first prize at the International Aphorism Festival in Tecuci.[32][33]

Bibliography

Title Publication date Publisher Place of publication ISBN / ISSN
Fundamente pentru o psihologie a cuplurilor functionale / Basic principles for a psychology of functional couples, PsycINFO: 2002-13017-004 2000 Revista de psihologie, Romanian Academy, 3-4, pp. 191–197 Bucharest Romania ISSN 0034-8759
Romanian: Psihologie operatorie: teorie, evaluare, terapie (Operational psychology: theory, assessment, therapy)[34] 2000 Premier Ploieşti Romania ISBN 973-80-30-22-6
Hypostatic Personality: Psychopathology of Doing and Being Made, LCCN 2002-446369 · SUDOC: 159011973 · ICCU: IT\ICCU\CFI\0955702 2001 Premier Ploieşti Romania ISBN 973-8030-59-5
Romanian: Dicţionar de psihologie şi psihopatologie: concepte actuale (Dictionary of psychology and psychopathology: current concepts) 2003 Premier Ploieşti Romania ISBN 973-8451-13-2
Romanian: Tratat de psihologie umanistă sistemică: de la diagnostic la statistică (Textbook of humanistic-systemic psychology: from diagnosis to statistics) 2006 Premier Ploieşti Romania ISBN 978-973-740-041-3
A humanistic model of burn-out syndrome rehabilitation in agritouristic settings 2007 Scientific Papers Series: Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 7, pp. 507–510 Bucharest Romania ISBN 978-973-8496-89-7
The Complete Guide to Relational Therapy 2011 Lulu Raleigh, NC United States ISBN 978-1-4478-5338-1
Învăţături despre a fi (Teachings on Being)[29] 2016 Scrisul Românesc Craiova Romania ISBN 978-606-674-135-4

References

  1. ^ Albu, Ioana (2013). Breaking Tapu: A Journey of Being. Accent. p. 7. ISBN 9781304302083.
  2. ^ a b "Teachings on Being (book review)". Kirkus Reviews. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Wasik, EM (2017). "Uncovering the multidimensional identity of the human self". Scripta Neophilologica Posnaniensia. XVII (17): 400–401. doi:10.14746/snp.2017.17.27. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b (in Romanian) Horopciuc, Manuela (2000). "Psihologie sistemica sau ipostatica?" ("Systemic, or hypostatic psychology?" - book review), Viaţa Medicală, 44 (3 November), p. 8
  5. ^ Albu 2013, p. 9
  6. ^ a b Albu 2013, p. 10
  7. ^ a b Donovan, Diane (May 2015). "Donovan's Bookshelf". Midwest Book Review (MBR) Bookwatch. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  8. ^ (in German) Eissa, Tina Louise (2011). Frage und erkenne (Ask and understand), LIT Verlag Münster, p. 118. ISBN 978-3-643-11266-8.
  9. ^ Short, TL (1997) Hypostatic abstraction in self-consciousness, in Foster, P (ed.) The Rule of Reason: The Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce
  10. ^ Manhas, Coral (2012). Personality, burnout, and job satisfaction: a study of HIV/AIDS counsellors in North India, Thesis For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology. Jammu: University of Jammu. p. 32.
  11. ^ "Theorien über die Persönlichkeit 2 (Theories of personality 2)". Auf der Suche nach der Persönlichkeit: Eine Reise durch den "Inneren Menschen" (In search of personality: A journey through the "inner man") (in German). K-ICT. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  12. ^ Tavares, C (March 2020). "An extension to emotions and personalities model based on multi-agent systems using normal distribution, Fuzzy logic and interval mathematics". Brazilian Journal of Applied Computing. 12 (1): 54–70. doi:10.5335/rbca.v12i1.9326.
  13. ^ Paiva, Christine (2015). The pursuit of happiness and successful translation: how to successfully translate Sanaciones Milagrosas, a self-help book, for the U.S. market, Doctoral dissertation. Buenos Aires: Belgrano University. pp. 116–117.
  14. ^ Rodriguez Tessie J (2009). Understanding Human Behavior, Rex Bookstore, Manila, ISBN 9712352447, p. 217
  15. ^ Starkey William J. (2011). Cupid's Code: The Psychology of Relationships, Seduction, Marriage & Love. Morning Star Resources. ISBN 978-0-9827253-1-3, p. 132
  16. ^ Mustafa, A (2013). "Personality". Organisational Behaviour (Second ed.). Cranbrook, Kent: Global Professional Publishing. ISBN 9781908287366. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  17. ^ Vitenko, IS; Isakov, RI; Rud, VO (2010). Medical psychology: textbook for students of medical universities IV accreditation's level with English education's form. Poltava: Dyvosvit. pp. 68–69. ISBN 9789668036552.
  18. ^ Geikhman, Yuliya. "The Complete Guide to Relational Therapy". The US Review of Books. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  19. ^ Morris, EL. "The Good Life in Psychotherapy: Implicit and Influential". Brigham Young University. p. 71. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  20. ^ Schiopu, U. (2001) Psihologie operatorie (book review), Societate si handicap, Journal of the National Authority for People with Disabilities, Bucharest, 1-2, ISSN 1454-1904, pp. 137-138
  21. ^ (in Romanian) Burcu, A. (2004). Managementul calitatii vietii si conditiei umane (Life quality and human condition management), Editura Mega. ISBN 973-87025-9-3
  22. ^ Kiss, JF (2013). Istoria psihologiei in România (History of Psychology in Romania). Editura Didactică și Pedagogică. p. 236. ISBN 9789733033783.
  23. ^ Kiss 2013, p 262
  24. ^ Ostaciuc, Vasile (2002). "Psihologie operatorie" ("Operatory psychology" - book review), Revista de psihologie. Romanian Academy, 1-2, 148-149
  25. ^ (in Romanian) Horopciuc, Manuela (2003). "Un 'conceptuar' de psihologie moderna" ("A 'conceptuary' of modern psychology" - book review), Viata Medicala, 12 (21 March), p. 7
  26. ^ Stevenson, Kevin Michael (2023). Living With(in) Your Ends: An Approach to a Novel Life. London: Austin Macauley Publishers. p. 29. ISBN 9781398461789. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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  28. ^ a b Lock, Anita (12 June 2015). "Teachings on Being". San Francisco Book Review. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  29. ^ a b Lazar, T (2016). "O carte atipica (An atypical book)". Revista Cultura (The Culture Magazine). 550 (6). Romanian Cultural Foundation: 10. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  30. ^ Baum, Henry (3 February 2016). "New Releases - Teachings on Being". Self-Publishing Review. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  31. ^ Citatepedia Cultural Association (2017). Antologia aforismului românesc contemporan (Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Aphorism) (Second ed.). Constanța: Digital Unicorn. pp. 120–121. ISBN 9786069419342.
  32. ^ Aizic, Iancu (9 October 2022). "Festivalul Internațional al Aforismului, ediția a VI-a, festivitatea de premiere" [International Aphorism Festival, 6th edition, awards ceremony]. Ziarul Tecucean (in Romanian). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  33. ^ Ghica, Vasile (2022). Antologie: Festivalul Internațional al Aforsmului pentru Românii de Pretutindeni [Anthology: International Aphorism Festival for Romanians Everywhere] (PDF) (in Romanian). Iaşi: StudIS. p. 193. ISBN 9786064808912.
  34. ^ Kiss 2013, p 241