Codrin Țapu

Codrin Ștefan Țapu (born 17 December 1973) is a Romanian author and psychologist who wrote on the hypostases of personality.[2][3]

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

Țapu taught psychology at two universities in Bucharest and wrote on personality, relational therapy, and spirituality.

Țapu's work addresses the multidimensionality of the self and opens insights into the integrative study of a person.[2] By integrating spirituality with materialism, he proposed a perspective of interconnected spiritual support systems.[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 summarized the hypostatic approach to personality in his 2001 book.[2][7] The hypostatic model, originated in mathematical logic by Charles Sanders Peirce with his "hypostatic abstraction",[8] 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,[9] including different epistemological approaches to the study of personality.[10]

The hypostatic model describes personality and self[11][12][13] as well as interpersonal relationships, with implications in dating.[14] Personality is viewed as both an agency and a relatively stable construction,[15][16] as the model is accompanied with specific methods of assessment, counseling, and psychotherapy addressing each of the personality dimensions.[17][18] The model was listed also as a resource on counselor's qualities in life quality management.[19]

As part of the efforts of revival and development of psychology in post-communist Romania, Tapu published a dictionary of psychopathology,[20] and a textbook of humanistic systems psychology.[21]

The work of Țapu has been described as inaugurating the field of concrete systems or "hypostatic" psychology,[3][22] and opening new insights into integrative, synthetic and holistic studies of individual personality factors within a person.[2] Also, his work has been criticized for containing a large number of neologisms that make it difficult to understand, and for being "doomed to be incomplete".[23]

In his spiritual materialist writings, Tapu proposes a universal view of deity that even encompasses atheism,[4] addressing controversial matters like guilt and euthanasia in short texts that read like poetry,[24] and providing a provocative lifestyle perspective for people of all backgrounds.[25] Reviewers compared the aphoristic style of Tapu to that of the ancient sacred texts,[26] Jesus, Gandhi,[25] the Sufi mystics,[24] Jodorowsky, and Chopra.[27]

Țapu was featured in the Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Aphorism (2017).[28]

Bibliography
TitlePublication datePublisherPlace of publicationISBN / ISSN
Fundamente pentru o psihologie a cuplurilor functionale / Basic principles for a psychology of functional couples, PsycINFO: 2002-13017-0042000Revista de psihologie, Romanian Academy, 3-4, pp. 191–197Bucharest ISSN 0034-8759
Romanian: Psihologie operatorie: teorie, evaluare, terapie (Operational psychology: theory, assessment, therapy)[29]2000PremierPloieşti ISBN 973-80-30-22-6
Hypostatic Personality: Psychopathology of Doing and Being Made, LCCN 2002-446369 · SUDOC: 159011973 · ICCU: IT\ICCU\CFI\09557022001PremierPloieşti ISBN 973-8030-59-5
Romanian: Dicţionar de psihologie şi psihopatologie: concepte actuale (Dictionary of psychology and psychopathology: current concepts)2003PremierPloieşti 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)2006PremierPloieşti ISBN 978-973-740-041-3
A humanistic model of burn-out syndrome rehabilitation in agritouristic settings2007Scientific Papers Series: Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 7, pp. 507–510Bucharest ISBN 978-973-8496-89-7
The Complete Guide to Relational Therapy2011LuluRaleigh, NC ISBN 978-1-4478-5338-1
Învăţături despre a fi (Teachings on Being)[26]2016Scrisul RomânescCraiova ISBN 978-606-674-135-4

References
  1. Albu, Ioana (2013). Breaking Tapu: A Journey of Being. Accent. p. 7. ISBN 9781304302083.
  2. 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.
  3. (in Romanian) Horopciuc, Manuela (2000). "Psihologie sistemica sau ipostatica?" ("Systemic, or hypostatic psychology?" - book review), Viaţa Medicală, 44 (3 November), p. 8
  4. Donovan, Diane (May 2016). "Donovan's Bookshelf". Midwest Book Review (MBR) Bookwatch. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. Albu 2013, p. 9
  6. Albu 2013, p. 10
  7. (in German) Eissa, Tina Louise (2011). Frage und erkenne (Ask and understand), LIT Verlag Münster, p. 118. ISBN 978-3-643-11266-8.
  8. Short, TL (1997) Hypostatic abstraction in self-consciousness, in Foster, P (ed.) The Rule of Reason: The Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce
  9. 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.
  10. "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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Rodriguez Tessie J (2009). Understanding Human Behavior, Rex Bookstore, Manila, ISBN 9712352447, p. 217
  14. 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
  15. Mustafa, A (2013). "Personality". Organisational Behaviour (Second ed.). Cranbrook, Kent: Global Professional Publishing. ISBN 9781908287366. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  16. 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.
  17. Geikhman, Yuliya. "The Complete Guide to Relational Therapy". The US Review of Books. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  18. 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
  19. (in Romanian) Burcu, A. (2004). Managementul calitatii vietii si conditiei umane (Life quality and human condition management), Editura Mega. ISBN 973-87025-9-3
  20. Kiss, JF (2013). Istoria psihologiei in România (History of Psychology in Romania). Editura Didactică și Pedagogică. p. 236. ISBN 9789733033783.
  21. Kiss 2013, p 262
  22. Ostaciuc, Vasile (2002). "Psihologie operatorie" ("Operatory psychology" - book review), Revista de psihologie. Romanian Academy, 1-2, 148-149
  23. (in Romanian) Horopciuc, Manuela (2003). "Un 'conceptuar' de psihologie moderna" ("A 'conceptuary' of modern psychology" - book review), Viata Medicala, 12 (21 March), p. 7
  24. Bamberger Scott, Barbara. "Teachings on Being". The US Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  25. Lock, Anita (12 June 2015). "Teachings on Being". San Francisco Book Review. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  26. Lazar, T (2016). "O carte atipica (An atypical book)". Revista Cultura (The Culture Magazine). Romanian Cultural Foundation. 550 (6): 10. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  27. Baum, Henry. "New Releases - Teachings on Being". Self-Publishing Review. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  28. Citatepedia Cultural Association (2017). Antologia aforismului românesc contemporan (Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Aphorism) (Second ed.). Constanța: Digital Unicorn. pp. 120–121. ISBN 9786069419342.
  29. Kiss 2013, p 241
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