Codrin Ștefan Țapu (born 17 December 1973) is a
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
n author and psychologist who wrote on the hypostases of personality.
[ Horopciuc, Manuela (2000). "Psihologie sistemica sau ipostatica?" ("Systemic, or hypostatic psychology?" - book review), '' Viaţa Medicală'', 44 (3 November), p. 8]
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.
[Albu 2013, p. 9] In 2000, he was awarded there the chair of lecturer extraordinary.
[Albu 2013, p. 10] 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.
Work
Țapu's work addresses the multidimensionality of the self and the integrative study of a person.
By integrating spirituality with materialism, he proposed a perspective of interconnected spiritual support systems.
Țapu summarized the
hypostatic approach to personality in his 2001 book.
[ Eissa, Tina Louise (2011)]
''Frage und erkenne (Ask and understand)''
LIT Verlag Münster, p. 118. . The hypostatic model, originated in
mathematical logic
Mathematical logic is the study of formal logic within mathematics. Major subareas include model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory. Research in mathematical logic commonly addresses the mathematical properties of formal ...
by
Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce ( ; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American philosopher, logician, mathematician and scientist who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism".
Educated as a chemist and employed as a scientist for t ...
with his "
hypostatic abstraction",
[Short, TL (1997) Hypostatic abstraction in self-consciousness, in Foster, P (ed.) ''The Rule of Reason: The Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce''] 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,
including different epistemological approaches to the study of personality.
The hypostatic model describes personality and self
[Rodriguez Tessie J (2009). ''Understanding Human Behavior'', Rex Bookstore, Manila, , p. 217] as well as interpersonal relationships, with implications in
dating
Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in which two individuals engage in an activity together, most often with the intention of evaluating each other's suitability as a partner in a future intimate relationship. It falls into the categor ...
.
[Starkey William J. (2011). Cupid's Code: The Psychology of Relationships, Seduction, Marriage & Love. Morning Star Resources. , p. 132] Personality is viewed as both an agency and a relatively stable construction,
as the model is accompanied with specific methods of assessment, counseling, and psychotherapy addressing each of the personality dimensions.
[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] The model was listed also as a resource on counselor's qualities in life quality management.
[ Burcu, A. (2004). ''Managementul calitatii vietii si conditiei umane'' (''Life quality and human condition management''), Editura Mega. ]
As part of the efforts of revival and development of psychology in post-communist Romania, Tapu published a dictionary of psychopathology,
and a textbook of humanistic systems psychology.
[Kiss 2013, p 262]
The work of Țapu has been described as inaugurating the field of concrete systems or "hypostatic" psychology,
[Ostaciuc, Vasile (2002). "Psihologie operatorie" ("Operatory psychology" - book review), ''Revista de psihologie''. ]Romanian Academy
The Romanian Academy ( ro, Academia Română ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life.
According to its byl ...
, 1-2, 148-149 and opening new insights into integrative, synthetic and holistic studies of individual personality factors within a person.
Also, his work has been criticized for containing a large number of
neologism
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s that make it difficult to understand, and for being "doomed to be incomplete".
[ Horopciuc, Manuela (2003). "Un 'conceptuar' de psihologie moderna" ("A 'conceptuary' of modern psychology" - book review), ''Viata Medicala'', 12 (21 March), p. 7]
In his spiritual materialist writings, Țapu proposes a universal view of deity that even encompasses atheism,
addressing controversial matters like guilt and euthanasia in short texts that read like poetry,
and providing a provocative lifestyle perspective for people of all backgrounds.
Reviewers compared the aphoristic style of Tapu to that of the ancient sacred texts,
Jesus, Gandhi,
the Sufi mystics,
Jodorowsky, and Chopra.
Țapu was featured in the ''Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Aphorism'' (2017).
Awards
In 2022, Țapu won first prize at the International Aphorism Festival in
Tecuci
Tecuci () is a municipiu, city in Galați County, Romania, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. It is situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from Galați, Bârlad, and Mără ...
.
Bibliography
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, ro, Dicţionar de psihologie şi psihopatologie: concepte actuale (Dictionary of psychology and psychopathology: current concepts), , 2003, , Premier , , Ploieşti , ,
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, ro, Tratat de psihologie umanistă sistemică: de la diagnostic la statistică (Textbook of humanistic-systemic psychology: from diagnosis to statistics), , 2006 , , Premier , , Ploieşti , ,
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, 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 , ,
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, The Complete Guide to Relational Therapy, , 2011 , , Lulu , , Raleigh, NC , ,
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, Învăţături despre a fi (Teachings on Being)
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References
External links
Codrin Țapuat Citatepedia.com
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Romanian psychologists
Romanian essayists
Romanian self-help writers
1973 births
Living people
Academic staff of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
University of Bucharest alumni