Power and Innocence - A Search for the Sources of Violence (Paperback, New Ed)

Stressing the positive, creative aspects of power and innocence, Rollo May offers a way of thinking about the problems of contemporary society.

Rollo May defines power as the ability to cause or prevent change; innocence, on the other hand, is the conscious divesting of one's power to make it seem a virtuea form of powerlessness that Dr. May sees as particularly American in nature. From these basic concepts he suggests a new ethic that sees power as the basis for both human goodness and evil.

Dr. May discusses five levels of power's potential in each of us: the infant's power to be; self-affirmation, the ability to survive with self-esteem; self-assertion, which develops when self-affirmation is blocked; aggression, a reaction to thwarted assertion; and, finally, violence, when reason and persuasion are ineffective.

"Sheds new light on the timely topic of violence."—Library Journal

"[May's book] is an attack on the psychological rejection of power in the intellectual tradition of the Christian West. . . . With great skill [he] weaves together his political reflections and clinical experience. . . . [A] wise, humane, and admirable book."—William Hamilton, Christian Century

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	March 1998
Authors:	Rollo May
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	283
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-31703-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Behavioural theory (Behaviourism) Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-31703-X
Barcode:	9780393317039

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