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Words and Values Some Leading Words and Where They Lead Us

by: Rosenthal, Peggy

Words and Values Some Leading Words and Where They Lead Us

by: Rosenthal, Peggy

ISBN 13:
9780761831020
ISBN 10:
0761831029
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/27/2005
Publisher: Hamilton Books

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Summary

This book is a collection of biographical sketches of some of the leading figures of our time, though the figures aren't people but configurations of words. Proposing that such words constitute an active force that can lead us into certain attitudes and behavior with realizing it, Rosenthal shows how our leading language acquired such power and suggests ways to escape its control.

PART ONE The Attractions of Self

Introduction

(112)

1. From "God sylfa" to "I celebrate myself"

(11)

2. Psychology's Self

(16)

Psychology's Slippery Sense of Self

(7)

Self's Companions in Psychology: Inner-Individual-Feelings

(9)

3. The Power of a Positive Self

(12)

Our Best-selling and God-given Self

(5)

What Good Is the Self?

(7)

PART TWO Growth and Development To Realize Your Potential

4. The Growth and Development of Growth and Development

(18)

Early Growth

(3)

Evolutionary Development

(6)

Humanistic Developments

(4)

Personal Growth

(5)

5. The End of Growth

(20)

Evolution

(3)

Development

(4)

Fulfillment of Potential

(2)

Growth and Maturity

(7)

Conclusion

(3)

6. "You Must Develop"

(20)

"For nature must be right"

(6)

"We must be willing to change chairs if we want to grow"

(9)

Research and Development

100

(5)

7. But I Don't Mean All That!

105

(10)

PART THREE It's All Relative - or Is It? Introduction to Relativity and Relationship

115

(62)

8. Relativity's Lines

118

(24)

"Length and time are relative concepts"

118

(8)

"Historic truth is relative and subjective"

126

(4)

"Evaluations are relative to the cultural background out of which they arise"

130

(4)

"'Right' and 'good' are relative terms"

134

(8)

9. Relativity's Tangles and Other Troubles

142

(14)

The Structure of Relativity

142

(5)

Self-contradictions of Relativity

147

(3)

Retreats from the Relative: "Relativism is not a position one can ultimately live with"

150

(6)

10. It's All Relative Still, in Some Cases

156

(21)

Opinion Polls: "Our survey says..."

156

(6)

Values Education: From "personal values clarification" to "consensus" to "___"

162

(7)

Continuing Confusions: Adhering to Absolutes; Hanging on to Relativism

169

(8)

PART FOUR Relationships

Introduction

177

(2)

11. Wholistic Relationships: Relations Perceived as Meaningful Wholes

179

(11)

(W)holistic Values

179

(2)

Gestalt, Organic, and Other Wholes

181

(4)

Relations Perceived as the Whole of What's Meaningful

185

(5)

12. Sociological Relationships: Reified Relations

190

(8)

13. Systems Analysis: Quantified and Controlled Relations

198

(20)

Systems' Spread

198

(7)

Systems Control

205

(4)

Systems' Costs

209

(5)

Today's Systems Concept

214

(4)

14. Human Relationships: Longed-for, Heartfelt Relations

218

(17)

Community

219

(4)

Meaningful Interpersonal Relationships

223

(3)

Relationships and Self (with Sharing)

226

(2)

Community (with Relationships) and Self

228

(4)

Meanings and Misplaced Ends

232

(3)

15. Environmental Relationships: Interwoven Relations

235

(9)

16. Seeing in Terms of Relations

244

(9)

EPILOGUE Where Does It All Lead? (and Do We Have To Go Along?)

253

(8)

Notes

261

(28)

Index

289

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Words and Values Some Leading Words and Where They Lead Us

Words and Values Some Leading Words and Where They Lead Us

9780761831020

0761831029

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