Words and Values: Some Leading Words and where They Lead UsUniversity Press of America, 2005 - 295 pages 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. |
Contents
From God sylfa to I celebrate myself | 8 |
Psychologys Self | 19 |
InnerIndividualFeelings | 26 |
The Power of a Positive Self Our Bestselling and Godgiven Self | 35 |
What Good Is the Self? | 40 |
Growth and Development To Realize Your Potential | 45 |
The Growth and Development of Growth and Development | 47 |
Evolutionary Development | 50 |
Relativism is not a position one can ultimately live with | 150 |
Its All Relative Still in Some Cases | 156 |
From personal values clarification to consensus to______ | 162 |
Adhering to Absolutes Hanging on to Relativism | 169 |
Relationships | 175 |
Introduction | 177 |
Wholistic Relationships Relations Perceived as Meaningful Wholes | 179 |
Gestalt Organic and Other Wholes | 181 |
Humanistic Developments | 56 |
Personal Growth | 60 |
The End of Growth | 65 |
Evolution | 66 |
Development | 69 |
Fulfillment of Potential | 73 |
Growth and Maturity | 75 |
Conclusion | 82 |
You Must Develop | 85 |
We must be willing to change chairs if we want to grow | 91 |
Research and Development | 100 |
But I Dont Mean All That | 105 |
Its All Relative or Is It? | 113 |
Introduction to Relativity and Relationship | 115 |
Relativitys Lines | 118 |
Historic truth is relative and subjective | 126 |
Evaluations are relative to the cultural background out of which they arise | 130 |
Right and good are relative terms | 134 |
Relativitys Tangles and Other Troubles | 142 |
Selfcontradictions of Relativity | 147 |
Relations Perceived as the Whole of Whats Meaningful | 185 |
Sociological Relationships Reified Relations | 190 |
Systems Analysis Quantified and Controlled Relations Systems Spread | 198 |
Systems Control | 205 |
Systems Costs | 209 |
Todays Systems Concept | 214 |
Human Relationships Longedfor Heartfelt Relations | 218 |
Community | 219 |
Meaningful Interpersonal Relationships | 223 |
Relationships and Self with Sharing | 226 |
Community with Relationships and Self | 228 |
Meanings and Misplaced Ends | 232 |
Environmental Relationships Interwoven Relations | 235 |
Seeing in Terms of Relations | 244 |
EPILOGUE | 251 |
Where Does It All Lead? and Do We Have To Go Along? | 253 |
Notes | 261 |
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