Words and Values Some Leading Words and Where

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

3

(112)

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

8

(11)

2. Psychology's Self

19

(16)

Psychology's Slippery Sense of Self

19

(7)

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

26

(9)

3. The Power of a Positive Self

35

(12)

Our Best-selling and God-given Self

35

(5)

What Good Is the Self?

40

(7)

PART TWO Growth and Development To Realize Your Potential

4. The Growth and Development of Growth and Development

47

(18)

Early Growth

47

(3)

Evolutionary Development

50

(6)

Humanistic Developments

56

(4)

Personal Growth

60

(5)

5. The End of Growth

65

(20)

Evolution

66

(3)

Development

69

(4)

Fulfillment of Potential

73

(2)

Growth and Maturity

75

(7)

Conclusion

82

(3)

6. "You Must Develop"

85

(20)

"For nature must be right"

85

(6)

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

91

(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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