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Carregando... The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Powerde Joel Kramer, Diana Alstad
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Carefully-argued critique of what the authors see as manifestations of destructive authoritarianism, including religious fundamentalism and guru worship; they look carefully at the way in which concepts such as enlightenment, unconditional love and renunciation can function as destructive forces. I found this book useful when I was attempting to understand how I had gotten myself involved in a cult-like group. The authors are very thorough in their deconstruction of the dynamics of authoritarian relationships both in spiritual groups and in society as a whole. In reading it, I gained a great deal of insight as to my own relationship to those tendencies. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
The Guru Papers demonstrates with uncompromising clarity that authoritarian control, which once held societies together, is now at the core of personal, social, and planetary problems, and thus a key factor in social disintegration. It illustrates how authoritarianism is embedded in the way people think, hiding in culture, values, daily life, and in the very morality people try to live by. The book unmasks authoritarianism in such areas as relationships, cults, 12-step groups, religion, and contemporary morality. Chapters on addiction and love show the insidious nature of authoritarian values and ideologies in the most intimate corners of life, offering new frameworks for understanding why people get addicted and why intimacy is laden with conflict. By exposing the inner authoritarian that people use to control themselves and others, the authors show why people give up their power, and how others get and maintain it. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)303.33Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Social Processes Coordination and control ; Power Social controlClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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