{"product_id":"power-and-innocence-a-search-for-the-sources-of-violence-9780393317039","title":"Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rollo May\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393317039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay, Rollo:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRollo May\u003c\/strong\u003e (1909-1994) taught at Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, and was Regents' Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. An influential psychologist, he was the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eLove and Will\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Courage to Create\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMan's Search for Himself\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Meaning of Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePsychology and the Human Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40586314154099,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":27.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7d04c43a-29fb-4914-a678-aeae362e18f5.jpg?v=1668696774","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/power-and-innocence-a-search-for-the-sources-of-violence-9780393317039","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}