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The road less traveled : a new psychology of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth
- Title
- The road less traveled : a new psychology of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth / M. Scott Peck.
- Author
- Peck, M. Scott (Morgan Scott), 1936-2005
- Publication
- New York, New York : Simon and Schuster, [1979]
- ©1978
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 85-5412 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 316 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- Discusses the nature of loving relationships in the context of traditional psychological and spiritual insights.
- Subjects
- Note
- "A Touchstone book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- I. Discipline. Problems and pain -- Delaying gratification -- The sins of the father -- Problem-solving and time -- Responsibility -- Neuroses and character disorders -- Escape from freedom -- Dedication to reality -- Transference : the outdated map -- Openness to challenge -- Withholding truth -- Balancing -- The healthiness of depression -- Reunuciation and rebirth -- II. Love. Love defined -- Falling in "love" -- The myth of romantic love -- More about ego boundaries -- Dependency -- Cathexis without love -- "Self-sacrifice" -- Love is not a feeling -- The work of attention -- The risk of loss -- The risk of independence -- The risk of commitment -- The risk of confrontation -- Love is disciplined -- Love is separateness -- Love and psychotherapy -- The mystery of love -- III. Growth and religion. World views and religion -- The religion of science -- The case of Kathy -- The case of Marcia -- The case of Theodore -- The baby and the bath water -- Scientific tunnel vision -- IV. Grace. The miracle of health -- The miracle of the unconscious -- The miracle of serendipity -- The definition of grace -- The miracle of evolution -- The Alpha and the Omega -- Entropy and original sin -- The problem of evil -- The evolution of consciousness -- The nature of power -- Grace and mental illness : the myth of orestes -- Resistance to grace -- The welcoming of grace -- Afterword.
- Call Number
- JFD 85-5412
- ISBN
- 0671250671
- 9780671250676
- 0671240862
- 9780671240868
- LCCN
- 79015410
- OCLC
- 5101604
- 1042562466
- Author
- Peck, M. Scott (Morgan Scott), 1936-2005, author.
- Title
- The road less traveled : a new psychology of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth / M. Scott Peck.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Simon and Schuster, [1979]
- Copyright Date
- ©1978
- Edition
- [Paperback edition].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 85-5412