Our Western civilization is masculine and dominated by masculine values: cold objectivity, reason, power, efficiency and competition. This means the suppression of other values in the sphere of

The Gift of Feeling

Our Western civilization is masculine and dominated by masculine values: cold objectivity, reason, power, efficiency and competition. This means the suppression of other values in the sphere of irrationality and subjectivity: sentiments, emotions, personal relationships. It is no coincidence that women have been rejected from public life and culture and relegated all too often to the home. This situation has given rise to the enormous contrast between the great powers of science and technology and the decline in the quality of life. Men are interested in things and mechanisms, women in people. Men have constructed a world of things in which people suffer, believing themselves manipulated like one more machine. Paul Tournier argues that this is a situation in which women can make a decisive contribution. For a century they have struggled to take their places in civilization. In order to do so however, they have had to adapt to fit a masculine society. They have proved capable of that, but could they not go on from there to cure our civilization of its malaise and introduce what is missing, a sense of the person? This is the question asked by this book. As in Dr Tournier's previous books, it is not raised in a theoretical way but concretely, through his own experiences, in his personal life, in his marriage and his long career as a counsellor during which he has heard so many confidences about feminine discontent.
Country USA
Brand SCM Press
Manufacturer SCM Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate 2012-05-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780299301446

Country	USA
Brand	SCM Press
Manufacturer	SCM Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate	2012-05-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780299301446

The Gift of Feeling

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