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A World Waiting to Be Born : Civility Rediscovered |
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Rating: Summary: Not like his other books. Review: I give 4 or 5 stars to the "The Road Less Travelled", "People of the Lie", and "The Different Drum", but after reading 50 pages of fluff, I gave up on this one.
Rating: Summary: Outstanding Touches the Core Review: This is an outstanding book wich touches the core of humanity and the way people interact with one another, and should interact.
Rating: Summary: The World, Less Unravelled. Review: Well, I have yet to read a book by Dr. Peck that did not leave me grateful. This one is no exception. A dear friend asked me why I read so many Peck books. Is it so that I can gain the needed insight to become a better person? Or is it moreso to be made aware of why I am not that better person already? To be reminded of my failings? My own answer is sort of a variegated gradation of "no" to all of the above, and yet my vague explanations always seem to involve a simple desire for greater awareness. Peck's books are not really "how-to" things, but moreso "why we do" or "here-is-what-happens-when..." and this approach interests me more than "how to." More theoretical than practical, you might say. (Just like me!) This is why I am hooked. This book discusses how we relate to each other in business, family, the workplace, and in the greater society, and is based on the premise that the way we are generally doing it... is sick, and in need of attention/repair. On a linear continuum stretching from psychology to sociology, I would place this book somewhere between his The Road Less Travelled on the former end, and The Different Drum on the latter. The one chapter on vocation is worth it all. Phrase by phrase, let Peck delineate how he comes to his definitive conclusion that "civility is consciously motivated organizational behavior that is ethical in submission to a Higher Power." If those last two words make you feel like you're passing a kidney stone, or perhaps giving birth to a prize-winning pumpkin... relax. Let him explain. It's never as painful as it first sounds. When I suggested above that this book is more theoretical (why) than practical (how-to), I should really clarify that assumption, especially since the latter portions of the book discuss the specific work of the Foundation For Community Encouragement, an organization that literally "teaches" community (civility) to corporations and groups of all kinds, worldwide. Very practical stuff indeed. But what I meant is that even here, the principles that Peck expounds, theoretically speaking, are universally applicable and relevant. The same principles that will save a corporation from ruin will help strengthen a marriage, or cause improved relations between parents and children, or help a single person live a more fulfilled life. Patients would ask Peck "How do I know when to quit therapy?" He would answer "When you have learned how to be your own therapist; when therapy has become a way of life for you." (p.340). I like that answer, and it's why I keep reading and re-reading him.
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