{"product_id":"power-and-innocence-rollo-may-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 039331703X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393317039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Rollo May","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996746809599,"sku":"9780393317039","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_741fa540-640c-46f9-b536-4906b6be8e2d.jpg?v=1683343455","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/power-and-innocence-rollo-may-9780393317039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}