An edition of The continuum concept (1975)

The continuum concept

in search of lost happiness

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The continuum concept
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An edition of The continuum concept (1975)

The continuum concept

in search of lost happiness

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Contents
INTRODUCTION : Some Reports and Thoughts for the New Edition / ix
ONE : How My Ideas Were So Radically Changed / 3
- Seeing first, understanding later, then going back to confirm my observations - Arriving at the Continuum Concept TWO : The Continuum Concept / 21
- What a human being is evolved to expect from life - His inherent tendencies - How the continuum works, in the individual and in the culture THREE : The Beginning of Life / 29
- Natural birth and traumatic birth - The expectations and tendencies of the infant - The in-arms phase and its consequences in the rest of one's life - The experience of infants and babies within the continuum, and without FOUR : Growing Up / 76
- What it means to be a social animal - The innate Talent for Self-Preservation, the growth of self-reliance, and the Importance of respecting the child's responsibility for himself - The assumption of innate sociality and its implications - How a child educates himself - The kind of assistance required of his Edlers FIVE : Deprivation of Essential Experiences / 109
- The blind search for the missed expenences in every corner of life - The hard drug-addict's secret - Myths of the fall of man - The two steps away from the state of grace: Man's evolved ability to make an intellectual choice & civilized man's derailment from the continuum - Relief from thinking, meditation, ritual, and other thought erasers. SIX : Society / 137
- Cultures that suit and cultures that conflict with the continuum - Conformity. reliability. the right not to be bored - Whatever became of joy? SEVEN : Putting Continuum Principles Back to Work / 151
- Sex and "affection": distinguishing between the two needs for physical contact t As need continues, so does the possibility of fulfillment - Understanding and defining our needs from the continuum standpoint - Obstacles In our present way of life - The rights of babies - Approaches to reinstating the continuum In ways open to us - Applications of these principles to research INDEX / 165

`Excerpt from this book; Page 1: "This book is meant to propound an idea, not tell a story, but I think there is a purpose to be served in telling a little of my history, something of the preparation of the ground in which the concept took root. It may help explain how my views departed so far from those of the twentieth-century Americans among whom I grew up. I went to the South American jungles with no theory to prove, no more than normal curiosity about the Indians and only a vague sense that I might learn something of significance. In Florence, on my first trip to Europe, I was invited to join two Italian explorers on a diamond-hunting expedition in the region of Venezuela's Caroni River, a tributary of the Orinoco. It was a last-minute invitation and I had twenty minutes to decide, race to my hotel, pack, dash to the station, and jump on the train as it was pulling away from the platform. It was very dramatic, but rather frightening when the action suddenly subsided and I saw our compartment piled with suitcases, reflected in the light through the dusty window, and realized I was on my way to a genuine jungle. There had not been time to take account of my reasons for wanting to go, but my response had been instant and sure..."

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Perseus Books
Language
English
Pages
172

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Cover of: Continuum Concept
Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost
2008, Hachette Books
in English
Cover of: The Continuum Concept
The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development)
January 1986, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
in English
Cover of: The continuum concept
The continuum concept
1986, Penguin
in English - Rev. ed.
Cover of: The continuum concept
The continuum concept: allowing human nature to work successfully
1985, Addison-Wesley
in English
Cover of: The continuum concept
The continuum concept: in search of lost happiness
1985, Perseus Books
in English
Cover of: The continuum concept
The continuum concept: allowing human nature to work successfully
1985, Addison-Wesley
in English
Cover of: The Continuum concept
The Continuum concept
1979, Warner Books
in English
Cover of: The continuum concept
The continuum concept
1977, Knopf : distributed by Random House
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: The continuum concept.
The continuum concept.
1976, Futura
in English
Cover of: The continuum concept
The continuum concept
1975, Duckworth
in English
Cover of: The Continuum concept.
The Continuum concept.
1975, Penguin
in English

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Edition Notes

Reprint. Originally published: Reading, Mass., : Addison-Wesley, 1985.

"A Merloyd Lawrence book."

Includes index.

Published in
Cambridge, Mass
Series
Classics in child development, Classics in child development (Reading, Mass.)

Classifications

Library of Congress
HQ767.9 .L54 1985, HQ767.9.L54 1985

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 172 p. ;
Number of pages
172

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18303040M
ISBN 10
0201050714
LCCN
85021473
Library Thing
115864
Goodreads
331046

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