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100 1 $aBly, Robert.
245 14 $aThe sibling society /$cRobert Bly.
260 $aReading, Mass :$bAddison-Wesley Pub.,$cc1996.
300 $axiii, 319 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index.
505 2 $aJack, the beanstalk, and the half-adult -- Inside families -- Outside the family -- Culture.
520 $aIn The Sibling Society, Bly turns to stories as unexpected as Jack and the Beanstalk and the Hindu tale of Ganesha to illustrate and illuminate the troubled soul of our nation itself. What he shows us is a culture where adults remain children, and where children have no desire to become adults - a nation of squabbling siblings.
520 8 $aThrough his use of poetry and myth, Bly takes us beyond the sociological statistics and tired psychobabble to see our dilemma afresh. In this sibling culture that he describes, we tolerate no one above us and have no concern for anyone below us. Like sullen teenagers we live in our peer group, glancing side to side, rather than upward, for direction. We have brought down all forms of hierarchy because hierarchy is based on power, often abused. Yet with that leveling we have also destroyed any willingness to look up or down. Without that "vertical gaze," as Bly calls it, we have no longing for the good, no deep understanding of evil. We shy away from great triumphs and deep sorrow. We have no elders and no children; no past and no future. What we are left with is spiritual flatness. The talk show replaces family. Instead of art we have the Internet. In the place of community we have the mall.
520 8 $aBy drawing upon such magnificent spirits as Pablo Neruda, Rumi, Emily Dickinson, and Ortega y Gassett, Bly manages to show us the beautiful possibilities of human existence, even as he shows us the harshest truths. Still, his probing is deeper and more unsettling than the usual cultural criticism. He finds that our economy's stimulation of adolescent envy and greed has changed us fundamentally. The Superego that once demanded high standards in our work and in our ethics no longer demands that we be good but merely "famous," bathed in the warm glow of superficial attention. Driven by this insatiable need, and with no guidance toward the discipline required for genuine accomplishment, our young people are defeated before they begin.
650 0 $aCulture.
650 0 $aPopular culture.
650 0 $aSocial values.
650 0 $aIntergenerational relations.
650 0 $aYouthfulness.
650 6 $aCulture.
650 6 $aCulture populaire.
650 6 $aValeurs sociales.
650 6 $aRelations entre générations.
650 6 $aJuvénilité.
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