“One reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist I have the advantage of information about my patients that most people are not privy to. And I discover that we rarely if ever see the totality of another in ordinary social intercourse. When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person, elicited by a particular set of circumstances on a particular day, and we do well to wait a while before concluding that what we see is the whole person.” PeopleIfsWellsMeanPersonsI CanReasonWholeIndividualSocialWaitingSeeingInformationParticularPerspectiveCircumstancesOrdinaryAdvantagePatientLazyIntercourseTherapistsTotalityWhole PersonConcluding Author:Alan Loy McGinnis
“In the cosmology behind psychology, there is no reason for anyone to be here or to do anything... I'am an accident - a result - and therefore a victim... if I'm only a result of past causes, then I'm a victim of those past causes.... or, if you look at it from the sociological perspective, I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result .” IfsLooksReasonPastSocialCausesResultsRaceBehindsClassPsychologyPerspectiveEconomicsPrejudiceVictimGenderAccidentsNo ReasonUpbringingCosmologySociological Author:James Hillman
“When a nation becomes obsessed with the guns of war, it loses its social perspective.... There is something about a war like this that makes people insensitive. It dulls the conscience. It strengthens the forces of reaction, and it brings into being bitterness and hatred and violence.” PeopleWarForceNationsSocialLosesViolencePerspectiveGunConscienceHatredReactionsObsessedBitternessInsensitive Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The worst aspect of dating from the perspective of many men is how dating can feel to a man like robbery by social custom - the social custom of him taking money out of his pocket, giving it to her, and calling it a date. To a young man, the worst dates feel like being robbed and rejected. Boys risk death to avoid rejection (e.g., by joining the Army” MenGivingFeelsYoungSocialBoysRiskWorstPerspectiveCallingAspectDatingArmyYoung ManRejectionPocketsCustomsRejectedJoiningRobberyJoining The Army Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“Steven Tepper's Not Here, Not Now, Not That! offers invaluable insights into how social change and uncertainty drive protests over art. With fresh data and perspectives, Tepper makes a compelling case that cultural conflicts are largely homegrown, tied to each community's shifting demographics and values. It's an eye-opening work.” ArtEyeValuesSocialCommunityCasesPerspectiveOffersConflictInsightOpeningDataUncertaintyProtestTiedCompellingSocial ChangeShiftingDemographicsInvaluableEye OpeningHomegrown Author:Ken Paulson
“I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social.” LiteratureSocialReligiousPerspectiveCapablePhilosophicalAshamedHorizonNew PerspectiveNew Horizons Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer