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Title: Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic by James Gilligan ISBN: 0-679-77912-4 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Education Strategies for Prevention of Violence
Comment: The most hopeful insight Gilligan offers about violence is: A person's tortuous, shameful sense of self prompts the act of murder to "symbolically" silence the ridicule one has endured. Does this sound remarkably similar to those humiliated young teenagers who feel compelled to act with murderous revenge against their taunting classmates? Gilligan's book offers a sign of hope, for if we are able to significantly prevent violence, it will come from focusing on the underlying "incapacitating feelings" we humans experience when we are repeatedly emotionally wounded. In my new book on education strategies for prevention of violence, I address our cultural reluctance to educate children (and their parents) about the critical importance of understanding their inner reaction to being emotionally wounded. Gilligan, in his own way, seems to be advocating that violent consequences follow blaming others for what WE feel, and then symbolically attempting to punish them (with murder) for our sense of shame. We need more parents, teachers and emotional educators who can demonstrate a more healthy and honest way of dealing with emotional wounds than shaming ourselves or blaming others. It is not rocket science to LEARN how to deal with painful feelings. It is just that we have a deeply embedded cultural tendency to ignore and let our pain build up within us unless until it erupts until it erupts into what Gilligan says is the ritual of murder. I would venture that few, if any, persons who commit violence were ever taught how to name, own and honor their hurt feelings as a normal -- not shameful -- part of their human vulnerability.
Rating: 4
Summary: Education Strategies for Prevention of Violence
Comment: [Please use the following review in place of my previous review, which I have found contains a few typos.]
The most hopeful insight Gilligan offers about violence is: A person's tortuous, shameful sense of self prompts the act of murder to "symbolically" silence the ridicule one has endured. Does this sound remarkably similar to those humiliated young teenagers who feel compelled to avenge their pain with murderous revenge against their taunting classmates? Gilligan's book offers a sign of hope, for if we are able to significantly prevent violence, it will come from focusing on the underlying "incapacitating feelings" we humans experience when we are repeatedly emotionally wounded. In my new book on education strategies for prevention of violence, I address our cultural reluctance to educate children (and their parents) about the critical importance of understanding their inner reaction to being emotionally wounded. Gilligan, in his own way, seems to be advocating that violent consequences follow blaming others for what WE feel, and then symbolically attempting to punish them (with murder) for our sense of shame. We need more parents, teachers and emotional educators who can demonstrate a healthy and honest way of dealing with emotional wounds other than shaming ourselves or blaming others. It is not rocket science to LEARN how to deal with painful feelings. It is just that we have a deeply embedded cultural tendency to ignore and let our pain build up within us until it erupts into what Gilligan calls the "ritual" of murder. I would venture that few, if any, persons who commit violence were ever taught how to name, own and honor their hurt feelings as a normal -- not shameful -- part of their human vulnerability.
Rating: 5
Summary: Terrific book
Comment: This is an excellent book about the culture of violence that we continue to support with our policies. We say we abhor violence but we don't do the things that would curtail and prevent it. Dr. Gilligan has done a superior job of pointing out how we support and perpetuate violence. As a clinician, I have changed how I think and deal with abuse. Thank you, Dr. Gilligan for your insight and your caring. I am a better clinician because you shared your thoughts.
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Title: Preventing Violence (Prospects for Tomorrow) by James Gilligan ISBN: 0500282781 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Children, Families, and Government: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century by Edward F. Zigler, Sharon Lynn Kagan, Nancy W. Hall, Nancy Wilson Hall ISBN: 0521589401 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $33.00 |
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Title: Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Richard Wrangham, Dale Peterson ISBN: 0395877431 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 14 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Reclaiming Our Children: A Healing Solution for a Nation in Crisis by Peter R., M.D. Breggin ISBN: 0738204269 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes by James Gilligan ISBN: 0399139796 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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