For Your Own Good by Alice Miller
Alice Miller explores the sources of violence within ourselves and the way these are encouraged by orthodox childrearing practices. Challenging the way in which we rationalise punishment and coercion as being for the child's 'own good', she illuminates the cost in compassion and humanity in later life, both in the private and public domain. Her message is clear: 'people whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood; will feel no need to harm another person or themselves.
Dr Miller's books, refreshingly free of jargon, read like picturesque fiction * RUTH RENDELL *
All too believable.. Her thesis is icily simple. * NEW STATESMAN AND SOCIETY *
All too believable.. Her thesis is icily simple. * NEW STATESMAN AND SOCIETY *
Alice Miller is one of the leading authorities on the causes and consequences of child-abuse and is the author of numerous books on the subject.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780860688990 |
| ISBN 10 | 0860688992 |
| Title | For Your Own Good |
| Author | Alice Miller |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1987-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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