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This in turn means that the good society is the one that has its institutional
arrangements set up in such a way as to foster, encourage, reward, produce a
maximum of good human relationships and a minimum of bad human
relationships.
This in turn means that the good society is the one that has its institutional
arrangements set up in such a way as to foster, encourage, reward, produce a
maximum of good human relationships and a minimum of bad human
relationships.
Page 323
From this point of view, we may fairly say of the neurotic person that, for him, the
society is sick, for he sees in it preponderantly danger, threat, attack, selfishness,
humiliation, and coldness. It is of course understood that his neighbor, looking at
...
From this point of view, we may fairly say of the neurotic person that, for him, the
society is sick, for he sees in it preponderantly danger, threat, attack, selfishness,
humiliation, and coldness. It is of course understood that his neighbor, looking at
...
Page 324
Let us say again that the necessity for individual psychotherapy comes largely,
though not altogether, from the fact of the sickness of our society.7 It is peculiar
indeed that people should be trained and paid well to enter into a relationship
that ...
Let us say again that the necessity for individual psychotherapy comes largely,
though not altogether, from the fact of the sickness of our society.7 It is peculiar
indeed that people should be trained and paid well to enter into a relationship
that ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Motivation and Personality [Harper's psychological series] |
| Author | Abraham Harold Maslow |
| Publisher | Harper, 1954 |
| Length | 411 pages |
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