| Description |
244 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244). |
| Contents |
1. Why We Need to Rediscover Authority -- 2. The De-authorization of Marriage -- 3. Rediscovering Authority in Marriage: Recommendations -- 4. The De-authorization of the Family -- 5. Rediscovering Authority in the Family: Recommendations -- 6. Rediscovering the Source of Authority -- 7. The De-authorization of Education -- 8. Rediscovering Authority in Education: Recommendations -- 9. The De-authorization of Work -- 10. Rediscovering Authority at Work: Recommendations -- 11. The De-authorization of the Professions -- 12. Rediscovering Authority in the Professions: Recommendations -- 13. The De-authorization of the Institutions of Government and Business -- 14. The De-authorization of Religious Institutions -- 15. Rediscovering Institutional Authority: Recommendations -- 16. The De-authorization of the Legal Profession -- 17. The Law as Authority Surrogate -- 18. Rediscovering the Authority of the Law: Recommendations. |
| Summary |
Many people claim to feel an elusive sense of dissatisfaction in their home and work lives today, and authors Eugene Kennedy and Sara C. Charles, M.D., trace this problem to our lacking the sense that we are authoring our surrounding lives and, thus, acting with natural authority. Kennedy and Charles take the reader chapter by chapter through the crisis of authority in marriage and family; schools and colleges; workplaces and boardrooms; government; religious. |
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Institutions and the media, providing examples of the problems we encounter when authority is absent. |
| Subject |
Social institutions -- United States.
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Social structure -- United States.
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Authority.
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Authority. (OCoLC)fst00821653
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Social institutions. (OCoLC)fst01122537
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Social structure. (OCoLC)fst01123372
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Charles, Sara C.
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| ISBN |
0684836653 |
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9780684836652 |
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