The sibling society

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Where have all the grown-ups gone? [In this book, the author] offers a dramatic reinterpretation of trends as diverse as corporate downsizing and the collapse of the American family. With a vision that encompasses politics, economics, and psychology as well as the ancient stories of Jack and the Beanstalk and the Hindu god Ganesha, [he] looks into our national soul and produces [the] book of genuine moral authority.-Back cover.

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Full title :The sibling society / Robert Bly.

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Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

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oclc:ocn232338497
Dewey Decimal:306 T

Jack, the beanstalk, and the half-adult: Woodstock moment; Jack, the beanstalk, and the giant with a large appetite; Swimming among the half-adults -- Inside families: Adventures of Ganesha, a Hindu story; Wild girl and her sister, a Norwegian story; What do daughters stand to lose or gain in a sibling society; What do sons stand to lose or gain in a sibling society; Disdain and contempt for children in the sibling society -- Outside the family: Benjamin Franklin's pig, economics and our heaviness of heart; Teaching our children that nothing works; Looking at women's and men's movements from inside the sibling house -- Culture: Exultation in the midst of flatness; Difficulty of understanding mythology in the sibling culture; What is vertical thought?; Snake that wants to eat all its brides, a Swedish story -- Epilogue.

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Culture Culture populaire Intergenerational relations Juvénilité Popular culture Relations entre générations social values Valeurs sociales Youthfulness