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Masks of Authoritarian Power: The Guru Papers
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One of “the most comprehensive, erudite, and timely” explorations of power dynamics and authoritarianism in religions, institutions, relationships and even personal struggles (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review)Authoritarian control, which once held societies together, is now at the core of personal, social, and planetary problems, and thus a key factor in social disintegration. Authoritarianism is embedded in the way people think—hiding in culture, values, daily life, and in the very morality people try to live by.In The Guru Papers, authors Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad unmask authoritarianism in areas such as relationships, cults, 12-step groups, religion, and contemporary morality. Chapters on addiction and love show the insidious nature of authoritarian values and ideologies in the most intimate corners of life, offering new frameworks for understanding why people get addicted and why intimacy is laden with conflict. By exposing the inner authoritarian that people use to control themselves and others, the authors show why people give up their power, and how others get and maintain it.
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| Weight | 0.56296 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.4638 × 15.2146 × 22.86 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 408 |
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| Year Published | 1993-5-20 |
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| Publication City/Country | USA |
| ISBN 10 | 1883319005 |
| About The Author | Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad are co-authors of The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power. They have written and taught together since 1974 on evolution, spirituality, relationships, values, awareness, yoga, and social issues. Their website is: http://www.joeldiana.com. Joel Kramer, also the author of The Passionate Mind, did post-graduate work in philosophy and psychology and was a resident teacher at Esalen Institute (1968-1970). He is a pioneer and legend of modern American yoga whose evolutionary vision of yoga freed it from its authoritarian roots, re-visioning it for the West. Diana Alstad, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, received a doctorate from Yale University in 1971. She taught in the humanities and initiated and taught the first Women's Studies courses at Yale and Duke. She envisioned the Yoga of Relationship and developed it with Kramer. |
| Table Of Content | Preface and Map of the BookIntroduction:Why Focus on Authoritarianism?Authority, Hierarchy, and PowerPart 1: Personal Masks1. Religion, Cults, & the Spiritual Vacuum Religion and Morality The Challenge of Science Who Defines Reality in Religions and Cults? Reexamining the Sacred 2. Gurus and Times of Upheaval 3. The Seductions of Surrender Control and Surrender Scandals, Saints, & Self-Centeredness Recognizing Authoritarian Control 4. Guru Ploys Inducing Surrender Maintaining Dominance 5. The Assault on Reason 6. Stages of Cults — Proselytizing to Paranoia The Messianic Phase The Apocalyptic Phase 7. The Attractions of Cult Hierarchy 8. Gurus & Sexual Manipulation The Betrayal of Trust Spiritual Hedonism 9. Gurus, Psychotherapy, & the Unconscious 10. The Traps of Being a Guru Narcissism and Adulation Deceit and Corruption11. Jim Jones & the Jonestown Mass Suicide 12. On Channeling Disembodied Authorities Assumptions about Channeling An Example of Channeled Writing: A Course in Miracles What Are Channels Channeling?13. Do You Create Your Own Reality? 14. Healing Crippled Self-Trust Part 2: Ideological MasksIntroduction: The Morality Wars 1. Fundamentalism & the Need for Certainty The Essence of Fundamentalism The Quandaries of Revisionism Revisionism and the Need for Identity What's at Stake?2. Satanism & the Worship of the Forbidden: Why It Feels Good to Be Bad Good and Evil The Problem of Evil Satanism as an Avenue to Power The Divided Self: Good and Evil Internalized Satanism as the Dark Side of Monotheism 3. Who Is in Control? The Authoritarian Roots of Addiction What Is Addiction? The Divided Psyche: Symptom of a Dysfunctional Morality Taming the Beast: The Inner Battle for Control Addiction as Revolt Against the Inner Authoritarian The Failings of Disease & Responsibility Models Twelve Steps to Where? Developing Wholeness and Self-Trust 4. Love & Control: The Conditions underlying Unconditional Love What Is Unconditional Love? Love, Time, and Timelessness Self-Sacrifice, Power, and Passion Control and Boundaries "Love Addiction" Measuring and Roles Forgiving and Letting Go The Religious Foundation of Unconditional Love Timeless Love through Time 5. Oneness, Enlightenment & the Mystical ExperienceThe Mystical ExperienceDualism and Renunciation The Function of EnlightenmentThe One-Sidedness of Oneness Holism and Interconnectedness Renunciation as Accumulation6. The Power of Abstraction: The Sacred Word & the Evolution of Morality Abstractions and PowerFrom Animism to Polytheism: The Concrete Abstractions of IdolatryMonotheism: A Universal Abstraction Oneness: The Culmination of Religious Abstraction Abstraction, Either/or Thinking, and DualismSymbol Systems and Power Transforming the Symbol System: A Dialectical Perspective Epilogue: Where to Go from Here?Index |
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