{"product_id":"9780393317039","title":"Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eStressing the positive, creative aspects of power and innocence, Rollo May offers a way of thinking about the problems of contemporary society.\u003cbr\u003eRollo May defines power as the ability to cause or prevent change; innocence, on the other hand, is the conscious divesting of one's power to make it seem a virtuea form of powerlessness that Dr. May sees as particularly American in nature. From these basic concepts he suggests a new ethic that sees power as the basis for both human goodness and evil.\u003cbr\u003eDr. May discusses five levels of power's potential in each of us: the infant's power to be; self-affirmation, the ability to survive with self-esteem; self-assertion, which develops when self-affirmation is blocked; aggression, a reaction to thwarted assertion; and, finally, violence, when reason and persuasion are ineffective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025193877744,"sku":"9780393317039","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393317039_p0.jpg?v=1763770696","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393317039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}