In over our heads the mental demands of modern life

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press 1994Description: viii, 396 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject(s):

Cognition and culture

DDC classification:

155.24KEG

Summary: If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate? In the spirit of a sympathetic teacher, Robert Kegan guides us through this tricky curriculum, assessing the fit between its complex demands and our mental capacities, and showing what happens when we find ourselves, as we so often do, in over our heads. In this dazzling intellectual tour, he completely reintroduces us to the psychological landscape of our private and public lives.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma Philosophy	155.24KEG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	UR006465

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-385) and index.

If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate? In the spirit of a sympathetic teacher, Robert Kegan guides us through this tricky curriculum, assessing the fit between its complex demands and our mental capacities, and showing what happens when we find ourselves, as we so often do, in over our heads. In this dazzling intellectual tour, he completely reintroduces us to the psychological landscape of our private and public lives.

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