Willing to Learn: Passages of Personal Discovery - Softcover

Bateson, Mary Catherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586421905 ISBN 13: 9781586421908

Publisher: Steerforth Pr, 2010

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Review:

"Readers may be most interested in "The Lessons of 9/11," an essay in which she develops a critique of a phrase often uttered in the tragedy's aftermath: "Everything is different." Using the phrase as a locus, Bateson considers the consequences of the terrorist attacks and the possibilities that such a large, traumatic event holds for understanding and knowledge, strongly asserting our needs to tolerate, learn from and empathize with divergent views--especially in moments of trauma when learning is most threatened." - Publishers Weekly

"I admire Bateson's work enormously; I think she is one of the most important thinkers and writers of our time." -- Deborah Tannen

"Composing a Life has been such an inspiration because it gave me a framework. She has kind of an anthropological and multicultural view of women's lives and was very encouraging of me to do a lot of the work I do on women and children."-- Hillary Rodham Clinton

"The author's vast experience and eclectic knowledge continue to provide incisive perspectives on a variety of contemporary issues, ranging from international politics to ecology and education."-- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in the Washington Post

About the Author:

Mary Catherine Bateson is the author of numerous books, including Our Own Metaphor; Peripheral Visions; the national bestseller, Composing a Life; and New York Times Best Book of the Year, With a Daughter's Eye. Her newest work is Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom.
WWW.MARYCATHERINEBATESON.COM

About this edition

• Publisher: Steerforth Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1586421905
• ISBN 13: 9781586421908
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 458