An edition of Getting a grip: clarity, creativity, and courage in a world gone mad
(2007)
Getting a grip
clarity, creativity, and courage in a world gone mad
by Frances Moore Lappé
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Presents radically new ways of thinking about fear, power, democracy and hope itself. Challenges readers to examine their core assumptions about who they are and how the world works, and offers suggestions for actions they can take, right now, to help create the world they want and grasp the real roots of our local-to-global crises.
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Getting a grip: clarity, creativity, and courage in a world gone mad
2007, Small Planet Media
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Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad
October 8, 2007, Small Planet Media
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Getting a grip: clarity, creativity, and courage in a world gone mad
2007, Small Planet Media, Distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Clarity
1: The straightjacket
Peeling away the layers
Elections plus a market....that's democracy?
Lizzie's lessons
Thin democracy's pitfalls
Deeper dangers
Humility and hope
2: New eyes
Goodness of or in human nature?
An ecology of democracy: five qualities
A premise of plenty, a spiral of hope
3: What democracy feels like
Nine dimensions: some glimpses
Why now? four revolutions
Creativity
4: Power invisible
One choice we don't have
Mirrors in our brains
Power isn't a four-letter word
Relational power's under-appreciated sources
Drops count
5: The art of power
Democracy's arts
The power of simply listening
Conflict as creative
Kids learn conflict is okay
6: Talking democracy
Globalization or global corporate power?
Free market-free trade or fair market-fair trade?
Regulations or standards?
Consumers or buyers?
Courage
7: Seize the moment
A downward spin
A rude shock
8: When fear means go
Fear as pure energy
Fear and conflict
As it is
Old thoughts, new thoughts
Inner applause
9: Sanity in motion
Claiming our sanity
Protection
A cautionary tale, the danger of good intentions
On issues versus entry points
An internal checklist
Bold humility
Knowing.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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