Transformation: Understanding the Three Levels of Masculine Consciousness

Johnson, Robert A.

ISBN 10: 0062504258 / ISBN 13: 9780062504258

Published by HarperCollins (edition First Edition), 1991

With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Seller Inventory # 0062504258-7-1-29

Synopsis:

Examines the stages in the lives of men through a discussion of Don Quixote, Hamlet, and Faust

Reviews: On the heels of Robert Bly's best-selling Iron John ( LJ 11/15/90), comes this slim volume which offers quite a different assessment of maleness and its self-completion. Johnson, author of Inner Work ( LJ 7/86) and We ( LJ 2/1/84), uses three literary archetypes: Don Quixote (simple, two-dimensional man); Hamlet (complex, four-dimensional man); and Faust (complete, four-dimensional man). As a result of modern education and urbanization, Johnson posits, Western man is no longer simple; yet he lacks self-determination and therefore is trapped. The insights found here seem applicable to universal self-fulfillment and provocation (e.g., what significance does Faust's victory over the devil hold for men in these AIDS-ridden, economically troubled times?). Also, where Bly's book demands action, Johnson's is purely cerebral and more interesting to readers familiar with classic literature.
- David Nudo, New York
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Transformation: Understanding the Three ...
Publisher: HarperCollins (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Edition.