Respect : an exploration / Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot.
By: Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara
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BookPublisher: Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books, 2000Description: xi, 243 p. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0738203181.Subject(s): Respect | Self-esteem | Respect for personsDDC classification: 179.9 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 179.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00083041 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 179.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00083042 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In these many-layered and masterfully written portraits, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot reaches deep into human experience -- from the drama of birth to the solemn vigil before death -- to find the essence of respect. In her moving vision, relayed through powerfully told stories, respect is not the passive deference offered a superior but an active force that creates symmetry even in unequal relationships. The reader becomes an eyewitness to the remarkable empowering nature of respect, both given and received -- be it between doctor and patient, teacher and student, photographer and subject, and midwife and laboring mother. They will feel it in the reverent attention paid by a minister to the last moments of life, and in the Harvard Law School professor's lively curiosity about his student's extracurricular lives. Through the power of her narrative, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot ultimately makes the reader an intimate partner in her observations of respect linking these varied and intense relationships. A book to be savored and shared, Respect has the power to transform lives.
"A Merloyd Lawrence book.".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Creating symmetry -- Empowerment -- Healing -- Dialogue -- Curiosity -- Self-respect -- Attention.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. VII)
- Introduction: Creating Symmetry (p. 1)
- Chapter 1 Empowerment (p. 15)
- A Queen's Place (p. 18)
- This Is About You (p. 23)
- Family Building (p. 30)
- Fighting for Change (p. 32)
- The Babies Kept Me Going (p. 36)
- A Vulnerable Time (p. 39)
- Boundaries (p. 47)
- Birth (p. 51)
- Chapter 2 Healing (p. 55)
- Acts of Care (p. 58)
- Advocacy (p. 65)
- Legacy of Action (p. 68)
- Healing Service (p. 79)
- Respect in Practice (p. 84)
- Chapter 3 Dialogue (p. 91)
- Nurturing Inquiry (p. 95)
- Legacy of Trust (p. 100)
- Forging Connections (p. 103)
- Storytelling (p. 107)
- Risk and Faith (p. 114)
- Chapter 4 Curiosity (p. 117)
- The Color of Curiosity (p. 121)
- Curiosity and Intimacy (p. 125)
- Curiosity and Consent (p. 129)
- Direct Engagement (p. 133)
- Bathed in Full Attention (p. 137)
- The Value of Their Lives (p. 143)
- Chapter 5 Self-Respect (p. 153)
- Givil Procedure (p. 157)
- "One Thing No One Knows About You" (p. 161)
- A Comfortable Atmosphere (p. 165)
- Burden of Achievement (p. 174)
- "Smoke and Mirrors" (p. 181)
- "Giving Us Back to Ourselves" (p. 189)
- Chapter 6 Attention (p. 195)
- Absence and Presence (p. 198)
- Learning to Do Nothing (p. 206)
- This Is What We Can Do (p. 213)
- Teachers of Presence (p. 216)
- Agape (p. 222)
- Death (p. 225)
- Some Roots of Respect (p. 231)
- Index (p. 240)
- About the Author (p. 244)