The Mature Mind by H. A. Overstreet (1949) PDF book (international bestseller book)

part one THE MATURITY CONCEPT





one PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS 13



two CRITERIA OF MATURITY 42



three TWO OLD THEORIES AND A NEW ONE 76



four MATURE INSIGHTS LOST ON IMMATURE



MINDS 87



PART TWO FORCES THAT SHAPE US



five A HERITAGE OF CONTRADICTIONS 119



six APPLIED MATURITY A TEST CASE 144



seven ECONOMICS FOR HUMAN FULFILLMENT 166



eight THE PLAY OF POLITICS ON THE MIND 185



nine WHAT WE READ, SEE, AND HEAR 203



ten THE HOME AS A PLACE FOR CROWING 230



eleven EDUCATION A QUESTION MARK 246



twelve TOWARD RELIGIOUS MATURITY 260



thirteen WHAT WE OURSELVES CAN DO 273

"MANKIND,” wrote Alfred North Whitehead, "is now in one of its rare moods of shifting its outlook The mere compulsion of tradition has lost its force It is the business of philosophers, students, and practical men to re-create and re-enact a vision of the world, conservative and radical, including those elements of reverence and order without which society lapses into a not, a vision penetrated through and through with unflinching rationality ”This book concerns the re-creation and re-enactment of such a vision through an insight that comes chiefly out of the psychological and psychiatric sciences and centers in mans mental, emotional, and social maturing As this new insight penetrates our common consciousness, it helps us to understand the forces that have created our predicaments and brought us close to destruction, and it affords the clue to our possible advance out of chaos.This insight is what I choose to call the maturity concept The understanding and living out of this most recent of our psychological and philosophic insights becomes our next obligation and hope. I wish to express my gratitude to numerous fellow scientists and philosophers for help they have given me — help that most of them do not even know they have given. More personally, I wish to thank my wife, Bonaro W. Overstreet; my son, Alan Burr Overstreet; and his wife, Jeanne.Contents of the book:INDEX 293