Carl Rogers on Personal Power: Inner Strength and Its Revolutionary Impact (Psychology/self-help) [Paperback]

Carl R. Rogers (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 305 pages
• Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications (September 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0094620903
• ISBN-13: 978-0094620902
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carl Rogers(1902-1987) was one of the most influential psychologists in American history. He received many honors, including the first Distinguished Professsional Contributor Award and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, January 30, 2001

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Adam Chen (Mercer Island, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carl Rogers on Personal Power (Hardcover)

Books aren't always going to give people insight or truly cover the scope of their feelings, but no matter what your first inclination towards this book is, it will present some things that may even give you a hint of new insight or a new way of looking at things. What Rogers describes becomes almost a "mystical" sensation, one of the few life affirming attitudes that help us rule out logical paradigms and be comfortable with our feelings.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Daring New Paradigm, July 7, 2007

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Mark Poehner "Marcopoe" (Monterey, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carl Rogers on Personal Power: Inner Strength and Its Revolutionary Impact (Psychology/self-help) (Paperback)

Carl Rogers dares to develop a non-hierarchical paradigm of human relationships. He explores key social structures and institutions, including marriage, education, parenting and administration, with the view that all persons in the relationships are inherantly of equal value. "On Personal Power" is refreshingly optimistic, with a tinge of "the dawning of the Age of Aquarius" flavor, which may motivate some baby boomers to ask themselves, "What ever happened to our hopes and endeavors?"

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting!, March 5, 2005

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J. McAndrew "Jeffrey C. McAndrew" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carl Rogers on Personal Power: Inner Strength and Its Revolutionary Impact (Paperback)

This is an interesting book. In it Rogers shows really ambitious his person-centered theory is, and how difficult it is to apply. What it boils down to is that if the world was filled with caring relationships, it would be a much better place to live in. Through his encounter groups, Rogers meant to explore how wide varieties of people could learn to get along and work through complex problems in their lives. He goes alittle to far with the free love theories, but as I read the book, especially his final chapter "In a Nutshell," I began to realize he was serious about changing the world into a more person-centered place. He was the nuturer in this vast world of conflict and violence. The power he is referring to here is the power and capacity for human beings to love and appreciate each other during this very short time we have together on this earth.

Another interesting chapter is when he addresses the need for a world government and the abolishing of war. These are quite radical ideas, but he has a point. If we don't have our own houses in order,in a person-centered way, we will not be able to avoid conflict, war, etc, which is based on ignorance.