{"product_id":"power-and-innocence","title":"Power and Innocence","description":"Rollo May defines power as the ability to cause or prevent change; innocence, on the other hand, is the conscious divesting of one's power to make it seem a virtuea form of powerlessness that Dr. May sees as particularly American in nature. From these basic concepts he suggests a new ethic that sees power as the basis for both human goodness and evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dr. May discusses five levels of power's potential in each of us: the infant's power to be; self-affirmation, the ability to survive with self-esteem; self-assertion, which develops when self-affirmation is blocked; aggression, a reaction to thwarted assertion; and, finally, violence, when reason and persuasion are ineffective.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836017324237,"sku":"9780393317039","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_3b1b3eb5-3990-45a9-b2b7-d27e6bc75ea7.jpg?v=1790991802","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/power-and-innocence","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}