Mike, everyone -- I heard about Illeris' book in an email from him; I don't have the
url.
Thanks for the confidence-building comments -- Onward.
Helena
Mike Cole wrote:
> Helena-- I searched for Roskilde U Press and while I could come up with the
> University and individual's telling about what they had published there, I
> could not find the url for the press. Could you post it?
>
> Diane --
>
> Apropos of your note about helping, it was always puzzled me that theories of
> moral development think that one can improve upon going unto others as you whould
> have others do unto you.
>
> But possible to add to the thread of thought, I recommend that people check out
> Sheila Cole's article at the end of the report about the Velham project that is
> somewhere in the archival part of the LCHC web page. In 1983 when we returned
> together to Moscow after a long absence, Sheila, who was a journalist in prior
> years, wrote about a group of people, most of them involved in white collar/
> scientific professions, who spent their time in family clubs. These clubs had,
> as their major activity, engaging in projects for people who were in need to
> help and really had no way to get it. One such project involved the school
> for the blind-deaf in Zagorsk, not too far outside of Moscow. While many of
> us know of the work of Meshcheryakov (in part because of Karl Levitin's writinngg)
> and in part through the article by Alexander Suvorov in an issue of "Soviet
> Psychology many years ago) by the 1980's those who sought full integration
> of the blind deaf into society were considered kooky, and the school was very
> poorly supported. So the family club, big and little kids in tow, organized
> weekend outings to help refurbish the building and grounds and provide whatever
> help they could. When asked why they did it, they expressed the view that life
> as ordinarily led was stultifying, and that by living through raising their
> kids to take care of others, they themselves were helped to lead more
> satisfying lives.
>
> There is more to helping than money. There is reflexive self development and
> satisfaction.
>
> mike
>
> (PS-- Of course, all the above can be inverted/perverted, after all, time is
> money and carying is narcisim, right?)
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