In this age of anxious preoccupation with cozy feelings, the formidable power of Evil is usually overlooked or trivialized. In FACING EVIL some of the most penetrating communicators of our time turn their attention to the dark side of the human psyche. They speak from the heart about mass murder, racial discrimination, war, and nastiness both personal and institutional. They explore ways to confront Evil and perhaps transform it into Good. In the end they ask: What is to be done?

FACING EVIL contains the proceedings of the famous symposium at Salado, Texas, subject of the Bill Moyers PBS...

Essays from, among others, playwright Edward Albee, analyst Joseph Henderson, actor Lee Marvin, scientist Linus Pauling, novelist Isaac Bashevis Singer, critic and philosopher Jacques Barzun, literary critic Norman Sherry, and poet Naomi Nye on the creative life, focusing on the paradoxes and reflections of creativity: autobiography, literary biography, music, science, drama, poetry, storytelling, criticism, parageography, and war

This fascinating collection of autobiographical and biographical essays examines the many roles of mother and father, both personal and cultural, in the psychological life and development of the individual.

When is a relationship too close, and when is it not close enough? How intimate can or should be the relationship between therapist and client, doctor and patient, supervisor and trainee? These questions of pressing concern -- especially where power imbalances and ethical issues complicate relationships -- are addressed by Joseph L. Henderson, June Singer, Peter Rutter, Montague Ullman, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Harry A. Wilmer, and eight other writers.