Power and Innocence A Search for the Sources of Violence [Paperback]

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.Sheds new light on the timely topic of violence.Stressing the positive, creative aspects of power and innocence, Rollo May offers a way of thinking about the problems of contemporary society.