The Stages of Life: A Groundbreaking Discovery: The Steps to Psychological Maturity
Author: Clifford Anderson
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ISBN: 0871134810
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press (August, 1995)
Sales Rank: 72,200
Average Customer Rating: 3.11 out of 5
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Rating: 4 out of 5
Split Decision
Seven graduate students read The Stages of Life this fall as an assigned project. Three of us found the book exciting and enlightening and basically agreed with the conclusions. Moreover, we continue to discuss the implications independently. Another student found some of the concepts interesting, but not to the extent we did. Another two were probably two-star readers, having to struggle in places. One student got lost early and did not finish the book.My conclusion is that reading the book is well worth the effort some may find it takes.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A true awakening to the human thought process
I read Harry Dent's book, The Roaring 2000s, and taking his recommendation, ordered The Stages of Life. This is a marvelous book. I now understand the human life cycle. In addition, for the first time, I understand the concept of nonlinear processing and what must happen within each developing mind for one to become a nonlinear processor. Having said this, my business partner, who is not at all interested in human or personal development, found Anderson's book less rewarding.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Template for the Lifelong Construction of the Mind
Dr. Anderson is not a writer -- if he was, The Stages of Life would call for 5 stars; despite its frustrating flaws as more of a strangely dry, repetitive developmental outline than satisfying new psychoanalytic theory, the specific contributions of The Stages of Life to what we know of the lifelong construction of the mind -- and new developmental stages of adult life emerging since the revolutionary sixties -- remain relevant. S1 carriers, S2 carriers, practicing, borrowing, self contained Intuition -- if you're in your thirties and wondering why your early happy marriage failed or a boomer convinced you're losing your newly "psychic" mind to early Alzheimer's while parenting parents who are more like stubborn, needy children, The Stages of Life remains a must quick read easily correlated with other developmental theories (including Jung's complexes and evolutionary psychology's "modules"). A Sixth Sense is emerging in the evolution of the adult stages of life; understanding this will be both a relief and a marvel, and a reason to wish Dr. Anderson would follow up on this important first outline of his Maturation Theory.
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