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| − | | | + | |read=Read on the show by [[Lyn Gerry]] from episodes [[424]] - [[447]]. |
| + | |seealso=* [http://susanrosenthal.com/power-and-powerlessness Full text online] | ||
| + | * [http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/29025 Index of Audio Readings] | ||
| + | |description=[[Susan Rosenthal]], a doctor of both medicine and mental health, argues in this book that powerlessness and inequality is the root cause of most ill health. She reached this conclusion after decades of research, observation, and activism. This book explains that most people lack the healthy, fulfilling lives they deserve because they are kept powerless and mistakenly accept this state of affairs as natural or self-inflicted. Written for a popular audience, it asks, and then answers, four basic questions: | ||
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# How did this happen? | # How did this happen? | ||
# Why do we put up with it? | # Why do we put up with it? | ||
# What will it take? | # What will it take? | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:42, 16 August 2011
Power and Powerlessness, by Susan Rosenthal
Read on the show by Lyn Gerry from episodes 424 - 447. List of Episodes
* Full text online
Susan Rosenthal, a doctor of both medicine and mental health, argues in this book that powerlessness and inequality is the root cause of most ill health. She reached this conclusion after decades of research, observation, and activism. This book explains that most people lack the healthy, fulfilling lives they deserve because they are kept powerless and mistakenly accept this state of affairs as natural or self-inflicted. Written for a popular audience, it asks, and then answers, four basic questions:
- What’s going on?
- How did this happen?
- Why do we put up with it?
- What will it take?
By Chapter:
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