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From Simon & Schuster, The Children of the Dream is Bruno Bettelheim, author of The Empty Fortress and Love is Not Enough, next great work.
Bruno Bettelheim, author of The Empty Fortress and Love is Not Enough, explores the communal child-rearing and American education in his latest work, The Children of the Dream.
The Children of the Dream
by Bettelheim, BrunoEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-29
Publisher(s): Simon & Schuster
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Summary
Author Biography
Dr. Bettelheim writes a popular monthly column, "Dialogues with Mothers," in The Ladies' Home Journal, and has co-produced an award-winning motion picture, The Kibbutz. He is the Director of the Orthogenic School at the University of Chicago, where he is Rowley Professor of Education and a professor in the departments of psychology and psychiatry
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| An Experiment in Nature | p. 1 |
| Reasons for the Study | p. 4 |
| The Sample | p. 8 |
| Ethos for a Nation | p. 13 |
| An Afterthought | p. 17 |
| Kibbutz Origins | p. 20 |
| The Women | p. 28 |
| Pragmatism | p. 37 |
| Implications | p. 42 |
| Larger Relevance | p. 52 |
| Infancy and Early Childhood | p. 65 |
| Basic Security | p. 66 |
| Early Weaning | p. 72 |
| The True Provider | p. 78 |
| Crib Mates | p. 85 |
| Desertions | p. 92 |
| The Impermanent Adult | p. 100 |
| Bedtime | p. 109 |
| Emotional Input | p. 117 |
| Attuning to Others | p. 120 |
| A Collective Superego | p. 125 |
| Children's Hours | p. 131 |
| Intimacy | p. 141 |
| The Latency Age | p. 145 |
| Bedwetting | p. 146 |
| The Casual Meal | p. 150 |
| Living Quarters | p. 154 |
| A Freedom to Roam | p. 159 |
| Oedipal Relations | p. 165 |
| Empathy and the Introject | p. 169 |
| Retreat from Power | p. 175 |
| King Solomon's Judgment | p. 178 |
| Emotional Disturbance | p. 187 |
| Multiple Mothering | p. 192 |
| The Labors of Love | p. 199 |
| Adolescence | p. 203 |
| "They're All So Great ..." | p. 204 |
| Where the Group Wind Blows | p. 211 |
| The Freedom to Choose | p. 216 |
| Careers and the Future | p. 223 |
| Group Values | p. 231 |
| Sex | p. 235 |
| The Hedgehog's Dilemma | p. 246 |
| Private Property, Private Emotions | p. 256 |
| A Private Piece of Ground | p. 265 |
| Those Who Leave | p. 269 |
| Results of Kibbutz Education | p. 275 |
| A New Kind of Jew | p. 276 |
| World of Kibbutzim? | p. 282 |
| The Middle Reaches | p. 289 |
| A Fine Way for Some | p. 296 |
| Their Mold and Ours | p. 301 |
| Trust Versus Mistrust | p. 303 |
| Autonomy, Shame, and Doubt | p. 307 |
| Initiative Versus Guilt | p. 309 |
| Industry Versus Inferiority | p. 313 |
| Integrity Versus Despair | p. 317 |
| Appendices | p. 321 |
| Choosing a Field | p. 321 |
| The Data | p. 323 |
| Kibbutz Settlements | p. 331 |
| Atid | p. 332 |
| The Children's House | p. 335 |
| Bibliography | p. 339 |
| Index | p. 347 |
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