{"product_id":"encounters-with-the-other-how-we-continue-to-misunderstand-dehumanize-scorn-humiliate-oppress-and-even-kill-other-humans-and-how-we-can-stop-paperback","title":"Encounters with the \"Other\": How we continue to misunderstand, dehumanize, scorn, humiliate, oppress, and even kill other humans. And how we can stop. - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Oshry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Oshry has a lifetime's experience of working with social and organizational systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere he explains how we can understand - and avoid - the \"catastrophes\" that continue to occur when one culture meets another - when demagogues sell us messages of superiority or purity in the face of cultural difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlgeria Armenia Bosnia Cambodia Congo Darfur East Timor The Holdomor TheHolocaust Myanmar Palestine Rwanda...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe explains how the two conventional solutions to encountering the \"other\" - Purity and Tolerance - both exact a terrible cost on the oppressed while diminishing the humanity of the oppressors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he offers us a third possibility, one that requires a fundamental transformation in how we see and experience one another. This transformation requires us to understand that the interaction patterns we fall into shape the way we see and experience one another. Change the pattern of interaction and our experiences of one another will change...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe possibility of \"Power and Love\", working together and tempering one another, will emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Oshry is a pioneer in the field of human systems thinking. His life's work has been to empower individuals and organizations by transforming system-blindness into system-sight. The educational programs he has developed include The Power Lab, the Organization Workshop on Creating Partnership, and the When Cultures Meet Workshop. In 2013 he launched The Worldwide Week of Partnership, during which Power+Systems trainers across the globe conduct pro bono partnership events for educational, charitable, advocacy, and service organizations in their local communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 62\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51797040300320,"sku":"9781911193487","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/79674ee5db94dc6d6f283a8e4684823d.webp?v=1780772165","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/encounters-with-the-other-how-we-continue-to-misunderstand-dehumanize-scorn-humiliate-oppress-and-even-kill-other-humans-and-how-we-can-stop-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}