May 10, 2007
The new book from Karen Lisa Salamon
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This last weekend I finished Putin’s Russia (da / en) and continued on Pamuk’s The New Life (da / en), but yesterday’s publication of “Selvmål” by Karen Lisa Salamon (da) caught my attention to the degree that I immediately got it and started reading that instead. I guess non-fiction > fiction in my world.
I had read Jørgen I. Jensens “Jeg-automaten” (da) with great interest late last year, and even though I do not agree with all his points, the way he questioned parts of the huge coaching/management/self-coaching trend really struck me. Where Jensen approaches this from a theologian point of view, Salamon seems to have a more humanistic entry-point. I have not reached far into the book yet, but I will find ways to represent my reading of it, and my comments surrounding it, here on dltq.org the coming week.
(Hmm, too bad that GAD Internet doesn’t have any introduction to the book on their site yet. Maybe I will talk with the manager there and volunteer to write some reviews for the site.)
I wonder what is really happening in the minds and spirits of those who like to criticize alternative spirituality, coaching, non-Western healing methods, psychological therapy/counseling etc (anything which lifts the human pirit, helps heal the heart and mind etc.). I wonder what good such negative criticism is doing? What is the purpose? In the books written criticizing coaching, the opinion against (topic)is clearly formed at the beginning and the text is simply an elaboration of subjective opinion, not a researched empirical study that cna then come to a conclusion. For example, Is there anything reporting on the harmful effects of coaching on people who have worked consistently and faithfully with a coach for a significant period of time on some issues? Does this book have such? It would be good to hear more about the contents of this book.