Chasing William James

Robert D. Richardson, author of a new William James biography, spoke with me on camera for a few minutes at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass.

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[LenEdgerly]

The song is "Love Will Find a Way" by Rick Braun. I found it on IODA Promonet.

[seldomseen233]

@Phingari No the Big Book he refers to is actually the book called "Alcoholics Anonymous" which is what you might call the "official basic text" of AA. Richardson is saying that many people who participate in AA read James's Varieties because it deals with the same stuff and is better written.

[TheNobleWalk]

I Must say that We owe hIm THanks for all the Contributions he made to psychoLogy. withoUt hiS hElp where would the field be todaY?

[postTrancendentalist]

The Big Book is a book published by Alcoholics Anonymous which "sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease."

[JeNiFeRhEaRt]

nice song... whats the name?

[Brough1111]

sorry about the spelling Dr. Jung

[Brough1111]

Yes I believed in the power of belief which I praticed the principles, but the sycronicity

happened to often to ignore and came to believe that there is an underlying power in the universe, can't explain just know it exist, Carl Jung is reading this no doubt!

[mpsterry]

I've long been skeptical of scholars of American literature who know little background. The concept of point of view in Henry James, for instance, is not just a mode of narration but a reflection of the belief in the change in perception, and the individuality of perception, which he and brother William knew well in the New England environment from the long attention to regeneration and conversion. Thank you for the video, a quite useful resource for study.

--Terrence Erdt

[SantizClaus]

dats me bitch.