Sons and fathers : challenges to paternal authority /
Father-son relationships can be notoriously difficult. Often fractious, sometimes hostile, and occasionally destructive, the issue of authority is negotiated by fathers and sons in a range of styles. In this fascinating new book, John Crosby describes the filial relationships of 20 historical figure...
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New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Background and foreground: The self in the system; 1. Erik Erikson and his theory of human development; Notes; 2. Murray Bowen and his theory of family systems; Notes; Part II: Father absent; 3. Winston Churchill and Lord Randolph Churchill; Commentary; Notes; 4. The Roosevelt boys and Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Commentary; Notes; 5. Alexander the Great and King Philip; Commentary; Notes; 6. Robert E. Lee and Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee; Commentary; Notes
- 7. The Adams boys and John Adams; Commentary; Notes; Part III: Father present; 8. Charles Darwin and Robert Darwin; Commentary; Notes; 9. Franz Kafka and Hermann Kafka; Commentary; Notes; 10. Benjamin Franklin and Josiah Franklin; Commentary; Notes; 11. Sigmund Freud and Jakob Freud; Commentary; Notes; Part IV: Father present yet distant; 12. Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Lincoln; Commentary; Notes; 13. Ulysses S. Grant and Jesse Grant; Commentary; Notes; Part V: Father present yet distant with abuse; 14. Pat Conroy and Colonel Don Conroy; Commentary; Notes
- 15. The Crosby boys and Harry "Bing" Crosby; Commentary; Notes; 16. Adolf Hitler and Alois Hitler; Commentary; Notes; 17. Joseph Stalin and Vissarion Dzhugashvili; Commentary; Notes; Part VI: Father present with commercial and/or political intent; 18. Amadeus Mozart and Leopold Mozart; Commentary; Notes; 19. Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Beethoven; Commentary; Notes; 20. John F. Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy; Commentary; Notes; Part VII: Father present with abuse and commercial intent; 21. Michael Jackson and Joseph Jackson; Commentary; Notes; Part VIII: Three present fathers
- 22. William Tecumseh Sherman, Charles R. Sherman, and Thomas Ewing; Commentary; Notes; Part IX: Conclusions; 23. Conclusions; Availability: Father presence-distance-absence; Violence and abuse; Authority and good enough fathering; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index