Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society's Betrayal of t

"Aprovactivecritiqueoftraditionaltherapy'sviewofchildhood...Thisisexplosivestuff.Ican'timagineanyonecomingawayfromthisbookwithoutseveralnewfounddiscoveriesaboutherselfandherrelationtoherparents."--NancyEvans，"Glamour"Originallypublishedin1984，"ThouShaltNotBeAware"explodesFreud'snotionsof"infantilesexuality"andhelpstobringtotheworld'sattentionthebrutalrealityofchildabuse，changingforeverourthoughtsof"traditional"methodsofchild-rearing.Dr.Millerexposestheharshtruthsbehindchildren's"fantasies"byexaminingcasehistories，worksofliterature，dreams，andthelivesofsuchpeopleasFranzKafka，VirginiaWoolf，GustaveFlaubert，andSamuelBeckett.NowwithanewprefacebyLloyddeMauseandanewintroductionbytheauthor，"ThouShaltNotBeAware"continuestobringanessentialunderstandingtotheconfrontationandtreatmentofthedevastatingeffectsofchildabuse.""ThouShaltNotBeAware"isthatrarestofgems，ahighlycreativeandexcitingworkwhichthrowsamultifacetedlightuponthedevelopmentofhumannatureintheWesternWorld."--AshleyMontagu"AliceMillerisnotoutto'hangthebastards，'butrathertohelpcreateaworldofself-consciousandself-lovingindividualswhodon'tneed，wantorknowhowtoabuseothers."--SheilaKoren，"SanFranciscoChronicle""Itistimely.Itispowerful.Itispainful...absorbing，enlighteningandprovoking."--LouiseLione，"CharlotteObserver"AliceMiller，Ph.D.，practicedandtaughtpsychoanalysisforovertwentyyearsbeforedevotingherselftowritingin1979.Sheistheauthorofthebestselling"PrisonersofChildhood"(reissuedinpaperbackas"TheDramaoftheGiftedChild")and"ForYourOwnGood：HiddenCrueltyinChild-RearingandtheRootsofViolence，"aswellasnumerousotherbooks.