在第二版《社区》中,作者彼得·布洛克(Peter Block)提出了实用的建议和振奋人心的故事,以此来抵挡在一个相互关联的新世界中对陌生人的孤立和恐惧感。这本书探讨了通过建立社区和归属感来促进社会革新和和解的有益之处。
随着我们不断通过新的技术和方法来与别人连接,我们发现我们的工作场所人口在减少,我们面临民族主义日益增长的趋势,我们对陌生人的恐惧加深了。布洛克挑战了这种心态,他证明了当社区建立在共情、平等和互相尊重的框架下,社区和归属感可以带来积极的社会变革。依托于大量的研究,本书阐述了社区作为一种疗愈方式的成功故事。这本革命性的书涵盖了政治僵局、贫困、信仰以及机构生活的故事,它为我们为什么比以往更需要社区提供了有力的论据。
目录:
Introduction: The Fragmented Community and Its Transformation
Part One: The Fabric of Community
1. Insights into Transformation
2. Shifting the Context for Community
3. The Stuck Community
4. The Restorative Community
5. Taking Back Our Projections
6. What It Means to Be a Citizen
7. The Transforming Community
Part Two: The Alchemy of Belonging
8. Leadership Is Convening
9. The Small Group Is the Unit of Transformation
10. Questions Are More Transforming Than Answers
Summing Up: Six Conversations
11. Invitation
12. The Possibility, Ownership, Dissent, Commitment, and Gifts Conversations
13. Bringing Hospitality into the World
14. Designing Physical Space That Supports Community
15. The End of Unnecessary Suffering
In Summary: The Social Architecture of Building Community