Word: intuitionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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These trends, which the author will discuss in his second book, include a global economy, replacement of middle management by computers, and a new credibility given to "intuition, hunch, and faith."
Intuition
His clout with the President springs from an uncanny ability to understand his man. His experience and intuition tell him with remarkable accuracy how Reagan will behave in any situation. When, at meetings, he spots Reagan's attention slumping or his impatience mounting, he quickly signals with a shake...
Howard's biography is shrewd and intelligent and supplies all the details about Margaret Mead, down to her recipe for salad dressing. Bateson's memoir is more an act of poetic intuition. Yet she is blunter than Howard about her mother's affairs with lovers of both...
When the official biography of John Maynard Keynes appeared in 1951, an acquaintance remarked, "This is the biography of Lord Keynes. Someone else must write the life of Maynard." That someone is Charles Hession, author of John Maynard Keynes (Macmillan; 400 pages; $22.95). His ambitious treatment draws on previously unavailable...