M. Scott Peck

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Morgan Scott Peck (born May 22, 1936 in New York City , † September 25, 2005 in Connecticut ) was an American psychiatrist , psychotherapist, writer and best-selling author .

Life

Peck was the younger of two sons of attorney and judge David Warner Peck and his wife Elizabeth Saville. His parents, who were Quakers , first sent him to school at Phillips Exeter Academy, but he was unhappy there. After psychological counseling, he was able to switch to the Quaker School, The Friends Seminary near Greenwich Village .

Peck studied social relations at Harvard University , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1958. From 1958 studied medicine at Columbia University in New York City, and in 1963 he received his doctorate from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine . From 1963 to 1972 he worked as a psychologist in the US Army , then he worked as a self-employed psychiatrist. In 1978 he published his first book The Road Less Traveled (German: "Der less committed way", published as The wonderful way , 1986), which became a worldwide success. The book sold six million times in North America alone , translated it into 20 languages ​​and made the New York Times bestseller list 258 times .

Peck suffered from Parkinson's disease in old age and died of pancreatic and liver cancer in his Connecticut home .

Private

Peck studied Zen at The Friends Quaker School and became a Buddhist . In 1980 Peck was baptized by a Methodist pastor in an episcopal convent, where he often stayed for retreats.

Peck was married twice. He had three children with his first wife, Lily Ho. Due to his infidelity, Lily divorced him in 2003. In 2004 he married Kathleen Kline Yates Peck.

Honors

In 1984 Peck received the "Kaleidoscope Award for Peacemaking", in 1994 with the "Temple International Peace Prize" and in 1996 with "The Learning, Faith and Freedom Medal" from Georgetown University in Washington, DC

archive

Peck's estate, correspondence, publications, and awards are held in the DuPlessis Center at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena , California .

Fonts (selection)

  • The road less traveled. Simon & Schuster, New York 1978. (New edition: Random House, 1990, ISBN 0-09-972740-4 .)
  • People of the Lie - The Hope for Healing Human Evil. Simon & Schuster, New York 1983.
  • What return can I make? Dimensions of the Christian experience. Simon & Schuster, New York 1985. (New edition with new title: Gifts for the Journey - Treasures of the Christian Life. Harper, 1995, ISBN 0-671-52502-6 .)
  • The Different Drum - Community Making and Peace. Simon & Schuster, New York 1987, ISBN 0-671-66833-1 .
  • Further Along The Road Less Traveled. Simon & Schuster, New York 1988, ISBN 1-84739-863-4 .
  • The Friendly Snowflake - A Fable of Faith, Love, and Family. Turner, Atlanta 1992.
  • A Bed by the Window - A Novel of Mystery and Redemption. Bantam, New York 1990, ISBN 1-86359-035-8 .
  • A World Waiting to be Born. Bantam, New York 1993, ISBN 0-553-37317-X .
  • All-American Boy - A Memoir. 1995, ISBN 0-02-595362-1 .
  • In Search of Stones - A Pilgrimage of Faith, Reason, and Discovery. Hyperion, New York 1995.
  • Denial of the soul. Harmony, New York 1997.
  • In Heaven as on Earth: A Vision for the Afterlife. Simon & Schuster, GB 1997.
  • Golf and the Spirit - Lessons for the Journey. 1999, ISBN 0-517-70883-3 .
  • The Love You Deserve. 2002, ISBN 0-9659976-7-7 .
  • Glimpses of the Devil - A Psychiatrist's Personal Accounts of Possession, Exorcism, and Redemption. Free Press, 2005.

German translations

  • The liars - a psychology of evil and hope for healing. Claudius, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-532-62101-0 .
  • The Wonderful Way - A New Spiritual Psychology. Goldmann, 2005, ISBN 3-442-21666-4 .
  • Community building - the path to authentic community. Eurotopia, 2007. (3rd edition. 2014, ISBN 978-3-9816860-2-9 .)

Community building work

His first work, The Road Less Traveled , published in 1978, was followed by other books such as People of the Lie: The Hope For Healing Human Evil , Meditations From the Road and Further Along the Road Less Traveled . Another important publication is the book The different drum , published in 2007 in German.

In the book The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace (1988; German: Gemeinschaftbildung: Der Weg zu Authentischer Gemeinschaft , 2007) he describes four phases of development that every group has to go through if they want to be able to work: pseudo-community , chaos , emptiness and authenticity . With this book, Peck laid the theoretical basis for his community-building work. With the establishment of the "FCE - Foundation for Community Encouragement" in 1984 he tried to put his findings into practice. The main focus was on implementation in companies. The approach enjoyed great popularity during this time. Today it is no longer used in companies, but is of interest to partnerships. The "WIR process" is the "current community-building method" in the ecological community of Tempelhof . Many passages in the Christian-based work inspired by other religions are considered esoteric . In addition to personal experience, stories and examples often come from these areas. However, Peck expressly addresses atheists as well .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christopher Reed: M Scott Peck: Pop psychiatrist who ignored his bestselling advice on adultery. In: The Guardian. October 5, 2005. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.mscottpeck.com/html/biography.html Biography on www.mscottpeck.com
  3. ↑ Archive at www.mscottpeck.com
  4. ^ Community formation according to Scott Peck - workshop dates and regular groups , accessed on October 23, 2013.
  5. ^ Website of the Tempelhof Community ( Memento from April 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Peck, M. Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peck, Morgan Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 2005
Place of death Connecticut