The Different Drum

The overall purpose of human communication is, or should be, reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding that unduly separate us human beings from one another. Although we have developed the technology to make communication more efficient and to bring people closer together, we have failed to use it to build a true global community. Dr. M. Scott Peck believes that if we are to prevent civilization from destroying itself, we must urgently rebuild on all levels—local, national, and international—and that is the first step to spiritual survival. In this radical and challenging book, he describes how communities work, how group action can be developed on the principles of tolerance and love, and how we can start to transform world society into a true community.