Methodology of the Heart

Education without ethics without sentiments without heart is simply soulless factual academics and nothing more. In his array of authentic essays Ronald J. Pelias poetically evokes the spiritual aspects of life in a seemingly dispassionate field-the academy. <I>A Methodology of the Heart</I> presents a procession of situational compositions confronting matters such as family relationships student/teacher communications and general life at the university. In his comical yet candid book Pelias depicts the emotional battle for understanding and honesty within the conventional boundaries of higher education. It introduces such subjects as autoethnography autobiography personal narratives memoir creative non-fiction and performative writing. It is absolutely a crucial addition to all book collectors with autoethnographic or communication interests as well as to the general reader attracted to daily life and higher education.