The Sense of Vocation: A Study of Career and Life Development

By Larry Cochran

Book Overview

Larry Cochran examines the meaning of a sense of vocation as it is lived over the course of a life. By studying more than twenty autobiographies of people who clearly had a mission in life, the author identifies commonalities and weaves them into a general story or plot. The common story involves a detailed description of four phases of life from childhood through old age. It illustrates how a significant form that unifies desire arises in youth, how individuals transform themselves to adopt a meaningful role in a drama, how a work of life develops, and how a sense of vocation culminates. Thus, the book is important as a descriptive answer to the question of what makes life meaningful. It provides a paradigm case of career at its best.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791402452
• ISBN13: 9780791402450
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher