"Notes" (pp. 277-291);
"Index" (pp. 293-306).
Clearly this is a carefully organized presentation.
In the text of the main body of the book, there are no superscript numerals to signal an endnote. In the "Notes," there are no discussion notes; all are bibliographic notes. Each note begins with a page number and then a brief quotation of the statement being noted.
In the "Index," the main entries that have sub-entries under them show the central recurring themes in the book - for example, accompaniment (p. 293), communication (p. 295), conversations (pp. 295-296), Culture(s) (p. 296), Depression (p. 296), emotions (p. 297), empathy (p. 297), grief (p. 298), human beings (pp. 298-299), Illumniators/Illuminationism (p. 299), intimacy (p. 300), life tasks (pp. 300-301), listening (p. 301), morality (p. 301), Personal narratives (p. 302), questions (p. 303), reality(ies) (p. 303), recognition (p. 303), relationships (p. 304), social disconnection/isolation (p. 304), subjective consciousness (p. 305), and unconscious mind (p. 306). Some of themes David Brooks has discussed in his various columns in the New York Times. However, the presentation of these themes in David Brooks' accessible new 2023 book is far more coherent and well-developed than the same themes would be in a collection of his relevant columns.
David Brooks' discussion of recognition in his accessible new 2023 book (pp. 9-10, 25, 100, 102, and 134) reminds me of Warwick Wadlington's discussion of acknowledgment and recognition in his book Reading Faulknerian Tragedy (Cornell University Press, 1987; for specific page references, see the entry on Acknowledgment in the "Index" [p. 253]).
In conclusion, in the spirit of exhortation that is so pronounced in him, Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, has urged people, not just practicing Catholics, to engage in encounter and dialogue. Those people who respond to his urging them to engage in encounter and dialogue might find David Brooks' accessible new 2023 book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen informative and instructive and encouraging.
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