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Book SynopsisThe idea of a disjunctive theory of visual experiences first found expression in J.M. Hinton''s pioneering 1973 book Experiences. In the first monograph in this exciting area since then, William Fish develops a comprehensive disjunctive theory, incorporating detailed accounts of the three core kinds of visual experience--perception, hallucination, and illusion--and an explanation of how perception and hallucination could be indiscriminable from one another without having anything in common. In the veridical case, Fish contends that the perception of a particular state of affairs involves the subject''s being acquainted with that state of affairs, and that it is the subject''s standing in this acquaintance relation that makes the experience possess a phenomenal character. Fish argues that when we hallucinate, we are having an experience that, while lacking phenomenal character, is mistakenly supposed by the subject to possess it. Fish then shows how this approach to visual experience isTrade ReviewIn Perception, Hallucination, and Illusion, Fish does an admirable job of summarizing the current state of the debate about Naive Realism, as well as advancing the dialectic beyond that state. Most importantly, he identifies a promising yet hitherto overlooked motivation for Naive Realism, one which should bring even Naive Realism's most trenchant critics to admit that the view is worth taking seriously. ... In short, anyone on either side of the debate over Naive Realism, and those wanting to learn what all the fuss is about, would do well to study Fish's book closely. * Philosophical Books *Perception, Hallucination, and Illusion is a substantial contribution. Fish communicates a clear sense of the philosophical landscape that naive realists confront, and defends a stimulating proposal about how naive realists should deal with key parts of this landscape.... the book as a whole is a clear presentation of an intriguing and comprehensive naive-realist view, a work that harpens our understanding of the debate to which this theory contributes. * Matthew Kennedy, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Fish's core thesis is that the phenomenal character of any visual experience- in so far as it has one-consists in being acquainted with mind-independent facts. Fish's central contentions are clearly and carefully presented, their motivations and challenges even-handedly laid out, and interesting responses to the latter are offered. His view is illuminatingly placed in relation to recent discussions in the philosophy of perceptionEL Fish's book is recommended to anyone interested in disjunctivism for providing, in a reader-friendly format, both an introduction to the state of the art in the disjunctivist approach, and a stimulating version of it. * Anders Nes, Mind *Table of Contents1 Naive Realism: The Theory and its Motivations ; 2 Naive Realism: Past and Future ; 3 Perception ; 4 Hallucination ; 5 Consciousness and the Brain ; 6 Illusion ; References ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work examines what positive psychology offers to our understanding of key issues in working life today. Drawing on the disparate literatures from positive psychology, management, I/O psychology, and human resources, the volume begins with a consideration of the changing world of work that sets the context for the rest of the book and then moves into a specific consideration of work issues from the perspective of positive psychology. Chapters focus on such topics as strengths, leadership, human resource management, employee engagement, communications, well-being, and work-life balance. Now a portable paperback, this handbook is still a core resource for both researchers and practitioners interested in the application of positive psychology to work.Trade Review"More than fifty researchers and practitioners have contributed to this handbook from three continents (UK, US, and Australia), bringing a more diverse view of the workplace... The handbook is a must have for students, researchers, consultants, and coaches who seek to bring the latest thinking from positive psychology to the workplace... Consider adding the Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work to your bookshelf in your quest to make work a more positive experience."--As reviewed by Margaret Greenberg, MAPP, for Positive Psychology News Daily "This volume is likely to become a primary resource for anyone--including CEOs, HR directors, consultants, and coaches--interested in the application of positive psychology to work."--CHOICE "...An excellent summary of the state of the field of positive psychology and work...numerous case studies and vignettes often tell exciting stories that point to stimulating directions for future research. Graduate students and practitioners new to the field will likely be inspired by what they read. There is so much of value here, and all involved are to be commended." --PsycCRITIQUESTable of Contents1. Finding the Positive in the World of Work ; P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, and Nicola Garcea ; Part One: Positive Psychology and the Changing World of Work ; 2. The Changing World of Work ; Wayne F. Cascio ; 3. Generation Me and the Changing World of Work ; Jean M. Twenge and Stacy M. Campbell ; Part Two: Positive Organizational Leadership ; 4. What is Authentic Leadership Development? ; Bruce J. Avolio, Jakari Griffith, Tara S. Wernsing, and Fred O. Walumbwa ; 5. Enablers of a Positive Strategy: Positively Deviant Leadership ; Lynn Perry Wooten and Kim S. Cameron ; 6. Change and Its Leadership: The Role of Positive Emotions ; Malcolm Higgs ; 7. Working Positively Toward Transformative Cooperation ; Leslie E. Sekerka and Barbara L. Fredrickson ; 8. Strengths: Your Leading Edge ; Danny Morris and Jill Garrett ; 9. Towards a Positive Psychology for Leaders ; Robert E. Kaplan and Robert B. Kaiser ; Part Three: Positive Work Environments for Individuals and Organizations ; 10. Employee Engagement and the Psychology of Joining, Staying In, and Leaving Organizations ; James K. Harter and Nikki Blacksmith ; 11. Work as Meaning: Individual and Organizational Benefits of Engaging in Meaningful Work ; Michael F. Steger and Bryan J. Dik ; 12. More than Meets the Eye: The Role of Employee Well-Being in Organizational Research ; Thomas A. Wright ; 13. Positive Engagement: From Employee Engagement to Workplace Happiness? ; Martin Stairs and Martin Galpin ; Part Four: Enabling a Positive Working Life ; 14. Using Coaching and Positive Psychology to Promote a Flourishing Workforce: A Model of Goal-Striving and Mental Health ; Anthony M. Grant and Gordon B. Spence ; 15. Mindfulness at Work: Paying Attention to Enhance Well-being and Performance ; Oberdan Marianetti and Jonathan Passmore ; 16. Work-Life Balance: The Roles of Work-Family Conflict and Work-Family Facilitation ; Boris B. Baltes, Malissa A. Clark, and Madhura Chakrabarti ; 17. Strengths Development in the Workplace ; Timothy D. Hodges and Jim Asplund ; 18. Strengths of Character and Work ; Christopher Peterson, John Paul Stephens, Nansook Park, Fiona Lee, and Martin E. P. Seligman ; Part Five: Models for Positive Organization ; 19. Dream Teams: A Positive Psychology of Team Working ; Joanne Richardson and Michael A. West ; 20. Positive Organizational Scholarship Leaps into the World of Work ; Don Mroz and Shawn Quinn ; 21. Look Before You Leap or Dive Right In? The Use of Moral Courage in Response to Workplace Bullying ; Susan Harrington and Charlotte Rayner ; 22. An Integrated Model of Psychological Capital in the Workplace ; Carolyn M. Youssef and Fred Luthans ; 23. Building the Positive Workplace: A Preliminary Report from the Field ; Jocelyn S. Davis ; Part Six: Looking to the Future: Challenges and Opportunities ; 24. Good for What? The Young Worker in a Global Age ; Lynn Barendsen and Howard Gardner ; 25. What's Wrong with Being Positive? ; Samantha Warren ; 26. Building Positive Organizations ; Nicola Garcea, Susan Harrington, and P. Alex Linley

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Book SynopsisIn the last 15 years there has been a change in direction in our understanding of Wittgenstein; the 'resolute' reading of him places great emphasis on his therapeutic intent and argues that the aim of Wittgenstein's thought is to show how language functions.This bookargues that this is highly relevant to understanding psychotherapy.Trade Review'In this superb book John Heaton presents and defends a post Freudian 'talking cure' approach to psychotherapy. What gives the book a special weight is its reliance on the work of Wittgenstein. Scarcely a page goes by without a quotation from and insightful remarks on his writing. This appeal to Wittgenstein is remarkable in its depth of understanding and in the range of texts cited. The ideas thus culled are artfully employed in laying out the details of the theory-free take on therapy that constitutes John Heaton's talking cure. They are also most tellingly used in an ongoing attack on what are seen as the similar theory laden approaches found in the work of Freud and the cognitive therapists [...] Altogether a delightful and important book.' - Professor J. Canfield, University of Toronto, Canada, USA 'This book shows how Wittgenstein's therapeutic method can be applied to psychotherapy. An original endeavour which may well break new ground [...] a work that psychologists, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts will want to read.' - Dr Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, University of Hertfordshire, UK '[...] Heaton's revolutionary book requires, needs, and deserves to be read not only by psychotherapists and psychiatrists but by every mental health professional.' - British Journal of Psychiatry '...a devilishly complex and sophisticated book...' - The Philadelphia Association '...the empiricist mythologies of the talking cure, that confuse process with entity, reify distress in some thing in the client. The grip of reification is the very difficulty from which the client seeks relief. The Talking Cure elucidates this strange irony of the profession that all therapists ought to be aware of. We should be grateful to Heaton for drawing our attention to it.' - History and Philosophy of Psychology 'Though aimed at the psychotherapist - for whom it should be an essential text - this work holds profound insights for those of any discipline concerned with how we try to make sense of ourselves and our world.' - Existential Analysis, Journal of the Society for Existential AnalysisTable of ContentsAbbreviations of Wittgenstein's Work Preface The Problem Introduction Fearless Speech Talking versus Writing The Critical Method Reasons and Causes Elucidations Back to the Rough Ground The Self and Images A Non-Foundational Therapy References

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Book SynopsisThis is the sourcebook for one of the most significant movements in twentieth-century psychology.

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Book SynopsisDr. David Scharff explores the role of sexuality in human relationships by combining his extensive experience in individual, marital, family, and sex therapy with theoretical contributions from object relations theory and child development.Trade ReviewScharff shows how sexual union gives us the repeated opportunity to return to the source of our most profound instinctual needs so that we can find there the nourishment for emotional renewal through a harmonious interplay of our internal object relations. . . . Scharff sees patients with problems in sexually relating as needing help in finding out how to translate the problems into emotional equivalents that are susceptible to therapeutic change. . . . The family group offers the means of working through a second time in adulthood what went wrong the first time in childhood, by continued object seeking, finding, and repairing. It is the unique situation in which transferences can be creatively satisfied. -- Andrew Powell

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Book SynopsisPassionate feelings of love and hate are stirred in psychotherapy. Paradoxically, these passions may either undermine the therapist catastrophically or serve as the crucible in which profound understanding is forged. Transferences and countertransferences of love and hate occur on a spectrum that includes unobjectionable negative and positive feelings, relatively benign forms of love and hate, and more malignant, intractable versions of love and hate that present formidable challenges to the therapist. Each of these variations is explored in different chapters of this book. Gender configurations, gender fluidity, adolescent transferences, the link between love and lust, and passive forms of hating are among the topics discussed. Most of all, the author, noted psychoanalyst Glen Gabbard, depicts what it is like to be in the eye of the hurricane when passions are aroused. He provides a practical yet theoretically sophisticated guide to the management of love and hate as they are expeTrade ReviewLove and Hate in the Analytic Setting is a major contribution to the psychoanalytic dialogue. This book establishes Glen Gabbard as the leading authority on the containment, management, and interpretation of experiences of intense love, pathologicalerotization, and hate in the transference-countertransference. Gabbard is without peer in his capacity to provide an undogmatic framework of ideas and a body of vivid clinical material with which the analytic clinician might productively navigate the treacherous waters of intense transference and countertransference love, hate, and sexualization. Dr. Gabbard candidly discusses the delicate line that he has had to learn to walk in his effort to listen to, and yet not act upon, the Siren song of the lovingor sexualized transference-countertransference and the lure of the patient's invitation to join in his/her hate-filled internal object world. Since, for Gabbard, transference is inseparable from countertransference and the intrapsychic inseparable from the intersubjective, there is no place outside of the analytic interaction from which to view the analytic drama safely. Gabbard brilliantly and courageously discusses the ways in which the psychodynamic psychotherapist must learn to contain and work with -- Thomas H. OgdenThis is a useful book not only for analysts but for those who work with provocative and impulsive populations; these clinicians will find it both technically helpful and dynamically illuminating. * Contemporary Psychology: The Apa Review Of Books *Dr. Gabbard approaches the 'heats' of the analytical encounter—love or hate—with admirable aplomb. He provides a lucid and shrewd review of the analytical literature on the topic, bringing the reader into the heart of those intellectual passions attracted to this issue, while at the same time he expands his concept of 'erotic space' to reframe crucial issues of the transference and the countertransference. He is an engaging writer and the accounts of his own clinical dilemmas are a pleasure to read. This is an intelligent and important book that will soon serve as the benchmark for future work in this area. -- Christopher Bollas, PhD, British Psychoanalytical SocietyLove and Hate in the Analytic Setting is a major contribution to the psychoanalytic dialogue. This book establishes Glen Gabbard as the leading authority on the containment, management, and interpretation of experiences of intense love, pathological erotization, and hate in the transference-countertransference. Gabbard is without peer in his capacity to provide an undogmatic framework of ideas and a body of vivid clinical material with which the analytic clinician might productively navigate the treacherous waters of intense transference and countertransference love, hate, and sexualization. Dr. Gabbard candidly discusses the delicate line that he has had to learn to walk in his effort to listen to, and yet not act upon, the Siren song of the loving or sexualized transference-countertransference and the lure of the patient's invitation to join in his/her hate-filled internal object world. Since, for Gabbard, transference is inseparable from countertransference and the intrapsychic inseparable from the intersubjective, there is no place outside of the analytic interaction from which to view the analytic drama safely. Gabbard brilliantly and courageously discusses the ways in which the psychodynamic psychotherapist must learn to contain and work with intense experiences of love and hate from his or her inescapable position within the analytic crucible. This book represents current analytic thinking and practice at its creatively disciplined best. -- Thomas H. Ogden

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Book SynopsisAn intimate guide to self-acceptance and discovery that offers a Buddhist perspective on wholeness within the framework of a Western understanding of self.For decades, Western psychology has promised fulfillment through building and strengthening the ego. We are taught that the ideal is a strong, individuated self, constructed and reinforced over a lifetime. But Buddhist psychiatrist Mark Epstein has found a different way.Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart shows us that happiness doesn't come from any kind of acquisitiveness, be it material or psychological. Happiness comes from letting go. Weaving together the accumulated wisdom of his two worlds--Buddhism and Western psychotherapy—Epstein shows how the happiness that we seek depends on our ability to balance the ego's need to do with our inherent capacity to be. He encourages us to relax the ever-vigilant mind in order to experience the freedom that comes only from relinquishing control.

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Book SynopsisThe bestselling Holocaust memoir about finding purpose and strength in times of despair?selected as a Library of Congress ?10 Most Influential Books in America?This stunning gift edition of ?one of the great books of our time? (Harold S. Kushner) features new photos, end papers, and Frankl?s never-before-published speeches and letters.Hailed as ?an enduring work of survival literature? by the New York Times, Viktor Frankl?s account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps?and his insights into our ability to find meaning despite great adversity?has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. This stunning hardcover gift edition features previously unpublished material?including letters, speeches, essays, and an 8-page photo insert?that reveal Frankl?s enduring lessons on perseverance and strength in even greater depth.At the heart of Frankl?s theory of logotherapy (from the Greek word for ?meaning?) is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but rather the discovery and pursuit of what the individual finds meaningful. Today, as new generations face new challenges and an ever more complex and uncertain world, Frankl?s classic work continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living, in spite of all obstacles.With more than 16 million copies sold in over 50 languages, this timeless masterpiece is ?one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought? (Carl Rogers) and offers inspiration for coping with suffering and finding your purpose.

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Book SynopsisIn his new book, Michael Billig uses psychology''s past to argue that nowadays, when we write about the mind, we should use more examples and less theory. He provides a series of historical studies, analysing how key psychological writers used examples. Billig offers new insights about famous analysts of the mind, such as Locke, James, Freud, Tajfel and Lewin. He also champions unfairly forgotten figures, like the Earl of Shaftesbury and the eccentric Abraham Tucker. There is a cautionary chapter on Lacan, warning what can happen when examples are ignored. Marie Jahoda is praised as the ultimate example: a psychologist from the twentieth century with a social and rhetorical imagination fit for the twenty-first. More Examples, Less Theory is an easy-to-read book that will inform and entertain academics and their students. It will particularly appeal to those who enjoy the details of examples rather than the simplifications of big theory.Trade Review'In this highly readable work, Michael Billig makes a compelling argument that good examples do far more to advance and enliven theory than fancy jargon ever could. Students and seasoned writers of psychology will find inspiration in his engaging investigation into some of the most effective communicators in psychology's past.' Alexandra Rutherford, York University, Toronto'A common tendency of psychologists is to describe phenomena through the lens of their own pre-existing theories, thus making phenomena resemble their theories rather than vice versa. In this book, Michael Billig argues for a fundamental reversal of psychology's methodological habits, emphasising the value of 'particularising' psychological insights through the use of richly detailed examples, thus subsuming the general within the specific rather than the opposite. It is a lesson that could invigorate psychology, underscoring how the use of concrete examples helps us see and empathise and remember in ways that theoretical accounts rarely do. Through various case studies, Billig shows how we can learn as well as teach by example.' David E. Leary, University of Richmond'The truth is in the details, not in abstract theory. In his new book, Michael Billig shows us how examples can lead to a better understanding of psychological issues. Analysing the thinking and writing of eminent psychologists, he offers the reader a rich and intriguing alternative history of psychology.' Ruud Abma, Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands'This thought-provoking and important book by one of the principal scholars in contemporary psychology and social science makes a strong case for investigating human lives as they are lived, rather than searching for universally applicable theories by means of narrowly controlled experimental research.' Christine Griffin, University of Bath'Billig insists that examples are in rhetorical tension to theory. Here there is something gently subversive about More Examples, [Less Theory]. For the book is not just about writing or the use of examples. It is also a scornful critique of that most sacred of modern academic shibboleths: doing theory and being theoretical.' Michael Marinetto, Times Higher Education'Michael Billig's book puts many basic psychological ideas and approaches in their time and place and describes the minds, personalities, situations and histories of their protagonists. It helps the reader to see where psychology had come from, and why it is like it is. At the end Billig adds a few modest but welcome recommendations for young psychologists. I hope this book becomes a standard text for psychologists early in their studies. I for one should have been greatly helped if Michael Billig's book had been available when I started out.' John Richer, Human Ethology'Starting with the examples of nine very different writers, he selects an exemplary work from each of them and discusses the use (or sometimes neglect) of examples within that work. Furthermore, since most of the chapters are based on material presented in Billig's previously published works, they provide examples of one thoughtful scholar's concerns and interests over a long and productive career.' Raymond E. Fancher, Journal of the History of the Behavioral SciencesTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Locke and Shaftesbury: foster father and foster son; 3. Tucker and James: in the same stream of thought; 4. Freud: writing to reveal and conceal himself; 5. Lacan: an ego in pursuit of the ego; 6. Lewin: is there nothing as practical as a good example?; 7. Tajfel and Bernstein: the limits of theory; 8. Jahoda: the ultimate example; 9. Concluding remarks.

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Book SynopsisThis book, now in paperback, uses Wittgenstein's thought to show how language functions, offering a radically different understanding of Freud's 'talking cure' by engaging with the problems of language itself. Heaton argues that this is highly relevant to understanding psychotherapy.Trade Review'In this superb book John Heaton presents and defends a post Freudian 'talking cure' approach to psychotherapy. What gives the book a special weight is its reliance on the work of Wittgenstein. Scarcely a page goes by without a quotation from and insightful remarks on his writing. This appeal to Wittgenstein is remarkable in its depth of understanding and in the range of texts cited. The ideas thus culled are artfully employed in laying out the details of the theory-free take on therapy that constitutes John Heaton's talking cure. They are also most tellingly used in an ongoing attack on what are seen as the similar theory laden approaches found in the work of Freud and the cognitive therapists [...] Altogether a delightful and important book.' - Professor J. Canfield, University of Toronto, Canada, USA 'This book shows how Wittgenstein's therapeutic method can be applied to psychotherapy. An original endeavour which may well break new ground [...] a work that psychologists, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts will want to read.' - Dr Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, University of Hertfordshire, UK '[...] Heaton's revolutionary book requires, needs, and deserves to be read not only by psychotherapists and psychiatrists but by every mental health professional.' - British Journal of Psychiatry '...a devilishly complex and sophisticated book...' - The Philadelphia Association '...the empiricist mythologies of the talking cure, that confuse process with entity, reify distress in some thing in the client. The grip of reification is the very difficulty from which the client seeks relief. The Talking Cure elucidates this strange irony of the profession that all therapists ought to be aware of. We should be grateful to Heaton for drawing our attention to it.' - History and Philosophy of Psychology 'Though aimed at the psychotherapist - for whom it should be an essential text - this work holds profound insights for those of any discipline concerned with how we try to make sense of ourselves and our world.' - Existential Analysis, Journal of the Society for Existential AnalysisTable of ContentsAbbreviations of Wittgenstein's Work Preface The Problem Introduction Fearless Speech Talking versus Writing The Critical Method Reasons and Causes Elucidations Back to the Rough Ground The Self and Images A Non-Foundational Therapy References

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A Bloomberg Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2020A Human Behavior & Evolution Society Must-Read Popular Evolution Book of 2020A bold, epic account of how the co-evolution of psychology and culture created the peculiar Western mind that has profoundly shaped the modern world.Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. If so, you're rather psychologically peculiar.Unlike much of the world today, and most people who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, self-obsessed, control-oriented, nonconformist, and analytical. They focus on themselvestheir attributes, accomplishments, and aspirationsover their relationships and social roles. How did WEIRD populations become so psychologically distinct? What role did these psychological dif

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Trade Review[W]ritten in a very accessible and easy-to-read style . . . this book would be appropriate for libraries serving psychology departments that focus on evolutionary psychology. * ARBA *Table of ContentsPreface Part I: Understanding Beauty 1. Defining Beauty 2. The Benefits of Beauty 3. Buying Beauty 4. Changes in Beauty Trends over Time 5. Evolution's Impact on Modern Attraction: The Interaction of Genes and Environment 6. The Impact of Attractiveness on Behavior and Relationship Satisfaction 7. Psychological Effects of the Preoccupation with Beauty Part II: Beauty from Head to Toe Head, Facial, and Body Hair Skin Face Shape and Structure Eyes Nose Ears Lips Teeth Hands Body Shape and Proportions Breasts and Buttocks Muscularity Inguinal Crease Male Genitalia Feet Hormonal Influences on Attraction Psychological Traits Glossary References and Further Reading Index

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