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Book SynopsisThe pursuit of happiness is a defining theme of the modern era. But what if people aren''t very good at it? That is the question posed by this book, the first comprehensive philosophical treatment of happiness, understood here as a psychological phenomenon. Engaging heavily with the scientific literature, Dan Haybron argues that people probably know less about their own welfare, and may be less effective at securing it, than common belief has it. This is largely because human nature is surprisingly ill-suited to the pursuit of happiness. For the happiness that counts for well-being is not a matter of what we think about our lives, but of the quality of our emotional conditions. Yet our emotional lives are remarkably difficult to grasp. Moreover, we make a variety of systematic errors in the pursuit of happiness. These considerations suggest that we should rethink traditional assumptions about the good life and the good society. For instance, the pursuit of happiness may be primarily a Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Insightful and imaginative. A serious pleasurable read for those happy enough to explore a difficult subject. * Paul O'Doherty, Irish Times *ubtitled 'the elusive pscychology of well-being', this is a brilliant and comprehensive philosophical treatment of happiness in the psychological sense... The book calls us to rethink our assumptions about the good life and the good society, raising many of the questions explored by Aldous Huxley in Brave New World and Island. All this raises interesting and complex questions for politicians and educationalist as they grapple with introducing happiness studies into the curriculum. * Psychology/Parasychology *An original and thorough investigation, richly informed by empirical psychology, of almost every topic connected, or seen as connected, with happiness: the self, well-being and virtue, and the good society. It is written in an engaging, often humorous, sometimes poetic, style, and contains a wealth of illustrations from life, literature, film, science, the arts, the news media, and Haybron's own prodigious imagination... It is safe to say that, after this book, happiness will never be the same again. * Neera Badhwar, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *A prodigious act of scholarship whose comprehensiveness dwarfs previous efforts. The best single source for empirical and philosophical approaches to investigating happiness. A highly nuanced treatment that rewards the reader with its frequent and original insights. * Robert L. Woolfolk, Princeton University *Haybron's book is a perfect example of how philosophical ethics can matter beyond the academy as well as within it. This original book is an acute, engaging, and well-informed discussion of an issue of concern to every human being. * Roger Crisp, University of Oxford *Daniel Haybron has written a rare book that combines philosophical sophistication with detailed knowledge of, and respect for, the psychological literature. He integrates the best that philosophy and psychology have to offer in pursuit of an answer to the question that matters above all others: how we ought to live. The result is a book that will edify psychologists and philosophers alike. * Barry Schwartz, Swarthmore College *Both progress and provocation are vibrantly on display in Dan Haybron's oustanding new book, The Pursuit of Unhappiness. The book is a model of humanistic inquiry: acute philosophical argumentation disciplined by close and careful attention to the latest and best in the sciences of mind, everywhere textured by a keen eye for what it is to be a person - and why it matters. * John M. Doris, Washington University in St Louis *Dan Haybron has written the definitive philosophical book on happiness, and it is a must-read for scholars of the good life. The work is broad, balanced, and interesting, and yet forcefully presents the case that happiness is a crucial element of good living. In making the argument, Haybron beautifully reviews both the philosophy of happiness, including what this concept means, and the empirical work on the topics arising in fields such as psychology and economics. * Ed Diener, Universtiy of Illinois *Dan Haybron asks the key philosophical questions about happiness: what is happiness, and how can we know about it, and what is it good for? His book offers insightful answers that are well-grounded in both science and philosophy. The book is full of clear and rigorous arguments, but at the same time it is a pleasure to read. It will be a milestone in the philosophical discussion of happiness. * David Chalmers, Australian National University *Haybron's book is an excellent introduction to the problems of happiness and well-being. Though it is written in a rigorous analytic style, behind it there is a praiseworthy moral concern * Pierluigi Barrotta, Economics and Philosophy *Table of ContentsPART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF PRUDENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY; PART II: THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS; PART III: THE NATURE OF WELL-BEING; PART IV: PURSUING HAPPINESS

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Book SynopsisIt has been widely acknowledged that in the past few decades, there has been a ''narrative turn'' - an interest in the storied nature of human life. However, very little work has discussed the role of imagination. Narrative Imagination and Everyday Life looks at how stories and imagination come together in our daily lives, influencing not only our thoughts about what we see and do, but also our contemplation of what is possible and what our limitations are. Without imagination, we are forever doomed to the here and now. But our imaginations are always influenced by our own particular experiences, which we recount to ourselves and others through stories - both told and untold. Combining scholarly research with personal experience, Andrews examines how story and imagination come together in different areas of life such as education, politics, and aging. She focuses on the importance of the narrative imagination when listening to the experiences of others who have very different experiencTrade ReviewThe sauce of this book is thickened by Andrewss vivid autoethnographic styleshe describes brief moments of clarity while sharing space with two million people at Obamas second inauguration or talking with her daughters friends about growing up. Such encounters show that there are stories everywhere, and so our work as oral history scholars and teachers is to stir conversations that embrace the transformative role of our imaginative, and sometimes imagined, lives. * Clive Muir, Stephen F. Austin State University; Oral History Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Chapter One: Introduction: Trafficking In Human Possibilities ; Chapter Two: Knowledge, Belief, And Disbelief ; Chapter Three: Ageing ; Chapter Four: Education ; Chapter Five: Politics ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOver recent years, the psychology of concepts has been rejuvenated by new work on prototypes, inventive ideas on causal cognition, the development of neo-empiricist theories of concepts, and the inputs of the budding neuropsychology of concepts. But our empirical knowledge about concepts has yet to be organized in a coherent framework.In Doing without Concepts, Edouard Machery argues that the dominant psychological theories of concepts fail to provide such a framework and that drastic conceptual changes are required to make sense of the research on concepts in psychology and neuropsychology. Machery shows that the class of concepts divides into several distinct kinds that have little in common with one another and that for this very reason, it is a mistake to attempt to encompass all known phenomena within a single theory of concepts. In brief, concepts are not a natural kind. Machery concludes that the theoretical notion of concept should be eliminated from the theoretical apparatus oTrade ReviewEven if one is not convinced by Machery's idea that concepts are not natural kinds, and that'concept' needs to be eliminated from the vocabulary of psychology, Doing without Concepts might still be taken as convincingly showing that in their search for the properties common to most or all concepts, psychologists have been looking in the wrong place. * André J. Abath, The Psychological Quarterly Vol 62 No 244 July 2011 *Table of ContentsList of Figures ; List of Tables ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Permissions ; Chapter 1. Concepts in Psychology ; 1. "Concept" in Psychology ; 2. Evidence for the Existence of Concepts ; 3. What is a Psychological Theory of Concepts? ; 4. Alternative Characterizations of the Notion of Concept ; Chapter 2. Concepts in Philosophy ; 1. "Concept" in Philosophy ; 2. Concepts in Philosophy versus Concepts in Psychology ; 3. How are the Psychological and the Philosophical Theories of Concepts Connected? Peacocke's Simple Account ; 4. How are the Psychological and the Philosophical Theories of Concepts Connected? The Foundationalist Account ; Chapter 3. The Heterogeneity Hypothesis ; 1. The Received View ; 2. The Heterogeneity Hypothesis ; 3. Hybrid Theories of Concepts ; Chapter 4. Three Fundamental Kinds of Concepts: Prototypes, Exemplars, Theories ; 1. The Classical Theory of concepts ; 2. The Prototype Paradigm of Concepts ; 3. The Exemplar Paradigm of Concepts ; 4. The Theory Paradigm of Concepts ; 5. Alternative Views of Concepts ; 6. Three Theoretical Entities that Have Little in Common ; Chapter 5. Multi-Process Theories ; 1. Multi-Process Theories ; 2. Examples of Multi-Process Theories ; Chapter 6. Categorization and Concept Learning ; 1. Categorization and Concept Learning ; 2. Studying Categorization and Concept Learning ; 3. Evidence for the Existence of Prototypes ; 4. Evidence for the Existence of Exemplars ; 5. Evidence for the Existence of Theories ; 6. Organization of the Categorization Processes and of the Concept Learning Processes ; Chapter 7. Induction, Concept Combination, Neuropsychology ; 1. Induction ; 2. Concept Combination ; 3. Neuropsychology ; Chapter 8. Concept Eliminativism ; 1. Two Inconclusive Arguments against the Notion of Concept ; 2. Natural Kinds and Scientific Eliminativism ; 3. The Argument for the Elimination of "Concept" ; 4. Objections and Replies ; Conclusion ; References ; Index of Names ; Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisWhen we fail to achieve our goals, procrastination is often the culprit. But how exactly is procrastination to be understood? It has been described as imprudent, irrational, inconsistent, and even immoral, but there has been no sustained philosophical debate concerning the topic.This edited volume starts in on the task of integrating the problem of procrastination into philosophical inquiry. The focus is on exploring procrastination in relation to agency, rationality, and ethics -- topics that philosophy is well-suited to address. Theoretically and empirically informed analyses are developed and applied with the aim of shedding light on a vexing practical problem that generates a great deal of frustration, regret, and harm. Some of the key questions that are addressed include the following: How can we analyze procrastination in a way that does justice to both its voluntary and its self-defeating dimensions? What kind of practical failing is procrastination? Is it a form of weakness of Trade ReviewThe Thief of Time is an interesting and important book. It deals in fresh ways with well-known philosophical problems: will and rationality and their weaknesses, vice and virtue, identity, the nature of lived time. And more importantly, Andreou and White's collection often weds these questions to ordinary struggles and anxieties - lucidly and sometimes enjoyably ... Worth putting off rubbish television for it. * Damon Young, Philosophers' Magazine *Table of ContentsNotes on the Contributors ; Introduction, Chrisoula Andreou and Mark D. White ; Part I ; 1. Procrastination: The Basic Impulse, George Ainslie ; 2. Economic Models of Procrastination, Don Ross ; 3. Is Procrastination Weakness of Will?, Sarah Stroud ; 4. Intransitive Preferences, Vagueness, and the Structure of Procrastination, Duncan MacIntosh ; 5. Bad Timing, Jon Elster ; Part II ; 6. Prudence, Procrastination, and Rationality, Olav Gjelsvik ; 7. Procrastination and Personal Identity, Christine Tappolet ; 8. Procrastination, Vagueness and the Policy as Action Model, Sergio Tenenbaum ; 9. Virtue for Procrastinators, Elijah Millgram ; 10. Procrastination as Vice, Jennifer A. Baker ; Part III ; 11. Overcoming Procrastination through Planning, Frank Wieber and Peter M. Gollwitzer ; 12. Coping with Procrastination, Chrisoula Andreou ; 13. Resisting Procrastination: Kantian Autonomy and the Role of the Will, Mark D. White ; 14. Procrastination and the Extended Will, Joseph Heath and Joel Anderson ; 15. Procrastination and the Law, Manuel A. Utset ; Bibliography ; Index

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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 SynopsisJane Ussher takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body.Trade Review'The book is thought provoking and represents an exciting advance in Jane Ussher’s scholarship over the past twenty years, initially expressed through her original and challenging accounts of the psychology of the female body and women’s madness. Overall there is an upbeat message for women and a rallying cry and inspiration to challenge the ‘patriarchal gaze’ and its impact on our mental and physical well-being.' - Paula Nicolson, Royal Holloway University of London, UK'This is a terrifically readable account of the wrongs done women by rendering ‘the fecund female body’ a site of meaningless, monstrous abjection. Together with ways of combating this with examples from Jane Ussher’s own personal life, as well as with examples from the visual arts, and from group and individual women’s re-telling of their experiences, Managing the Monstrous Feminine does much to render speakable the unspeakable, specifically regarding ‘PMS’.' - Janet Sayers, University of Kent at Canterbury, UKTable of ContentsManaging the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body. Mad, Bad, Bloody Women: The Shame of Menarche and Pathologizing of Premenstrual Change. Embodying the Grotesque Feminine: The Pregnant and Postnatal Body. The Horror of this Living Decay’: Menopause and Aging Body. Regulation and Resistance: Women's Negotiation of Embodied Subject Positions. Appendix One: Details of the Interviews with Women on PMS, PND and Widlife. Appendix Two: Details of Women Centred Psychological Therapy Package

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Book SynopsisPsychology: The Key Concepts is a comprehensive overview of 200 concepts central to a solid understanding of Psychology and includes the latest recommendations from the British Psychology Society (BPS). The focus is on practical uses of Psychology in settings such as nursing, education and human resources, with topics ranging from Gender to Psychometrics and Perception.Table of ContentsAchievement. Motivation. Authoritarianism. Dissociation. Attachment Theory. Schools of Psychology. Memory. Psychoanalysis.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2009 Feminist & Women''s Studies Association (UK & Ireland) Book Award!Many women find mothering a shocking experience in terms of the extremity of feelings it provokes, and the profound changes it seems to prompt in identity, relationship and sense of self. However, although motherhood can catapult us into a state of internal disarray, it can also provide us with a unique chance to make ourselves anew. How then do we understand this radical potential for transformation within maternal experience? In Maternal Encounters, Lisa Baraitser takes up this question through the analysis of a series of maternal anecdotes, charting key destabilizing moments in the life of just one mother, and using these to discuss many questions that have remained resistant to theoretical analysis the possibility for a specific feminine-maternal subjectivity, relationality and reciprocity, ethics and otherness.Working across contemporary phTrade Review"A welcome addition to the Women and Psychology Series of books. ... It can be used to both teach and prompt discussions about motherhood across multiple disciplines." - Sue Child, University of Exeter, UK, in Sociology"This is an extremely unusual, subtle and important book. Lisa Baraitser produces a demanding and timely theoretical argument that presents maternity as a site for the construction of subjectivity and for the development of a new understanding of the ethics of relationality. She draws together an array of contemporary feminist, philosophical and psychoanalytic theory, whilst maintaining an authorial voice that is intensely personal, lively, accessible, humorous and humane. Maternal Encounters is a remarkable achievement." - Stephen Frosh, Birkbeck College, University of London "This is a beautifully written text, demonstrating considerable skill. Lisa Baraitser has produced a book that speaks of a scholar who is a highly original thinker, with a capacity to simultaneously craft an engaging story alongside the deft handling of complex theory." - Dr Gail Lewis, Reader in Identities and Psycho-Social Studies, Open University"A welcome addition to the Women and Psychology Series of books. ... It can be used to both teach and prompt discussions about motherhood across multiple disciplines." - Sue Child, University of Exeter, UK, in Sociology"Maternal Encounters is a bold and beautiful book. ... Baraitser is able, a generation later, to go much further than (Adrienne) Rich in staking a strong claim for the ethical and political importance of the maternal to wider understandings of the human condition ... Baraitser brilliantly employs maternal anecdote in her writing, beginning each chapter with a rich descriptive account of maternal experience, and then further interrupting the ‘academic’ text throughout the chapter with more anecdotes. ... Baraitser’s skill as a writer is dazzling, and it is, in part, this skill that enables her to produce what is one of the most affective and insightful phenomenological accounts of the maternal ever written. ... Despite its theoretical sophistication, this book manages to be incredibly lucid. It flows and is easy to follow and read. ... There are not many academic books that move their readers to tears, make them gasp in recognition or laugh out loud; I guarantee that Maternal Encounters will move you in profound ways." - Imogen Tyler, Lancaster University, UK, in Subjectivity"This is an extremely unusual, subtle and important book. Lisa Baraitser produces a demanding and timely theoretical argument that presents maternity as a site for the construction of subjectivity and for the development of a new understanding of the ethics of relationality. She draws together an array of contemporary feminist, philosophical and psychoanalytic theory, whilst maintaining an authorial voice that is intensely personal, lively, accessible, humorous and humane. Maternal Encounters is a remarkable achievement." - Stephen Frosh, Birkbeck College, University of London "This is a beautifully written text, demonstrating considerable skill. Lisa Baraitser has produced a book that speaks of a scholar who is a highly original thinker, with a capacity to simultaneously craft an engaging story alongside the deft handling of complex theory." - Dr Gail Lewis, Reader in Identities and Psycho-Social Studies, Open UniversityTable of ContentsMaternal Encounters. Maternal Alterity: Mum’s the Word. Maternal Transformations: Oi Mother, Keep Ye' Hair On! Maternal Interruptions: I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, I Like You Very Much, Si, Si, Si, Si, Si, I Think You're Grand. Maternal Love: On Mother Love and Unexpected Weeping. Maternal Stuff: Maternity and the Encumbered Body. Intentions, Inconsistencies, Inconclusions.

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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 SynopsisCatalyzed by the development of new neurobiological and behavioral techniques as well as new conceptual and theoretical approaches to the study of the relationship between brain and behavior, research exploring brain functions enabling learning and memory has greatly accelerated in recent years. The chapters in this book reflect current theoretical approaches to the study of brain and memory and provide new insights concerning the cellular bases of memory and the differential involvement of brain systems in different forms of memory. By presenting up-to-date summaries of research investigating brain mechanisms underlying learning and memory, these chapters help to place current findings in appropriate theoretical context, and further stimulate research inquiry attempting to understand how the brain makes memory. Divided into three sections, coverage in this volume includes: * a discussion of pharmacological approaches to the study of brain and memory; * a review of eTable of ContentsContents: Preface. J. Garcia, Brain and Behavior: Bridging the Barranca. J.L. McGaugh, L. Cahill, M.B. Parent, M.H. Mesches, K. Coleman-Mesches, J.A. Salinas, Involvement of the Amygdala in the Regulation of Memory Storage. I. Izquierdo, Role of the Hippocampus, Amygdala and Entorhinal Cortex in Memory Storage and Expression. R.A. Prado-Alcalá, Serial and Parallel Processing During Memory Consolidation. F. Bermúdez-Rattoni, C.E. Ormsby, M.L. Escobar, E. Hernández-Echeagaray, The Role of the Insular Cortex in the Acquisition and Long Lasting Memory for Aversively Motivated Behavior. F.H. Gage, M. Kawaja, K. Eagle, G. Chalmers, J. Ray, L.J. Fisher, Somatic Gene Transfer to the Brain: A Tool to Study the Necessary and Sufficient Structure/Function Requirements for Learning and Memory. J. Bures, Reversible Lesions Reveal Hidden Stages of Learning. R.F. Thompson, J.A. Tracy, Cerebellar Localization of a Memory Trace. H. Eichenbaum, B. Young, M. Bunsey, Persistent Questions About Hippocampal Function in Memory. J.M. Fuster, Frontal Cortex and the Cognitive Support of Behavior. Y. Dudai, K. Rosenblum, N. Meiri, R. Miskin, R. Schul, Correlates of Taste and Taste-Aversion Learning in the Rodent Brain. S.P.R. Rose, Time-Dependent Biochemical and Cellular Processes in Memory Formation.

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Book SynopsisPsychology students who want to continue their education today are confronted by a bewildering variety of possibilities. Succeeding in Graduate School offers them much needed practical help. Written by experienced mentors, this book: *explains the options provided by a bachelor''s degree, describes what each of the many available programs at the master''s and doctoral levels prepares one to do, helps in selecting the most appropriate program, and enhances one''s chances of being admitted; *gives reader-friendly tutorials in teaching, research, and clinical/consulting skills; *describes the stresses of life as a graduate student; *suggests ways to cope with the management of difficult professors, the search for the optimal advisor-mentor match, and other political and emotional problems that can make or break a graduate career; *offers advice on overcoming obstacles to completing a thesis or dissertation; and *provides guidance on navigating beyond graduaTrade Review"This edited volume takes a panoramic scope in describing the terrain of graduate education....In scope and in detail, the map provided by this book is a success....We recommend [it] to people at any point in their graduate education....[It] could save you from major stumbling points that you might otherwise have to learn by trial and error. If it protects the reader from making a poor choice about going to graduate school or poor choices while in it, the book will live up to its title and more than pay back its cost in reduced stress and increased success."—APS Observer"...a compilation of chapters addressing a wide variety of topics pertinent to students of psychology....addresses relevent issues for individuals choosing to complete their formal education in psychology....the book provides a wealth of information to anyone considering a career in psychology. It is a great resource for students at the beginning, middle or end of their graduate education. It also offers an integration of formal education and real-world practical advice to new professionals. I recommend it highly."—The Independent Practitioner"Succeeding in Graduate School: The Career Guide for Psychology Students takes a comprehensive, practical approach to guiding its readers through the graduate school experience....a useful resource to have throughout your training....The information provided is...practical and valuable."—Psychotherapy Bulletin"It enumerages the key and longstanding departmental issues that have and will continue to make graduate school seem unpredicatable. Before, during, and after graduate school, this book helps to direct one's choices and live with the aftermath of those choices...it addresses questions unique to psychological training and correctly targets the ambiguities related to misperceptions about what psychology is and what psychologists do. The book fully addresses the problem of making a topically oriented core curriculum connect with the evolving professional sphere of actitivity in the world of work and does so with clarity and thoroughness."—Contemporary Psychology"Walfish and Hess have 'Succeeded' in creating an indispensable book for any student considering a career in psychology. I recommend this book not only to students but also to the mentors and professors that guide them in this important decision. Reading this book is like going to a private seminar with a panel of experts with MSW, Psy.D., and Ph.D. degrees that includes both new professionals and veterans....In summery, Succeeding in Graduate School: The Career Guide for Psychology Students is comprehensive, details an accurate picture of what the experience entails and provides coping mechanisms....This book is well worth both time and money!"—Georgia Psychologist"Psychology students and their undergraduate professors often discuss getting into graduate school. Staying in, once accepted, is an entirely new challenge that has heretofore not received the attention it deserves. Walfish, Hess, and their collaborators have contributed a most helpful volume that I would recommend to any psychology graduate student."—Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Ph.D.Ball State University"Wow, your book is really comprehensive! I wish it had been available when I was going through graduate school."—Kristin K. Schaaf, Ph.D.Bay Psychiatric AssociatesTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Part I: Considering Career and Degree Options in Psychology.S. Walfish, A.K. Hess, Choosing a Career in Psychology. M.E. Ware, Pursuing a Career With a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. B. Perlman, Choosing the Master's Degree in Psychology. A.N. Wiens, C.A. Hope, Choosing the Ph.D. D.R. Peterson, Choosing the Psy.D. B.N. Kinder, S. Walfish, Perspectives on Applying to Graduate School. Part II: Mastering the Personal and Political Dynamics of Graduate School.G.F. Sumprer, S. Walfish, The Politics of Graduate Programs. A.K. Hess, W.I. Sauser, Jr., Students and Faculty: The Growth of Relationships. J.M. O'Neil, L.S. Wrightsman, The Mentoring Relationship in Psychology Training Programs. E.N. Goplerud, Stress and Stress Mastery in Graduate School. R. Massey, S. Walfish, Stresses and Strategies for Underrepresented Students: Gender, Sexual, and Racial Minorities. S. Gulgoz, Stresses and Strategies for International Students. D.J. Pedersen, M.H. Daniels, Stresses and Strategies for Graduate Student Couples. Part III: Learning Career Skills.M. Handelsman, Learning to Become Ethical. D.S. Glenwick, D.K. Mroczak, J.S. MacDonall, Learning Research as a Lifelong Skill. J.H. Korn, Developing Teaching Skills. A.K. Hess, Learning Psychological Testing and Assessment. A.K. Hess, Learning Psychotherapy. R.L. Lowman, Learning Consultation Skills. T.B. Gutkin, A.L. Saunders, Developing Essential Intervention and Prevention Skills for School Settings. R.S. Nickerson, Preparing for a Career in Psychology Outside the University. R.P. Martin, Preparing and Defending Theses and Dissertations. Part IV: The Internship.W.G. Keilin, M.G. Constantine, Applying to Professional Psychology Internship Programs. J.A. Denicola, C.T. Furze, The Internship Year: The Transition From Student to Professional. Part V: Becoming a Professional.B.R. Fretz, Coping With Licensing, Credentialing, and Lifelong Learning. R.P. Lorion, A.D. Hightower, Community Intervention: Applying Psychological Skills in the Real World. S. Walfish, Developing a Career in Psychology.

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Book SynopsisThe goal of this book is to recapture the diminished roles of affect, psychological needs, and the psychodynamic mechanisms that are crucial for understanding political behavior by explaining and extending the contributions of Harold D. Lasswell, the dominant figure in political psychology in the mid-twentieth-century. Although Lasswell was best known for applying psychodynamic theories to politics, this book also demonstrates how his framework accommodated for cognitive processes and social interactions ranging from communications to policy-making. The authors use Lasswell's contributions and the debates over his ideas as a springboard for examining current policy, political, and leadership issues.Revitalizing Political Psychology presents and extends four aspects of Lasswell's contributions to the field: the psychodynamic mechanisms drawn from psychoanalytic theory, the use of symbol associations to understand political propaganda, the analysis of democratic charactTrade Review"... the potential of this book [is] to bring Lasswell's work to the careful attention of academics and policy analysts for whom his framework and formulations have, for whatever reasons, either fallen beneath the intellectual radar screen altogether or, perhaps more commonly, been filtered and partially eclipsed by renderings of those ideas which have been uneven at best... At least two things are clear: one is the immense burden of debt owed to Harold Lasswell by all who currently study and practice at the intersection of psychology and politics; the other is the debt of gratitude owed by all who seek a more vital and useful future for this field to Ascher and Hirschfelder-Ascher for revealing how such a future might be realized...[this book] is nothing less than a tour de force... " - Dan B. Thomas in Policy Sci"Provides guidance for how to think about crafting personal, community, regional, national, and international programs for the problems that confront us. ...it has the potential to revitalize political psychology." - Andrew R. Willard, Yale Law School"...a fine piece of scholarship that... should contribute significantly to the fields of political psychology, policy sciences, political science, and even applied psychoanalytic psychology....[it] reintroduces... a...body of work that is as serviceable for today's problems as it was for those a half century ago....a very good book that is much needed by the field of political psychology." - Steven R. Brown, Kent State University"The authors' approach to Lasswell's manifold contributions is well-designed, and the comparisons with other studies and the effort to show the policy applications of various theories are admirable. The writing is clear, examples are well-chosen." - Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois at Chicago"...provides guidance for how to think about crafting personal, community, regional, national, and international programs for the problems that confront us....it has the potential to revitalize political psychology." - Andrew R. Willard, Yale Law School"...a fine piece of scholarship that... should contribute significantly to the fields of political psychology, policy sciences, political science, and even applied psychoanalytic psychology....[it] reintroduces... a...body of work that is as serviceable for today's problems as it was for those a half century ago....a very good book that is much needed by the field of political psychology." - Steven R. Brown, Kent State University"The authors' approach to Lasswell's manifold contributions is well-designed, and the comparisons with other studies and the effort to show the policy applications of various theories are admirable. The writing is clear, examples are well-chosen." - Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois at ChicagoTable of ContentsIntroduction. The Displacement Hypothesis. Symbols, Personality, and Appeals: Lasswell's Contribution to the Political Psychology of Propaganda. Democratic Character. Political Psychology and the Risks of Leadership. Political Climate, Mood, and Crisis. Integrating Lasswell's Contributions: Brief Applications. Conclusion: The Role of the Political Psychiatrist.

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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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