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Book SynopsisA baby that keeps losing its brain, a cow in a wedding gown, a woman whose chest is a radio — bizarre and whimsical figures populate this collection of dreamlike prose poems from Russell Edson (1935-2014), with a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic.A seminal voice in American prose poetry from the sixties onward, Edson’s whole career is surveyed in a single volume edited for our times, presenting a new and contemporary view of a poet of startling imagination and strangeness. Craig Morgan Teicher calls us to witness Edson’s obsessions with the curious, the absurd, and the peculiar, and the ways in which they can haunt our daily lives. The prose poems in this collection mold our everyday into something extraordinary and unsettling. Edson’s poems are surreal fables in which his characters experience all that life throws at them— marriage, parenthood, technological advances, aging, dying, the afterlife— through irreverent dialogue and vivid imagery in turns both humorous and grotesque. Russell Edson is a vital and ever-contemporary poet with a unique moral and comedic vision, whose literary career quietly yet definitively shaped the prose poetry subgenre as we know it now. Trade Review“Anyone who was fortunate to hear Edson read his poems is not likely to have forgotten the experience. He made his audiences roar with laughter or sit astonished at what they were hearing…the real surprise comes when we realize that despite all the joking we are reading or listening to, these are not the scribblings of a village idiot, but of a comic genius and a serious thinker.”— Charles Simic, from The Foreword“Edson’s poems are deranged, oracular, logical, ecstatic, pellucid, desperate, filthy, fathomless, and deceptively simple. When I gave a reading with Edson in 2003 I said, ‘Tonight I am reading with one of my greatest heroes.’ He’s still here with me, always, like a god.”— Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments“Edson permitted himself to have it both ways, to write prose that reverses — each of his sentences simultaneously urges the reader forward into the action of Edson’s stories in miniature and also pulls the reader backward. Musical language, artfully loaded words, subtle twists in the plot, and all sorts of meaningful misdirections in Edson’s work demand that we reread, that we never quite finish reading any of these poems, which are ever in the midst of revising themselves.”— Craig Morgan Teicher, from The Afterword

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Book SynopsisIt’s a proven fact; we are healthier and happier when we are laughing. Not only is laughter good for our body, mind, and spirit, but it can also help us face the uncomfortable challenge of dealing with our personal difficulties. Almost Happy introduces the reader to a practical and accessible way to use humor to effect change. Reverse psychology can provoke us to discover, own, and enact authentic solutions to many of our issues. The 114 original buttons were designed as stirring visual communications to enhance the provocative process—which is based on three core ideas:1. People don’t like being told what to do.2. Reverse Psychology, a technique known to most parents, also works brilliantly on adults.3. Irony, satire and parody—when used warmly and responsibly—can provoke the emergence of conscience and common sense.Are you ready to read a book that will gently tease you about your issues? The buttons and provocative suggestions are offered with a twinkle in the eye and affection in the heart.

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Book SynopsisOver the course of the pandemic, Jon Plasse photographed familiar objects around his home. The resulting series, in turns subtle and startling, evokes the intensity, monotony and disorientation of life in isolation.

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Book SynopsisRare is the person who has never been betrayed. It is a near-universal human experience. In The Judas Kiss: Growing Beyond Betrayal, family therapist and leadership development consultant John Brownlee draws on his clinical expertise to show us how we can overcome our pain and begin to heal. In this practical, common-sense book, he also teaches us how to spot betrayers sooner the next time—because there will be a next time. Brownlee goes deep into the multigenerational aspects of betrayal, touching on both its roots in our ancestors and its impact on our children and grandchildren. He offers hope and useful suggestions to help us soften potentially harmful effects on the family so future generations don’t repeat damaging patterns. His no-nonsense approach is nonetheless laced with compassion as he encourages us to face difficult truths in order to move forward.

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Book SynopsisDouble Exposure examines the role of film in shaping social psychology’s landmark postwar experiments. We are told that most of us will inflict electric shocks on a fellow citizen when ordered to do so. Act as a brutal prison guard when we put on a uniform. Walk on by when we see a stranger in need. But there is more to the story. Documentaries that investigators claimed as evidence were central to capturing the public imagination. Did they provide an alibi for twentieth century humanity? Examining the dramaturgy, staging and filming of these experiments, including Milgram's Obedience Experiments, the Stanford Prison Experiment and many more, Double Exposure recovers a new set of narratives.Trade ReviewNew Books Network: New Books in Sociology interview with Kathryn Millard— New Books Network: New Books in Sociology “This is an important contribution to the raging debate on ethics and truth in storytelling, both in film and scientific research; it sheds light on the true-crime film genre; it recovers lost film history; and it reveals the value of truly interdisciplinary research. An exceptional creative and scholarly achievement!"— Patricia Aufderheide, author of Documentary: A Very Short Introduction “A landmark work! The classic films that reported human behavior experiments selectively told one story but many more were possible. Why one and not another? Millard explains why the dominant stories won out with an insightful provocative mix of analysis and speculation.”— Bill Nichols, author of Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in DocumentaryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Setting the Scene 2. “You’re an Actor Now” 3. New Haven Noir 4. Good or Bad Samaritans? 5. Doing Time 6. Crime Scenes 7. Restaging the Psychology Experiment 8. “I was the SYSTEM” 9. Shifting the Story Index

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Book SynopsisDouble Exposure examines the role of film in shaping social psychology’s landmark postwar experiments. We are told that most of us will inflict electric shocks on a fellow citizen when ordered to do so. Act as a brutal prison guard when we put on a uniform. Walk on by when we see a stranger in need. But there is more to the story. Documentaries that investigators claimed as evidence were central to capturing the public imagination. Did they provide an alibi for twentieth century humanity? Examining the dramaturgy, staging and filming of these experiments, including Milgram's Obedience Experiments, the Stanford Prison Experiment and many more, Double Exposure recovers a new set of narratives.Trade Review“A landmark work! The classic films that reported human behavior experiments selectively told one story but many more were possible. Why one and not another? Millard explains why the dominant stories won out with an insightful provocative mix of analysis and speculation.” -- Bill Nichols * author of Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary *“This is an important contribution to the raging debate on ethics and truth in storytelling, both in film and scientific research; it sheds light on the true-crime film genre; it recovers lost film history; and it reveals the value of truly interdisciplinary research. An exceptional creative and scholarly achievement!" -- Patricia Aufderheide * author of Documentary: A Very Short Introduction *New Books Network: New Books in Sociology interview with Kathryn Millard * New Books Network: New Books in Sociology *“A landmark work! The classic films that reported human behavior experiments selectively told one story but many more were possible. Why one and not another? Millard explains why the dominant stories won out with an insightful provocative mix of analysis and speculation.” -- Bill Nichols * author of Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary *“This is an important contribution to the raging debate on ethics and truth in storytelling, both in film and scientific research; it sheds light on the true-crime film genre; it recovers lost film history; and it reveals the value of truly interdisciplinary research. An exceptional creative and scholarly achievement!" -- Patricia Aufderheide * author of Documentary: A Very Short Introduction *New Books Network: New Books in Sociology interview with Kathryn Millard * New Books Network: New Books in Sociology *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction1. Setting the Scene2. “You’re an Actor Now”3. New Haven Noir4. Good or Bad Samaritans?5. Doing Time6. Crime Scenes7. Restaging the Psychology Experiment8. “I was the SYSTEM”9. Shifting the StoryIndex

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Book SynopsisA New York Times bestselling writer explores what our unique sonic signature reveals about our species, our culture, and each one of us. Finally, a vital topic that has never had its own book gets its due.There’s no shortage of books about public speaking or language or song. But until now, there has been no book about the miracle that underlies them all—the human voice itself. And there are few writers who could take on this surprisingly vast topic with more artistry and expertise than John Colapinto. Beginning with the novel—and compelling—argument that our ability to speak is what made us the planet’s dominant species, he guides us from the voice’s beginnings in lungfish millions of years ago to its culmination in the talent of Pavoratti, Martin Luther King Jr., and Beyoncé—and each of us, every day. Along the way, he shows us why the voice is the most efficient, effective means of communication ever devised: it works in all directions, in all weathers, even in the dark, and it can be calibrated to reach one other person or thousands. He reveals why speech is the single most complex and intricate activity humans can perform. He travels up the Amazon to meet the Piraha, a reclusive tribe whose singular language, more musical than any other, can help us hear how melodic principles underpin every word we utter. He heads up to Harvard to see how professional voices are helped and healed, and he ventures out on the campaign trail to see how demagogues wield their voices as weapons. As far-reaching as this book is, much of the delight of reading it lies in how intimate it feels. Everything Colapinto tells us can be tested by our own lungs and mouths and ears and brains. He shows us that, for those who pay attention, the voice is an eloquent means of communicating not only what the speaker means, but also their mood, sexual preference, age, income, even psychological and physical illness. It overstates the case only slightly to say that anyone who talks, or sings, or listens will find a rich trove of thrills in This Is the Voice.

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Book Synopsis“Dylan Marron is the internet’s Love Warrior. His work is fresh, deeply honest, wildly creative, and right on time.” —Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Dylan Marron is like a modern Mister Rogers for the digital age.” —Jason Sudeikis ​​From the host of the award-winning, critically acclaimed podcast Conversations with People Who Hate Me comes a thought-provoking, witty, and inspirational exploration of difficult conversations and how to navigate them. Dylan Marron’s work has racked up millions of views and worldwide support. From his acclaimed Every Single Word video series highlighting the lack of diversity in Hollywood to his web series Sitting in Bathrooms with Trans People, Marron has explored some of today’s biggest social issues. Yet, according to some strangers on the internet, Marron is a “moron,” a “beta male,” and a “talentless hack.” Rather than running from this online vitriol, Marron began a social experiment in which he invited his detractors to chat with him on the phone—and those conversations revealed surprising and fascinating insights. Now, Marron retraces his journey through a project that connects adversarial strangers in a time of unprecedented division. After years of production and dozens of phone calls, he shares what he’s learned about having difficult conversations and how having them can help close the ever-growing distance between us. Charmingly candid and refreshingly hopeful, Conversations with People Who Hate Me will serve as both a guide to anyone partaking in dif­ficult conversations and a permission slip for those who dare to believe that connection is possible.Trade Review“I read Conversations with People Who Hate Me in one sitting—hoping that Dylan Marron’s wisdom, sincerity, and hilarity might help me believe again in the potential goodness of the internet. It worked. I believe! Dylan Marron is the internet’s Love Warrior. His work is fresh, deeply honest, wildly creative, and right on time.” -- Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed"This book has shifted something in me forever. Dylan Marron is as dynamic on the page as he has ever been recorded on video, audio, or live and in person. His ability to see through the facade of human performance and into the heart is enviable, and his skill in transferring the connective tissue of that moment into prose is altogether rare. There is no other book like this because no one else could have written this book with the clarity and compassion of Marron." -- Ashley C. Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter"Part memoir, part guidebook, Conversations with People Who Hate Me reads as if a dear friend is opening their heart to you, knowing you'll heed their hard-earned advice. Dylan masterfully balances unflinching honesty and wit with introspection and grace we could all stand to learn from." -- Franchesca Ramsey, host of MTV’s “Decoded” and author of Well, That Escalated Quickly"Dylan Marron holds the beating, human heart of the internet in his own heart. This is an essential and necessary book of brilliance, insight, and compassion." -- Jonny Sun, New York Times and international bestselling author of Goodbye, again and everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too"With this detailed account of his life and work in the public eye, Dylan is showcasing his unique ability to interpret digital and human interactions. He parses out their differences before stunning you with the ways they’ve become the same. Read this with as much thought and care as he did writing it." -- Bowen Yang, comedian, “Saturday Night Live”"With his signature wit and sincerity, Dylan Marron steps into the role of cultural anthropologist for a fair and nuanced examination of phenomena seemingly devoid of nuance: trolls, haters, cancellation. Far more than just a personal narrative, Marron opens the aperture to shed light on the ways our culture rewards the dismissive and the divisive. Where others may find only despair, Marron offers us hope and a path towards finding connection and meaning in spite of and through our differences. This is a call to bring us from out behind our screens—beyond hot takes and takedowns—and back to our shared, messy humanity. Reading this will inspire you practice the lost art of conversation, to open your ears and listen not just to what is being said, but the deeper meaning behind it." -- Nora McInerny, host of "Terrible, Thanks for Asking""This book gives you the kind of thoughtful insight you'd crave from a very good friend. Dylan's writing is warm, patient, intelligent, and provocative. Recommended reading for anyone who spends time on the internet." -- Jo Firestone, comedian, "The Tonight Show""I want to DM this book to the masses (were that not missing the point)! A welcome, cozy haven from the relentless performance of the digital sphere, Dylan Marron impeccably captures the subtle, incomparable heart of human connection that is a good conversation. And just like one, Conversations with People Who Hate Me will leave you feeling warm, hopeful, and less alone." -- Aparna Nancherla, comedian and actress“[An] enlightening debut . . . In a time rife with divisiveness, this opens up an intriguing dialogue about finding ways to connect.” * Publisher's Weekly *“Marron persuasively argues that the internet is a major source of polarization and that talking personally, and listening fully—without trying to score points or to convince someone to change their mind—goes a long way toward breaking down barriers. The book will delight his fans and draw new listeners to the podcast.” * Kirkus *"Conversations with People Who Hate Me is a fascinating meditation on human connection and on finding common ground with people you never thought possible. It’s about shared humanity, but also the sheer mental stamina it takes to have challenging conversations with those with whom you vehemently disagree. It’s about finding that line between when doing so is important and when it’s fruitless. It’s about extending compassion to others while still holding them accountable." -- Molly Sprayregen * Associated Press *

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Book SynopsisThe essential guide for ethical decision-making in the 21st century, The Power of Ethics depicts 'ethical decision-making not in a nebulous philosophical space, but at the point where the rubber meets the road' (Michael Schur, producer and creator of The Good Place).It's not your imagination: we're living in a time of moral decline. Publicly, we're bombarded with reports of government leaders acting against the welfare of their constituents; companies prioritizing profits over health, safety, and our best interests; and technology posing risks to society with few or no repercussions for those responsible. Personally, we may be conflicted about how much privacy to afford our children on the internet; how to make informed choices about our purchases and the companies we buy from; or how to handle misconduct we witness at home and at work. How do we find a way forward? Today's ethical challenges are increasingly gray, often without a clear right or wrong solution, causing us to teeter on the edge of effective decision-making. With concentrated power structures, rapid advances in technology, and insufficient regulation to protect citizens and consumers, ethics are harder to understand than ever. But in The Power of Ethics, Susan Liautaud shows how ethics can be used to create a sea change of positive decisions that can ripple outward to our families, communities, workplaces, and the wider world'offering unprecedented opportunity for good. Drawing on two decades as an ethics advisor guiding corporations and leaders, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and students in her Stanford University ethics courses, Susan Liautaud provides clarity to blurry ethical questions, walking you through a straightforward, four-step process for ethical decision-making you can use every day. Liautaud also explains the six forces driving virtually every ethical choice we face. Exploring some of today's most challenging ethics dilemmas and showing you how to develop a clear point of view, speak out with authority, make effective decisions, and contribute to a more ethical world for yourself and others, The Power of Ethics is the must-have ethics guide for the 21st century.

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Book SynopsisIn the tradition of Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit, a wise and fascinating book that shows us how “we can make deadlines work for us instead of the other way around” (The Wall Street Journal).Perfectionists and procrastinators alike agree—it’s natural to dread a deadline. Whether you are completing a masterpiece or just checking off an overwhelming to-do list, the ticking clock signals despair. Christopher Cox knows the panic of the looming deadline all too well—as a magazine editor, he has spent years overseeing writers and journalists who couldn’t meet a deadline to save their lives. After putting in a few too many late nights in the newsroom, he became determined to learn the secret of managing deadlines. He set off to observe nine different organizations as they approached a high-pressure deadline. Along the way, Cox made an even greater discovery: these experts didn’t just meet their big deadlines—they became more focused, productive, and creative in the process. An entertaining blend of “behavioral science, psychological theory, and academic studies with compelling storytelling and descriptive case studies” (Financial Times), The Deadline Effect reveals the time-management strategies these teams used to guarantee success while staying on schedule: a restaurant opening for the first time, a ski resort covering an entire mountain in snow, a farm growing enough lilies in time for Easter, and more. Cox explains how to use deadlines to our advantage, the dynamics of teams and customers, and techniques for using deadlines to make better, more effective decisions.

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Book SynopsisA revolutionary, evidence-based guide for developing resilience and grit to confront our whitewashed history and build a better future—​in the vein of Think Again and Do Better.The racial fault lines of our country have been revealed in stark detail as our national news cycle is flooded with stories about the past. If you are just now learning about the massacre in Tulsa, the killing of Native American children in compulsory “residential schools” designed to destroy their culture, and the incarceration of Japanese Americans, you are not alone. The seeds of today’s inequalities were sown in past events like these. The time to unlearn the whitewashed history we believed was true is now. If we close our eyes to our history, we cannot make the systemic changes needed to mend our country. Today’s challenges began centuries ago and have deepened and widened over time. To take the path to a more just future, we must not ignore the damage but see it through others’ eyes, bear witness to it, and uncover its origins. As historians share these truths, we will need psychologists to help us navigate the shame, guilt, disbelief, and resistance many of us feel. Dolly Chugh, award-winning professor of social psychology and author of the acclaimed The Person You Mean to Be, gives us the psychological tools we need to grapple with the truth of our country. Through heartrending personal histories and practical advice, Chugh invites us to dismantle the systems built by our forbearers and work toward a more just future.Trade Review“Dolly Chugh is the wisest and warmest of behavioral scientists. Let her show you how to unpack your own mistaken assumptions about our past so that our unconditional love for our nation can coexist with unflinching honesty. Patriotism need not be simplistic to be idealistic. This book is a welcome and urgent invitation to open our eyes to the past and become better ancestors today.” -- Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grit“If you too are feeling the call to be more brave, more active, and more just…then this is the book you've been looking for.” -- Michael Bungay Stanier, bestselling author of The Coaching Habit and How to Begin“This is one of the most moving and important behavioral science books of the last decade.” -- Katy Milkman, Wharton Business School professor and bestselling author of How to Change“This is the thoughtful and brilliant work we’ve all been waiting for that will help readers grapple with our legacy of systemic racism—both past and present. A More Just Future expertly provides readers with indispensable practical and evidence-based tools to overcome the psychological barriers that impede us from truly reckoning with injustice.” -- Uché Blackstock, MD, founder of Advancing Health Equity and Author of Legacy“In the Japanese art of kintsugi, artisans take broken pottery and restore it by sealing the cracks with precious metals. In this instant classic, Chugh teaches us her version of that art to address our own fractured national history. Instead of ignoring cracks or discarding shards, she shows us how to restore the past in a way that makes the future feel all the more startling and precious. This book is required reading for all patriots who love their country enough to see its wounds—and heal them.” -- Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering and Say the Right Thing“Even as a student of this field, I found myself underlining and highlighting passages on every page. Dolly Chugh gets to the very heart of what is preventing progress and loosens those bonds gently and with deep humanity. This book is grounded in solid research and lived experience, but also in empathy. Absolutely everyone who reads it will find useful advice on how to be a better person.” -- Celeste Headlee, PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author of We Need to Talk and Speaking of Race“A vulnerable, compassionate, and pragmatic psychological guide to facing the darkest corners of America’s past.” -- Kirkus Reviews“Marked by its authenticity and sense of encouragement, this is a welcome look at how the average person can help fulfill America’s promise.” -- Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisIn surrealist artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media. Former social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users, waiting for our next hit as we like, comment and share. We write to the machine as individuals, but it responds by aggregating our fantasies, desires and frailties into data, and returning them to us as a commodity experience. Through journalism, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others, Seymour probes the human side of the machine, asking what we’re getting out of it, and what we’re getting into.Trade Review‘His excellent chapter entitled ‘We are all liars’ is thoughtful and convincing about the spreading of fake news.’ https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/08/web-of-deceit-disinformation-could-prove-the-most-powerful-weapon-of-all/ -- Daniel Hahn * The Spectator *Book of the Week ‘The book is a thrilling demonstration of what such resistance can look like, by one of the most clear-sighted and unyielding critics writing today. We should all read it.’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/08/the-twittering-machine-richard-seymour-review-social-media-dystopia -- Will Davies * The Guardian *Book of the Week ‘Time spent online is time deducted from our lives, just as taking a selfie is an excuse to not be yourself . . . if you really want to set yourself free, you should read a book – preferably this one.’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/11/the-twittering-machine-richard-seymour-review-social-media-industry -- Peter Conrad * The Observer *‘Why can’t we just quit Twitter?’ – mention of The Twittering Machine https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2019/08/why-can-t-we-just-quit-twitter -- Sarah Manavis * New Statesman *‘Taking in every sort of online nastiness, from trolling to alt-right subcultures to ‘fake news’, Seymour’s compulsively argued book may just be the intervention we all need.’ https://www.tatler.com/gallery/the-best-late-summer-reads -- Francesca Carington * Taler *‘The machine always wins: what drives our addiction to social media’, extract from The Twittering Machine https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/23/social-media-addiction-gambling -- Richard Seymour * The Guardian Long Read *‘an unflinching look at our toxic relationship with grim yet compelling social media’ https://www.ft.com/content/d18e41d2-c3ff-11e9-a8e9-296ca66511c9?fbclid=IwAR1HFCxo-07RFlL69E3ZrT0RKjixhvD147GBMlH_jw8oaxmqqrAk-HW0hL0 -- Emma Jacobs * Financial Times *'Books in the Media' ‘Critics have acclaimed Richard Seymour’s The Twittering Machine (Indigo), a polemic against the rising tide of social media, as “thrilling”, “unflinching” and “excoriating”’ https://booksinthemedia.thebookseller.com/articles/reviewers-click-like-on-the-twittering-machine * The Bookseller *‘his superb new book . . . treads between acute biting psychological analysis and an account of how that form of psychology has been set in place materially, historically.’ http://socialistresistance.org/left-hooked-on-twitter/18134?fbclid=IwAR0SNzqjqjGUdp0DWLpFilnt8r6ekVBLytZSg2-N4DS-Zy1sdzTqpAresJc -- Ian Parker * Socialist Resistance *‘The Twittering Machine is a book that not only gets to the heart of social media’s deficits but is a joy to read.’ https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/10/04/the-politics-of-trolling/ -- Louis Proyect * Counter Punch *‘We ae living through something unprecedented. An open-ended social experiment funded by venture capitalism, supported bv the US military and security state. An industrialised system of writing. We’re writing more than ever before in human history. This is the basis for the world’s most profitable industry: the social industry.’ https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5516/willing-servants -- Richard Seymour * New Humanist *‘a digest of the burgeoning literature addressing the dangers of being online’ http://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2019/11/the-great-escape/ -- Jon Baglow * The Literary Review of Canada *‘yields an abundance of quotable insights’ https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/dont-us/ -- David Streitfeld * The Times Literary Supplement *‘However clever, snarky or “fierce” our replies may be, we all know we’re helping to spread the very messages we want to discredit’ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/28/right-trolling-posts-political-opponents -- Richard Seymour * The Guardian *‘Social media platforms did not create our crisis. They have only stumbled on a way to profit from accelerating it, while magnifying some of our worst tendencies. The toxicity is not just in our tweets, but in ourselves.’ https://www.ft.com/content/abc86766-fa37-11e9-a354-36acbbb0d9b6 -- Richard Seymour * Financial Times *‘We are all authors. This is the argument that threads its way through Richard Seymour’s brilliant new book … a must read’ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/browser-an-absorbing-short-story-collection-mixing-realism-fantasy-and-folktale-1.4072162 -- David Capener * The Irish Times *‘Best books of the year 2019’ ‘Richard Seymour’s political writing is essential reading; his The Twittering Machine (Indigo Press) goes beyond moral panic about technology to map new terrain for understanding “screen capitalism”, its violence and our desires’ https://www.newstatesman.com/best-books-this-year-2019 -- Katrina Forrester * New Statesman *‘This is an extended theoretical reflection on the advent, impact and power of social media in our daily lives – a serious and excellent read.’ https://www.rs21.org.uk/2019/11/16/review-the-twittering-machine/ -- Mark Murphy * Rs21 *‘the often dark and nasty aspect of online storms suggests that they can go horribly awry. It is this, rather than the Twitter revolution, that is the true future of global protests.’ https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2019/11/we-are-witnessing-end-twitter-revolution -- Richard Seymour * New Statesman *‘Not only extends and improves Adorno’s arguments, but takes insights from elsewhere to show the nightmares of the past 50 (plus) years of left thought are coming to fruition’ https://medium.com/@RT_Editing/utopia-dystopia-online-capitalism-300c16bd9376 -- Rowan Fortune * Medium *‘the author’s fluid prose weaves searing philippics against social media into an unwaveringly clear and perceptive argument, combining the spontaneous energy of a blog-post with a rigorous intellectual framework’ https://newleftreview.org/issues/II120/articles/mind-forged-manacles -- Oliver Eagleton * New Left Review *‘PTO Books of the year’ ‘he advances a Lacanian reading that emphasises the curious absence of pleasure in our engagement with the ‘Twittering Machine’, which disrupts and forecloses all other desires that we might otherwise pursue.’ https://www.patreon.com/posts/32774027 * Politics Theory Order * Interview with Richard Seymour https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/01/the-twittering-machine * Tribune *‘The Twittering Machine is undoubtedly a crucial and compelling read in the landscape of technology and society’ https://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2020/01/opting-out-digital-serfdom -- Cristina D’Amico * Rabble *Woke Biden Cabinet, Indian Strikes, & Social Media Industry w/ Richard Seymour Woke Biden Cabinet, Indian Strikes, & Social Media Industry w/ Richard Seymour | Weekends (12/12/20) * Jacobin Weekends *‘Books of the Year’ Richard Seymour’s THE TWITTERING MACHINE (Indigo Press, 2019) was a satisfyingly nuanced account of the terrible bind we’re in, in relation to social media.’ – Katherine Angel https://www.thewhitereview.org/feature/books-of-the-year-3/ * The White Review *

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsEvolution and systems theory; the nature of genetic systems; processes of change in genetic systems; genetic evolutionary theories and the use of appropriate models; the evolution of physiological systems; on theories of organic evolution and their relevance to modern genetic-systems theory; on the evolution of behaviour; on current theories of the evolution of social behaviour and social systems; evolution in terms of genetic-systems theory; the evolution of cooperation and competition; on the evolution of social organization; on cultural evolution; on eco-evolution - change in ecosystems; on the future of evolutionary theories - the evolution of evolution.

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the psycho-social phenomenon which is society’s failure to respond to climate change. It analyses the non-rational dimensions of our collective paralysis in the face of worsening climate change and environmental destruction, exploring the emotional, ethical, social, organizational and cultural dynamics to blame for this global lack of action. The book features eleven research projects from four different countries and is divided in two parts, the first highlighting novel methodologies, the second presenting new findings. Contributors to the first part show how a ‘deep listening’ approach to research can reveal the anxieties, tensions, contradictions, frames and narratives that contribute to people’s experiences, and the many ways climate change and other environmental risks are imagined through metaphor, imagery and dreams. Using detailed interview extracts drawn from politicians, scientists and activists as well as ordinary people, the second part of the book examines the many different ways in which we both avoid and square up to this gathering disaster, and the many faces of alarm, outrage, denial and indifference this involves. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction; Paul Hoggett.- Part I: Mostly Methods.- Chapter 2: New Methods for Investigating New Dangers; Renee Lertzman.- Chapter 3: Children & Climate Change: Exploring Children’s Feelings about Climate Change using Free Association Narrative Interview Methodology; Caroline Hickman.- Chapter 4: An Integrative Methodology for Investigating Lived Experience and the Psychosocial Factors Influencing Environmental Cognition and Behaviour; Nadine Andrews.- Chapter 5: Emotional Work as a Necessity: A Psychosocial Analysis of Low-Carbon Energy Collaboration Stories; Rosie Robison.- Chapter 6: Climate Change, Social Dreaming and Art: Thinking the Unthinkable; Julian Manley & Wendy Hollway.- Chapter 7: Researching Climate Engagement: Collaborative Conversations and Consciousness Change; Sally Gillespie.- Part II: Mostly Findings.- Chapter 8: Emotions, Reflexivity and the Long Haul: What we do About how we Feel About Climate Change; Jo Hamilton.- Chapter 9: Leading with Nature in Mind; Rembrandt Zegers.- Chapter 10: Attitudes to Climate Change in some English Local Authorities: Varying Sense of Agency in Denial and Hope; Gill Westcott.- Chapter 11:We Have to Talk About….Climate Change; Robert Tollemache.- Chapter 12: Engaging with Climate Change: Comparing the Cultures of Science and Activism; Ro Randall & Paul Hoggett.- Chapter 13: Conclusion; Paul Hoggett.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents perspectives from world experts in the field of wisdom studies to propose how wisdom can provide the foundation upon which solutions to social and global problems can be grounded. The authors argue that where society has come to rely on leaders with skills relating to knowledge and intelligence; instead we should focus on wisdom-based acumen for our leaders in government, business, and the military.In this book the authors offer evidence-based definitions of wisdom and apply these to world problems they believe could potentially be solved using wise solutions. Among the case studies confronted are terrorism and war, poverty and economic disparity, climate change, increasing antibiotic resistance and political corruption.Focusing on the cognitive, social and emotional processes involved in everyday decision-making, this book presents a compelling argument for the application of wise problem-solving to complex world issues that will appeal in particular to those in leadership, teaching and policy roles, and open new pathways in the fields of wisdom-studies, psychology, sociology and political theory.Table of Contents1. Where Have All the Flowers of Wisdom Gone? -- An Analysis of Teaching for Wisdom Over the Years; Robert J. Sternberg.- 2. The Erosion of Democracy: Can We Muster Enough Wisdom to Stop It?; Don Ambrose.- 3. Wise Reasoning in an Uncertain World; Igor Grossmann & Anna Dorfman.- 4. Wisdom vs. Populism and Polarization: Learning to Regulate Our Evolved Intuitions; Judith Glück.- 5. The Breakdown of Civic Virtues and the Problem of Hate Speech: Is There Wisdom in Freedom of Speech?; Howard C. Nusbaum.- 6. “Hate Begets Hate; Violence Begets Violence”: A Wisdom-based Analysis of Contemporary Social Activism; Nic M. Weststrate.- 7. Wisdom and Moral Exemplars; Megan Mischinski & Eranda Jayawickreme.- 8. Practical Wisdom in Islamic law: From the Local to the Global; Tom Woerner-Powell & Ricca Edmondson.- 9. Can Wisdom be Helpful?; Ursula M. Staudinger.- 10. Wisdom in the Workplace; Hannes Zacher & Ute Kunzmann.- 11. The Practical Applications of Self-Transcendent Wisdom; Carolyn M. Aldwin & Michael R. Levenson.- 12. Vedanta Philosophy’s Contribution to Wisdom Development for Leadership: Grounding Indian Practical Wisdom in Higher Knowledge and Purpose; Surya Tahora, Snehal Shah, & David Rooney.- 13. How Wisdom Can Help Solve Global Problems; Nicholas Maxwell.- 14. Practical Wisdom and Health Care; Barry Schwartz & Kenneth E. Sharpe.- 15. Seeking Wisdom: A Physician’s Journey in the Wake of ‘Charlottesville’; Margaret Plews-Ogan.- 16. Not Today, and Probably Not Tomorrow Either: Obstacles to Wisdom and How We May Overcome Them; Judith Glück, Robert J. Sternberg, & Howard C. Nusbaum.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an overview of Mexican ethnopsychology, an original theoretical and methodological approach that seeks to complement the mainstream psychological science – based on universal principles, processes and constructs – with scientific methods to study the idiosyncratic features and behaviors typical of specific cultural groups. It proposes a historic-bio-psycho-socio-cultural theoretical model to describe research findings of social, psychological, collective and individual phenomena. Psychology is at a crossroads of years of research with stress on internal validity and little attention to contextual and cultural variables. It becomes fundamental to continue on the internal validity track but at the same time incorporate external validity issues. The growth of indigenous movements and data allows for a profound evaluation of the extents to which apparent universal phenomena are truly universal, and to what extent they are idiosyncratic manifestations of the cultures where the mainstream research is conducted. Mexican ethnopsychologists have been following this path for decades, since the pioneer work of Rogelio Díaz-Guerrero, but until now little has been published in English about this innovative theoretical approach. Ethnopsychology – Pieces from the Mexican Research Gallery fills this gap by presenting the international community an overview of Mexican ethnopsychology and thus providing a useful tool to behavioral, social and health scientists interested in understanding how culture shapes both collective and individual behaviors. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Culture, eco-systems and behavior.- Chapter 2: Ethnopsychology: inserting socio-cultural components into a bio-psychological discipline.- Chapter 3: Self-construal and identity.- Chapter 4: Gender and masculinity- femininity.- Chapter 5: Personality.- Chapter 6: Close Relationships.- Chapter 7: Family.- Chapter 8: Past, present and future of Mexican Ethnopsychology.

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Book SynopsisThis insightful volume explores the experiences of ethnic migrants returning to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Israel. Return migrants who were exposed to the western culture and society undergo personal transformations that significantly impact their views on values such as gender, individualism, democracy, tradition, and individual autonomy. To evaluate how well these individuals are able to reintegrate back into their native countries, the authors conducted a thorough comparative study between returnees in the three research sites through in-depth interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, and analyses of government policies. Among the topics discussed: Family as a strategic middle ground between the individual and society The social psychology of coping and adaptation Public, outer historical, and macro forces that shape returnees’ experiences Comparisons and contrasts between two primarily Chinese societies, along with one racially and culturally different Western society Cost-and-benefit analyses of decision-making in migration Return Migrants in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Israel is a compelling new perspective on the migrant experience drawn from in-depth research on returnees across three countries and a variety of circumstances.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction – Cost-and-Benefit Analysis: Decision-Making in Migration 1.1 Globalization, Public Policy and Assimilation of Return Migration 1.2 Public Policy Implications of International Migration for Global Governance 1.3 Migrant Transnationalism and Family-based Migration 1.4 Globalized Economic Space, Transnationalism and Translocality 1.5 Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 1.6 On a National Level and Public Policy 1.7 Migrant’s Coping Strategies as Responses to Policies 1.8 Ritual Process, Community Development and De-alienation in Chinese Diasporic Communities 1.9 Chinese Ritual Performance as De-alienation 1.10 Ethnic Chinese Community Development as De-alienation 1.11 Return Migration, Social Action and Public Policy 1.12 Analytic Procedure and Aims of Study Chapter 2 The Hong Kong Study 2.1 Research Methods and Demographic Characteristics of Returnee Respondents in Hong Kong 2.2 Vignettes of Four Returnees 2.3 Factors Associated with Return Migration 2.4 Plight and Blight of the Mobile Migrants: Hidden Injuries of Global Mobility 2.5 Adjustment to Local Environment 2.6 Migrant Coping Strategies as Responses to Immigration Policies: Migrant’s Cost-and-Benefit Analysis 2.7 Suggestions to Other Returnees: Looking Beyond the Horizons of Costs and Benefits 2.8 What Will the Future Hold? 2.9 Some Reflections 2.10 Policy Recommendations to the Hong Kong Government Chapter 3 The Singapore Study 3.1 Research Methods and Demographic Characteristics of Returnee Respondents in Singapore 3.2 Evolution of Government Policies and Programs: Cost-and-Benefit Calculation in Historical Perspective 3.3 Government Programs and Initiatives Targeted at Overseas Singaporeans: The Long Arm of Global Capital Accumulation 3.4 The Balance Sheet of Migrating 3.5 Reasons for Return —- Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Recouping a Socio-economic-financial Stake 3.6 Preparation for Return 3.7 Returnees’ Problems and Dilemmas 3.8 Returnees’ Personal and Collective Strategies for Coping as Responses to Government Policies 3.9 Will They Stay or Leave? Migration Decision-making within a Cost-and-Benefit Framework 3.10 Some reflections 3.11 Policy Recommendations to the Singaporean Government Chapter 4 The Israel Study 4.1 Human Capital and Economic Growth in Israel: Successes and Dilemmas 4.2 Brain Drain and Cost-accounting of Human Capital Accumulation 4.3 What Causes the Israeli Brain Drain and Loss of Human Capital? 4.4 Factors Influencing Israelis’ Decision to Return 4.5 Brain Drain from Non-academic Sector: Two Stories 4.6 Development of Migration Policies—Costs and Benefits of Human Capital Growth 4.7 Dilemmas and Challenges of Current Migration Policies: Costs and Benefits of Global Innovative Knowledge Transfer 4.8 Evaluation of Migration Policies: Legitimatizing the “Unholy” Alliance of Brain Strain, Brain Gain and Brain Drain in the Migration Drama 4.9 Some Reflections Chapter 5 Conclusion 5.1 Comparing Public Policies on Return Migration 5.2 Toward a Universal Policy on Return Migrants and their Re-integration 5.3 In Reflection: Thinking Back and Forth, Back and Forth

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Book SynopsisThis valuable resource prepares graduate-level students in social work and other helping professions to provide integrated behavioral health services in community-based health and mental healthcare settings. Responding to the increasing prevalence of behavioral health issues in the general U.S. population and the resulting additional responsibilities for social workers and health professionals, this textbook describes the latest evidence-based practices and interventions for common behavioral health disorders as well as issues related to suicide, violence, substance use, and trauma. Detailed case studies help illustrate the effects of a range of interventions, inviting readers to consider how best to implement behavioral health assessment and treatment practices that are evidence-based, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented. In addition to outlining integrated behavioral health service models and assessment tools, chapters address specific topics such as: Public health approaches to addressing interpersonal violence Intersections of social, behavioral, and physical health Achieving recovery and well-being from behavioral health disorders Motivating clients to achieve and maintain recovery from addiction Stage-based treatments for substance use disorders Cognitive behavioral approaches to treating anxiety and depressive disorders Evidence-based approaches to treating the effects of trauma and PTSD Integrated Behavioral Health Practice equips graduate students and health professionals alike to provide sensitive and informed interprofessional care for patients and families while consistently engaging in practices that emphasize recovery and well-being.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Integrated Behavioral Health Service Models and Core Competencies.- Chapter 2. The Intersections of Social, Behavioral, and Physical Health.- Chapter 3. Models of Change and Well-being from Behavioral Health Disorders.- Chapter 4. Behavioral Health Screening and Assessment.- Chapter 5. Person-Centered Treatment Planning.- Chapter 6. Integrated Behavioral Health Approaches to Interpersonal Violence.- Chapter 7. Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Practice.- Chapter 8. Screening and Assessment for Depression and Anxiety Disorders.- Chapter 9. Brief Approaches to Treating Depression and Anxiety.- Chapter 10. Screening, Assessment, and Brief Interventions for Substance Use.- Chapter 11. Stage-Based Treatment Approaches for Substance Use Disorders.

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary book explores design theories, combining research from a range of fields including architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, industrial design, software engineering, environmental psychology, geography, anthropology, and sociology. Following an extensive review of the current literature, the author reveals eight major types of theory in design processes. The theories are classified as follows: Rational vs. Empiricist Theories, Procedural vs. Substantive Theories, Normative vs. Positive Theories, Design Scopes, Designers vs. People, Form and Space Creation Paradigms, Efficient Tools and Sources in the Design Process, and Place vs. Non-Place Theories. The respective design theories are illustrated with diagrams, tables and figures, condensing the content of over 140 essential theoretical texts that address various aspects of design processes. Given its scope, the book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, and to researchers and practitioners in design, urban planning, urban design, architecture, art, etc.Table of ContentsDesign Process Theories and Concepts.- Rational versus Empirical Theories.- Procedural versus Substantive Theories.- Normative versus Positive Theories.- Design Scopes.- Design Participation (Designers versus People Theories).- Paradigms in Form and Space Creation.- Efficient Tools and Sources in Design Process.- Place versus Non-Place Theories.

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a sociocultural, developmental and dialogical perspective to explore the constructive and interconnected nature of remembering and imagining. Conceived as cognitive-affective processes, both emerge at the border of the person and his or her socio-cultural world. Memory is approached as a functional adaption to the environment using the resources of the past in preparation for action in the present. Imagination is tightly related to memory in that both aim to escape the confines of the concrete here-and-now situation; however, while memory is primarily oriented to the past, imagination looks to the future. Both are embedded in the exchanges with the social and cultural milieu, and thus theorizing them has relied on key ideas from Lev Vygotsky, Frederic Bartlett and Mikhail Bakhtin. Thus, this book aims to integrate theories of remembering and imagining, through rich empirical studies in diverse cultural settings and concerning the development of self and identity. These two groups of studies compose the subparts that organize the book. Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction - Memory and imagination as meaning-making processes: A hint for a continuous dialogue Maria C.D.P. Lyra – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Brady Wagoner - Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Alicia Barreiro - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, National Scientific and Technical Research Council and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Subpart 1: Imagination and remembering in cultural settings Chapter 1. 2: The dynamics between remembering and imagining in school transitions: A study on fictional narratives Graciana Azevedo – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Maria Claudia Oliveira – Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brazil Giuseppina Marsico – Salerno University, Italy /Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Chapter 1. 3: Imagining and remembering in an educational context: An exploratory study Karina Moutinho – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Taciana Feitosa – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Candy E. Marques-Laurendon – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Chapter 1. 4.: The microgenetic analysis of remembering and imagining in the process of learning scientific concepts João T. R. Silva – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE),campus Caruaru, Brazil Maria C.D.P. Lyra – Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Brady Wagoner - Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Chapter 1. 5.: Remembering and forgetting: A crossroad between personal and collective experience Alicia Barreiro - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, National Scientific and Technical Research Council and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Inga Endsleff - Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark Chapter 1. 5.: Remembering and forgetting: A crossroad between personal and collective experience Marina A. Pinheiro - Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Jandson Ferreira da Silva – Instituto Federal do Ceará, Brazil Luca Tateo - University of Oslo, Norway and Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Subpart 2: Self-development and Identity Construction Chapter 2. 7.: Constructing continuity after ruptures: The role of “anticipatory recognition” in children’s self development Monica Roncancio-Moreno - Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia Elsa de Mattos - Universidade Católica do Salvador, Bahia/Brasil Chapter 2. 8.: Dynamics between past, present and future: the role of constructive imagination in a musician-teacher’s life trajectory Angela Branco – Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brazil Tatiana Valerio – Instituto Federal de Pernambuco, Campus Belo Jardim, Brazil Chapter 2. 9.: Being in the world; the ACT of making and striking out personal self-constructions Elisa Krause-Kjær - associate researcher at Aalborg University Denmark and psychologist at Educational Psychological Services (EPS), Denmark Chapter 2. 10.: Co-constructing the past and the future in times of uncertainty. Students’ positions during the Brazilian teachers’ strike in 2012 Gabriel Fortes Cavalcanti de Macêdo - Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Ignacio Brescó de Luna (Aalborg University) – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España

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Book SynopsisThis volume is comprised of contributions to the 67th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, which brought together various research disciplines such as psychology, education, health sciences, natural resources, environmental studies to investigate the ways in which nature influences cognition, health, human behavior, and well-being. The symposium is positioned to explore two proposed mechanisms in the most depth: 1) the psycho-evolutionary theory of stress recovery and 2) Attention Restoration Theory. The contributions in the volume represent research guided by both of these posited mechanisms, rigorously examine these theories and processes, and share methodological innovations that can be utilized across programs of research. This volume will be of great interest to researchers on natural environments, practitioners and clinicians working with an environmental lens at the intersection of psychology, social work, education and the health sciences, as well as researchers and students in environmental and conservation psychology. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Nature and Attention.- Chapter 3. The Natural-Built Distinction in Environmental Preference and Restoration: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Explanations.- Chapter 4. An Environmental Neuroscience Perspective on the Benefits of Nature.- Chapter 5. Nature and Restoration: Beyond the Conventional Narrative.- Chapter 6. Knowing Nature in Childhood: Learning and Wellbeing through Engagement with the Natural World.- Chapter 7. The natural environment as a resilience factor: Nature’s role as a buffer of the effects of risk and adversity.- Chapter 8. Perceiving ‘Natural’ Environments: An Ecological Perspective with Reflections on the Chapters.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides in-depth analysis of the historical, philosophical, anthropological, political and neurobiological reinforcements of fear and the role of fear-on-fear interactions in the construction and maintenance of systems. This text will help systems appreciate the profound, pervasive and deleterious role fear has played in the establishment of laws, policies and practices, and explore what systems can do to reduce fear and prioritize safety and healing. Right now we are dealing with hard truths: human suffering runs deep and is universal; trauma is ubiquitous and widespread; racism is real and has profound psychological, physical, political, social and economic implications; and the world is hurting and needs healing. Many are curious about where and when healing will commence, who will facilitate it and what it will look and feel like. Healing comes in this order: safety, truth and then reconciliation. When we know better, we can (or should) certainly do better. This book offers a framework for how to effectively begin to deconstruct systemic fear, prioritize safety, reduce needless suffering and move toward optimal healing and sustained change. Table of ContentsChapter 1. The ecosystem of fear - predator and prey which involves maintenance of hierarchy and ecosystems and survival/survival of the fittest.- Chapter 2. A historical and philosophical perspective: the role of fear in the founding of the United States.- Chapter 3. The role of fear in politics and policies.- Chapter 4. Exploring fear and poverty .- Chapter 5. An education system shaped by fear .- Chapter 6. The intersection of fear, trauma and racism.- Chapter 7. Fear on fear interactions between law enforcement and chronically marginalized communities .- Chapter 8. Fear and Housing.- Chapter 9. Fear and Healthcare.- Chapter 10. COVID- 19 and fear .- Chapter 11. Now that fear has been identified, where do systems go from here? How do systems reconcile and honor truth?

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Book SynopsisJaan Valsiner has made numerous contributions to the development of psychology over the last 40 years. He is internationally recognized as a leader and innovator within both developmental psychology and cultural psychology, and has received numerous prizes for his work: the Alexander von Humboldt prize, the Hans Killian prize, and the Outstanding International Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association. Having taught at Universities in Europe, Asia and north and south America, he is currently Niels Bohr professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. This book is the first to discuss in detail the different sides of Valsiner’s thought, including developmental science, semiotic mediation, cultural transmission, aesthetics, globalization of science, epistemology, methodology and the history of ideas. The book provides an overview, evaluation and extension of Valsiner’s key ideas for the construction of a dynamic cultural psychology, written by his former students and colleagues from around the world.Table of Contents1. Introduction—Brady Wagoner, Bo Allesøe Christiansen, Carolin Demuth Part I. Rethinking the History of Psychology 2. Valsiner and van der Veer: A case of intellectual interdependency—Rene van der Veer 3. Jaan Valsiner: A Ganzheitspsychologist?—Rainer Diriwächter 4. The Self inside Us: Biologism, internalization, quantification and science—Martin Dege 5. Rising up to humanity: Towards a cultural psychology of Bildung—Svend Brinkmann Part II. Developmental Science in the Making 6. The dynamics of agency and context in human development: Holism revisited—Nancy Budwig 7. Forever feeding forward—Tania Zittoun 8. The construction of generalized knowledge: First essay on abbreviation—Maria C.D.P. Lyra 9. The concept of Irreversible Time—Dany Boulanger 10. The trajectory of Jaan Valsiner’s Thought— James Wertsch 11. The bounded indeterminancy of tradition— Lívia Mathias Simão Part III. The Semiotic Mind 14. A stroll through the birthplace of signs—Carlos Cornejo 15. Expansive and restrictive semiosis—Alex Gillespie 16. Hypergeneralized affective-semiotic fields: The generative power of a construct—Angela Branco 17. Unfolding semiosis: The field of mediated activity— Maria-Cécile Bertau Part IV. Cultural Transmission and Transformation 12. Culture as a creative process—Vlad Glaveanu 13. The Carnivalesque pedagogy: Jaan as a pedagogist?!—Kyoko Murakami 14. Overcoming the binary logic of biculturalism—Elke Murdock 15. Sense of belonging in the context of migration—Isabel Albert & Stephanie Barros 16. Political plasticity and culture—Fathali M. Moghaddam V. Aesthetics in Culture and Mind 23. Aesthetic Notes on Ornamented Lives— Robert Innis 24. Pleromatization: Bringing psychology closer to human experience—Hroar Klempe & Olga Lehman 25. The Vorbild of Donor Portraits and Cultural Psychology— Lucas Mazur 26. Poetic Genesis: Intimacy as a special form of boundary dynamics—Emily Abbey & Ana Cecilia Bastos 27. The fabric of (faked) behaviors shows in theater rehearsals— Alberto Rosa VI. Psychology as a Global Science 27. Local ideas for a global science— Nandita Chaudhary 28. From cross-cultural psychology towards a collective culture of general psychology— Pernille Hviid & Jacob Waag-Villadsen 29. The relationalism of Jaan Valsiner —Danilo Silva Guimarães 30. Jaan Valsiner, creator of opportunities for cultural ecology—Xiaowen Li, Shuangshuang Xu and Aruna Wu VII. Epistemological Foundations of Psychology 33. The science of psyche: Jaan Valsiner’s way at the frontiers—Aaro Toomela 34. Ideas and challenges for cultural psychology— Sergio Salvatore 35. Action-theoretical cultural psychology and the decentred subject— Jürgen Straub 36. Valsiner on Facts: making cultural practices explicit—Bo A. Christensen 37. Bridging: Some personal reflections— Jens Mammen VIII. Innovating Methodology 38. Method as Process— Mariann Märtsin 39. Catalysis in cultural psychology: Its past and future— Zack Beckstead 40. The Catalytic powers of psychoanalytic thought models—Erik Stänicke and Tobias Lindstad 41. Interpersonal psychoanalysis as a culturally unique field— Philip Rosenbaum 42. From ‘I-AM’ to ‘WE-AM’ predicates— Kevin Carriere 43. Trajectory equifinality approach— Tatsuya Sato, Teppei Tsuchimoto, Yasuda Yuko, and Ayae Kido IX. Concluding Comments 43. Jaan Valsiner

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Book SynopsisCraftsmanship provides an insight into an inherently human dimension of work resulting from our immersion in an occupation or profession. The present book illustrates and defines the vital, social, aesthetic, and ethical dimensions involved in craftsmanship, which rejects a dissociation between handwork and wit, or between action and thought. This also contrasts with the neglect contemporary psychology has shown toward craftsmanship and its reduction to mere ‘human factors.’ Drawing on artistry as an emblem, the present account conveys that skilful action can only be renewed in a cycle involving both the personal and the transgenerational. There is little doubt in psychological and anthropological literature that the current global crises cannot be separated from social predicaments; namely, from the commodification of craftsmanship. In this book, the development of skilful action attests to a fundamental involvement required to sustainably perpetuate human endeavours. The role of expressivity in reappropriating technical activity is key in showing the continuous revaluation of our ethics and aesthetics of work, practice, and creation. The overall arc of the volume shows a movement from responsivity to responsibility. In short, if we are to reformulate our relationship to work and craft, we need to see through our responsibility in technique. The particularities of craftsmanship described here aim to contribute to such reformulation.Table of Contents1 The vitality of skill1.1 Skill as sprezzatura 1.2 When did skilfull action lose its way in psychology? 1.3 Skill and expressivity 1.4 A note on the developmental character of skill 1.5 The path to follow References 2 Physiognomy in motion 2.1 Form, repetition and variation 2.2 Motifs as promoters of cohesion in variation 2.3 The physiognomic character of perception 2.4 The intermodal organization of perception 2.5 The chiasma between affect and form-giving 2.6 From kinetics to kineasthetics References 3 Expressivity and skill motifs 3.1 Expressivity 3.2 Stylistics 3.3 Reprises in skill 3.4 Apprenticeship motifs References 4 Technical rhythms and harmonies 4.1 Eurhythmy in technique 4.2 Reprises in the study of techniques 4.3 The expressivity of musical instruments and luthiery 4.4 Eurythmic reticulates 4.5 The limits of expressivity and the lifecycle of techniques References 5 Sprezzatura. Craftsmanship at work 5.1 Sprezzatura 5.2 Mistakes, play and leisure 5.3 The craftsperson and the community 5.4 Workmanship in light of craftmanship 5.5 Back to psychological issues References

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a selection of theoretical reflections, empirical researches and professional experiences to showcase the increasing production of psychological studies in rural contexts developed in Latin America in recent years. Psychology’s tradition of science and eminently urban profession has produced a void of reflections and approaches on important actors of the societies that constitute their existence in rural contexts and in relation – whether of integration, conflicts and contradictions – with urban agents. But a new generation of psychologists are turning their attention to rural contexts, especially in Latin America. This volume aims to present a selection of these psychological studies and interventions developed in rural contexts from a psychosocial and interdisciplinary perspective, developed together with various social actors who live and work in rural spaces, that have an important relationship with land and nature both in terms of the elaboration of their history, the production of their subjectivities and identity ties with the territory, and the engagement in struggles for the right to land and for public policies that guarantee access to education and health services, technical assistance and infrastructure for its working activities. The book is divided in five parts, each one dedicated to a dimension of psychosocial studies and interventions in rural contexts: theoretical approaches; mental health and rural populations; social movements, communities and resistance practices; gender relations and subjectivation processes; and environment and sustainability. Chapters in each axis prioritize reports of experiences and research conducted with participatory approaches, producing new perspectives and reflections that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of psychology, both regionally and globally.Table of ContentsPART I - INTRODUCTION 1. Psychology and Rural Contexts: Psychosocial Dialogues 2. Rural Psychology: Literature Review, Reasons for its Need, and Challenges PART II - MENTAL HEALTH AND RURAL POPULATIONS 3. Working with Use of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs in Rural Communities 4. Racially Stigmatized Populations, Necropolitics and Mental Health in Rural Contexts 5. Psychology in Rural Contexts: An Experience of Mental Health Specialized Support to Family Health Teams 6. Suicide in The Inỹ Population: Between the Spell and The Disarrangement of "Desire" 7. Alcohol, Drugs and Indigenous Communities: Report of a Psychosocial Intervention 8. For a Non-Parasitic Life: Resistance and Creation in Rural Communities of Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil PART III - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, COMMUNITIES AND RESISTANCE PRACTICES 9. Sense of Us in the Face of the Pandemic: A Psychosocial and Community Approach 10. Quilombola Communities in Brazil: Advances and Struggles in The Face of Setbacks Experienced in The Current Neoliberal Scenario 11. Artisanal Fishing Work: The Aesthetics of Art and Ethics of The Common 12. Urban and Rural Articulations in an Agro-Ecological Space in the Brazilian Northeast 13. ‘The Work That Makes One Live Alive’: The Meanings of Work for Rural Settlers PART IV - GENDER RELATIONS AND SUBJECTIVATION PROCESSES 14. Poverty and Social Support: An Analysis of Women Living in Rural Communities 15. Women in Movement and The Reinvention of Existence: Political Action, Agency and Subjectivation Processes 16. Indigenous Women as Political Subjects in Brazil 17. Decolonial Understandings of Young Homosexual Rural Men’s Ways of Life: Insurgencies and Disobediences PART V - ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY 18. Rural Territories and Life Production: approaches from Environmental Psychology 19. Assembly of the Knowledge Landscape: A Social Technology for Health Care and The Enhancement of The Way of Life in Amazonian Riverine Communities 20. Human-Wildlife Interactions and Rural Environmental Psychology in Mexico 21. Transitioning Ruralities: Migration Processes and Emerging Socioenvironmental Spaces

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Book SynopsisThis Open Access book presents a multidisciplinary perspective to increase our understanding of climate policies that are rooted in the natural moral inclinations of people, families and firms. Which policies prevent a widening gap between higher and lower educated people? Which policy instruments are there, and how could they be used? What is the role of free entrepreneurship?In this book, academics from different fields have brought together their knowledge and expertise to reflect on the following three questions: How are the polarised positions on climate change of different groups related to their moral outlook, world view, tradition, cultural norms and values? What is a good distribution of responsibilities between firms, households and the government relating to climate change? What are possible avenues where the climate policies are a natural extension of moral inclinations of families and firms, such as the stewardship for the natural environment and the climate? This book will be of interest to policy and decision-makers, students of social and behavioural sciences, and those interested climate change policies and how this effects our livesTable of ContentsIntroduction into the project with the Martens Centre (policy institute of the European People’s Party) about climate change. 1. Policing or policies: Warming the middle class to the climate (Introduction) Arjen Siegmann, VU Amsterdam, NL 2. Perceptions of catastrophic risks Wouter Botzen, VU Amsterdam, NL 3. Determinants of belief in climate change. David Leiser, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Israel & Pascal Wagner-Egger, University of Fribourg, Germany 4. Apollo projects as amplification strategies Hans von Storch, University of Hamburg, Germany 5. Redefining the concept of profit in view of the circular economy Jan Gooijer, VU Amsterdam, NL 6. Follow the Joy. Looking for a better opponent to face greed in the fight for the Earth Karl Kepler 7. Sharing the waste: Shared responsibility of firms and government in recycling Sytske Wijnsma, University of Cambridge, UK 8. The green challenge for central banks and households Dirk Schoenmaker, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL 9. The long and dark shadow of (some) white swans Francisco Estrada, Boston University, USA

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Book SynopsisThe Caribbean and Oceania are understudied areas from a psychological perspective, and this book is designed to fill that knowledge gap. In addition to diverse, rich cultural traditions and abundant economic opportunity for some, these regions also reflect the challenges of modernity, including crime, poverty, ethnic tensions, adaptations to climate change, and disparities in health, education, and access to care. With contributions from noted psychologists in the Caribbean and Oceania, as well as experts from around the globe, this book provides nuanced examination of significant psychological issues in nations such as Fiji, Guyana, Belize, Haiti, Jamaica, and more. Psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals with an interest in this part of the world, will find this volume a rich resource, as will those generally interested in the relationship between culture and psychology. This book takes you on an outstanding journey of what is occurring in cultural psychology in the 21st century. It addresses the abundance of each nation through a transformational lens of current practices in psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone interested in sailing the high seas connecting the present with the endless possibilities of those who dare to journey into the waters of a divine future.”- Florence Denmark, Past-President, American Psychological Association "Chock full of expert knowledge and insights, Psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean is an indispensable resource for psychologists. A must-read that will expand your understanding of life in these regions and beyond! “- Pamela A. Hays, PhD, Author of Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice "This is a breath-taking book in its coverage of the uniquely endowed psychology worlds of Oceania and the Caribbean. Now that Dr. Rich, Dr. Ramkumar, and colleagues have produced this awesome book volume on the cultural psychology of the rim water nations, I have a palpable sense of relief from their having addressed a huge gap in cultural psychology scholarship. This volume opens hitherto undreamed of opportunities for further studies on cultural practices in psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean!”- Elias Mpofu, PhD, DE.D, CRC, MAPS, Professor of Health Sciences at the University of North Texas, Honorary Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney and Executive Board member of the Australian Psychological Society’s Rehabilitation Psychology Interest Group"This book represents a vital exploration into the purpose and practice of Psychology in island nations. It is a welcome compilation of academic writings from sociocultural perspectives within Oceania and the Caribbean and serves as a landmark account of the unique forces shaping the development and evolution of Psychology in these states." - Gerard Hutchinson MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoTable of ContentsPreface 1. Psychology in Paradise: Perspectives from Oceania and the Caribbean: An Overview Chapter - Grant J. Rich & Neeta A. Ramkumar Section: Psychology in the South Pacific 2. Psychology in Polynesia 3. Psychology in Hawaii and American Samoa – Anthony Marsella (U. Hawai’i) (tentative) 4. Psychology in New Zealand- B Kennedy and B Stiles-Smith (Massey University) 5. Psychology in Melanesia 6. Psychology in Fiji - Neeta A. Ramkumar 7. Psychology in New Caledonia (France) 8. Psychology in Papua New Guinea 9. Psychology in Micronesia Section: Psychology in the Caribbean 10. Psychology in the French speaking Caribbean 11 Psychology in Haiti - Wismick Jean-Charles and Grant J. Rich 12. Psychology in the Dutch speaking Caribbean 13. Psychology in the Spanish speaking Caribbean 14. Psychology in Puerto Rico- Irene López (Kenyon College) 15. Psychology in Cuba Psychology in the Dominican Republic 16. Psychology in the Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean- Donna-Maria Maynard, Mia Jules, & Suriya Daya (University of the West Indies) 17. Psychology in Jamaica 18. Psychology in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago- Jaipaul L. Roopnarine (Syracuse U.) 19. Psychology in Belize- Grant J. Rich (Walden University) Section: Conclusion 20. Conclusion: Past, Present, and Future of Psychology in Paradise

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the work of psychological illusionist Derren Brown to understand the significance of storytelling and ancient philosophy in our society. Reflecting on the social disconnection and political polarisation of recent times, Darren Kelsey considers how we can rebuild a sense of collective cohesion and common good, weaving together contemporary psychology with ancient Stoicism to cut through the noise of modern life. Kelsey shows that Brown is more than a stage performer: he’s an enlightened magician who offers us guidance for navigating the challenges life throws at us, using his skills and wisdom to help us better understand ourselves and enable human flourishing. In this rigorous examination of Brown’s work, Kelsey makes a compelling case for paying closer attention to our personal, cultural and political stories and beliefs to help create a better future – for ourselves, our communities, and the planet.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Narrative Building Machines.Mythmaking and Popular Culture.Private Hallucinations.A Conjuror’s Story.A Serendipitous Discovery.Collective States of Mind.The Analytical Approach of This Book.The Structure of This Book.Stories for a Better Future.Bibliography.2. The Archetypal Magician.Transformational Spaces.The Stage Magician.The Enlightened Magician.The Shadow Magician.Trust and Authenticity.Stories, Memories and Experiences.Our Chattering Selves.Scepticism of Our Stories.Bibliography.3. Street Philosophy and the Stoics.Philosophy for Flourishing.The Dichotomy of Control.Purpose, Responsibility and Society.Actions over Outcomes.Learning and Growing.Life Skills and Lessons.Fate and Fortune.Stillness, Egos and Obstacles.Habitual Humans.Perceptions and Stories.Inner and Outer Worlds.Emotions and Reactions.Domesticate Your Emotions.Taking Back Control.The Unlived Lives of Our Parents.Freedom to Flourish.That Fraudster Feeling.Hindsight and Reflection.Bibliography.4. Self-Help and Popular Culture.An Antidote to the Self-Help Industry.Strategic Pessimism.The Verb of Happiness.Our Protestant Past.The Law of Attraction.Blame and Failure.Kicking and Screaming.Self-Help and Celebrity.The Conor McGregor Story.Narrative, Ego and Persona.The Outer World of Fame and Fortune.Paradoxical Mindsets.Trials and Tribulations.Bibliography.5. Angels and Demons.We Want Heroes, Not Gods.Welcome to the Dark Side.Social Compliance.Handing over Authorship.Conforming in Cahoots.Can We Push Back?.Hero Mentality.Hero’s Journey.If the World Ended Tomorrow.Negative Visualisation.Taking Responsibility.Compassion, Empathy and Leadership.Gratitude and Selflessness.More Than Just a Dream.Steven’s Homecoming.The Wizard of Oz.Transcendence and Individuation.Jung, Socrates and the Stoics.Compassion, Love and Empathy.Bibliography.6. Beyond Them-And-Us.The Rise of Tribalism.In These Divided Times.The Politics of Fear.Place and Belonging.The Overview Effect.Connection and Empathy.Expanding Phil’s Oikeiōsis.A Hero’s Calling.Dialogue Between Sides.Fate and Perspective.Beyond Madness and Badness.The Human Problem.Ethical Cosmopolitanism.The Quest for Complexity.Bibliography.7. Reflections and Transformations.Collective Reflections.Getting to Know Our Shadows.Introspection and Transformation.One Team, Many Stories.The Changing World of Work.A Secular Void?.Filling the Secular Void.Transformative Philosophy.Communal Connections.Transformative Mythologies.Towards a Modern Monomyth.The Collective Journey.Stories to Save the World.Collective Weaving Machines.Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook will familiarize readers with some of the most pressing solidarity and social justice issues in contemporary societies. Ongoing and emerging inequalities along the lines of gender, age, socio-economic status, ethnic background, and sexual orientation challenge the solidarity underlying societies, resulting in complex questions of social justice. Moreover, several global challenges, such as digitalization, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic challenge solidarity and social justice in new ways. How do societies respond to these enduring, growing or changing inequalities? Do these challenges lead to an expansion or an erosion of solidarity, in an 'us versus them' rhetoric? And to what extent do societies differ in their social justice values and hence the acceptance of social inequality? Taking a sociological, psychological, and political philosophical approach to these topics, this book offers state-of-the art theoretical and empirical contributions from globally-recognized scholars in sociology, psychology, and political philosophy, providing a unique interdisciplinary approach to understanding solidarity and social justice in response to social inequalities in contemporary European societies.Table of ContentsSection I Introduction. 1 Why Solidarity and Social Justice Still Matter Today. Introduction. Key Concepts in the Book. Outline of the Book. Glossary. References. Section II Theoretical Perspectives on Solidarity and Social Justice. 2 Who We Are and Who We Choose to Help (or Not): An. Introduction to Social Identity Theory. Introduction. A Brief Introduction to Social Identity Theory. How Can Social Identities Encourage Intergroup Animosity and Resistance to Social Change?. How Can Social Identities Facilitate Intergroup Solidarity and Social Change?. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 3 Understanding Solidarity in Society: Triggers and Barriers for In and Outgroup Solidarity. Introduction. Forms of Solidarity: To Whom Do We Owe?. Social Justice: What Do We Owe?. Macro−/Meso-level Solidarity: Sociological Ideas About Social Justice and Solidarity. Micro-level Solidarity: Psychological Ideas on Solidarity. Conclusion: Social Justice and Solidarity. Glossary. References. 4 Social Justice and the Justification of Social Inequalities. Introduction. What Is a Just Distribution of Burdens and Benefits?. How Can We Create a Just Decision-Making Process?. Who Is Included in Our Justice Judgments?. How Do People Justify Injustice and Inequalities?. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 5 The Philosophy of Social Justice and Welfare Provision: Towards Capacitating Solidarity. Introduction. The Good Polity: From T.H. Marshall to John Rawls. The Good Life: From the Means of Economic Security to the Ends of Human Flourishing. ‘Stepping-Stone’ Solidarity to Complement ‘Robin Hood’ and ‘Piggy-Bank’ Social Security. Conclusion: The Correlates of the Good Life in the Good Polity. Glossary. References. 6 Who Should Get What and Why? Insights from Welfare Deservingness Theory. Introduction. The Welfare Deservingness Model. Individual and Contextual Differences in Deservingness Opinions. Conclusion. Glossary. References. Section III An Empirical Overview of Social Inequalities Across Societal Fault Lines. 7 Gender Stereotypes: What Are They and How Do They Relate to Social Inequality?. Introduction. Where Do Gender Stereotypes Come From and How Are They Reinforced?. Gender Stereotypes and Social Inequality. Promoting Gender Equality. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 8 Gender Inequality: Perceptions of Fairness and Justice. Introduction. Gender Inequality in Housework, Care Work, and Paid Employment. A Social Justice Framework for Understanding Gender Inequality. Empirical Example: Accepting Unfair Arrangements at Work. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 9 Modern Ageism and Age Stereotyping. Introduction. Age-Related Stereotypes. Stereotype Origins. Consequences of Stereotypes. Countering Modern Ageism. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 10 Is the Intergenerational Social Contract Under Pressure?.-Studying Age Cleavages in Attitudes Towards Government Support for the Young and the Old. Introduction. Age and Attitudes Towards Welfare Provision for the Young and the Old. Data and Methodology. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 11 How to Study and Understand Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health. Introduction. Defining and Measuring Socioeconomic Position. Intersectionality, Self-Perceived SEP, and Stereotypes. Consequences of SEP for Health and Well-Being. Battling Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health and Well-Being. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 12 Deservingness and Socio-Economic Cleavages. Introduction. Deservingness theory and Socio-Economic Differences. Deservingness perceptions in Slovenia and Germany. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 13 They Take Away Our Jobs! They Undermine Our National Culture! Public Perceptions of Immigrants and Their Consequences for Solidarity Across Ethnic Boundaries. Introduction. Are They Friendly and Competent? Stereotypes of Immigrants. Stereotypes as Barriers for Inter-Ethnic Solidarity in the Context of Immigration. Host Society Members’ Perceptions of Economic and Cultural Threats. Threat Perceptions as Barriers for Host Society’s Solidarity with Immigrants. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 14 Welfare Chauvinism: Are Immigrants Granted Access to Welfare State Benefits?. Introduction. Welfare Chauvinism in Relation to the Welfare Deservingness Literature. Explanations of Welfare Chauvinism. Incidence of Welfare Chauvinism. Welfare Chauvinism: EU Versus Non-EU Immigrants and Different Welfare State Domains. Immigrants Themselves on Welfare State Access. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 15 Sexual Orientation as Social Justice Fault Line: The Role of Stigmatised Identities and Minority Community Solidarity in Social Inequalities in Wellbeing. Introduction. Social Inequality Affecting Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People. Social Stigma, Minority Stress and Wellbeing of LGB People. Solidarity to Achieve Social Justice for LGB People. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 16 Perceptions of Deservingness: Civil and Social Rights for Same-Sex Families. Introduction. Civil and Social Rights of Same-Sex Families Within the EU: The Debate. The Current Study: Data and Methods. Results. Civil and Social Rights of Citizens Who Move Within the EU. Conclusion. Glossary. References. Section IV Global Challenges to Solidarity and Social Justice. 17 Leaving No One Behind: Climate Change as a Societal Challenge for Social Justice and Solidarity. Introduction. Environmental Justice in Reaction to Climate Change. Individual Behaviour in Climate Change Mitigation. Beyond the Motivation for Sustainable Behaviour. Sustainability Transitions: Challenges for Solidarity and Social Justice. Glossary. References. 18 Digitalisation of Public Services as a Challenge to Social Justice. Introduction. Digitalisation of Public Services Provision. Social Justice and the Digital Divide. Conclusion. Glossary. References. 19 The Covid-19 Pandemic and Societal Challenges to Solidarity and Social Justice: Consequences for Vulnerable Groups. Introduction. Inequalities in the Prevalence and Severity of COVID-19. Inequalities in the Impact of Measures to Curb COVID-19. Challenges to Solidarity and Social Justice During the Ongoing Pandemic. Conclusion. Glossary. References. Section V Conclusions. 20 Understanding Solidarity and Social Justice: Barriers that Remain. Introduction. Key Conclusions About Solidarity and Social Justice. Solidarity, and Social Justice in a Changing World?. References.

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Book SynopsisThis book is an up-to-date compendium of knowledge on the secret language of close relationships, namely nonverbal routes of communication. In close relationships, as everyone learns sooner or later, the usefulness of words can be somewhat limited, because people (a) mean different things by the same words, (b) mean the same thing by different words, (c) sometimes find it hard to express their feelings in words, and (d) lie. Nonverbal signals therefore often provide the best means of communication. The book points out how decoding (interpreting) nonverbal signals is a major key to success, because often what people say wholly belies how they feel—nonverbal signals reveal their true feelings rather than what they want other people to think their feelings are. This book helps decode those secret signals. The book is written by the leading worldwide experts in the field of nonverbal communication to ensure accuracy, comprehensiveness, and timeliness.Table of Contents1. Interpersonal Oculesics: Eye-Related Signals of Attraction, Interest, and Connection.2. Communication and Communal Emotions in the Learning of Love.3. The Role of Nonverbal Communication in Leadership Skills.4.The Look of Love: Evolution and Nonverbal Signs and Signals of Attraction.5. Love Signals and the Reproductive Force.6. The Verbal and Nonverbal Communication of Romantic Interest.7. Misunderstood Non-verbal Cues in Close Relationships: Contributions of Research Over Opinions.8. What Words Don’t Tell Us: Non-verbal Communication and Turmoil in Romantic Relationships.9. Negative Emotions, Facial Clues, and Close Relationships: Facing the End?.10. Love in the Time of COVID-19: What We Can Learn About Non-verbal Behaviour from Living with a Pandemic.11. Non-verbal communication: From good endings to better beginnings.12. The Functions and Consequences of Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships.13. Nonverbal Skills in Relationships: Too Little or Too Much May Be a Bad Thing.14. Non-verbal Communication in Relationships as a Link between Affect and Social Intelligence.

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Book SynopsisThis book uncovers the current knowledge on entrepreneurial cultures and the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems between Asia and Europe. Broadening the scope spatially and conceptually, the book discusses the entrepreneurial ecosystems as a system and mediator in their cultural, political, and socio-economic settings in an interdisciplinary approach. This allows a clearer perspective on stakeholders' interaction, international collaboration and competition, power relations, and political influence. The various chapters in this edited volume cover the peculiarities and differences in Asia, Europe, and Eurasia with the New Silk Road (or Belt and Road Initiative) as the bridging component. The chapters, written for researchers and policy makers interested in Asian-European cooperation, also include discussions on economic systems, globalization, and regionalization, politics, cultures, and digitalization. Table of ContentsIntroducing Central Questions in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Across Cultures and Regions.- Entrepreneurship in China: Autoethnographic Insights into a Pulsating Entrepreneurial Society.- Institutional Differences and Opportunity Exploitation: A Comparison of Managerial Ties Utilization in Asia and Europe.- Total Incomprehension: Why Entrepreneurs from Europe Do Not Understand China: And It Is Getting Worse.- Economic Reactions to Global Development Strategies: Mapping Public Discourse in Germany on China’s Belt and Road Initiative.- A Comparison of Entrepreneurial Culture in Germany and China.- South Korea’s Startup Ecosystem.- Peculiarities of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in the Caucasus Countries: The Case of Georgia.- Connecting Asia and Europe: Opportunities and Barriers for Knowledge-Oriented Regional Development in Central Asia.- Vietnam and Thailand: Southeast Asian Prospects for Corporate Cultures and Ecosystems in an Asian Century.- The Role of Strategic Alliances in Developing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of ICV Industry: The Case of NIO Inc.- Agile at Scale Adoption: New Perspectives from a Solely Remote Environment.- Why and How Place Matters.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the operationalization of community resilience in the United Kingdom (UK) in connection with severe floods. Written for early academic professionals, students, and community practitioners, it investigates the educational and practical meaning and application of community resilience using a UK-centric local-level case study. Exploring the perceptions of both those who have been affected by a natural hazard and those who have not, the book reveals how trust, community resources, and neighborhood security can offer effective ways of bringing communities together after a natural hazard. The author introduces the topic of community resilience as it applies to disasters in Chapter 1 and its implications for securing and improving the wellbeing of disaster-affected communities in Chapters 2 and 3. In Chapter 4, the lessons learned contributing to the available information and research on community resilience are reviewed. Finally, the author offers recommendations and outlines future directions in coping with the uncertainty and insecurity caused by natural hazards in Chapter 5.Table of Contents1. What is community resilience? How does it apply to coping with uncertainty caused by disasters?.- 2. What do disaster-affected communities say about community resilience? How do specific communities think and apply community resilience?.- 3. What do high flood-risk areas of the UK understand about community resilience?.- 4. How do the elements of community resilience relate to the Negative Outcomes of Flooding? Lessons for coping with uncertainty and future security.- 5. Recommendations to improve community flood security through community resilience approaches.

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