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Rivers Oram Press The Lesser Evil and the Greater Good: Theory and
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University College Dublin Press The Society of Individuals
Book SynopsisPhilosophers and social scientists have for decades - centuries even - tied themselves in knots over the supposed problem of 'individual' versus 'society', and its offshoots such as 'agency' and 'structure'. Elias shows the falsity of problem, which ought to be easily resolved by thinking in terms of processes extending over the generations - though in practice the baleful influence of philosophy leads to its constant resurrection. "The Society of Individuals" consists of three essays, the first written in 1939, the second dating from the 1940s and 1950s, and the third a final reflection composed in 1987 only three years before Elias' death. In each, Elias takes the discussion to a new level, demonstrating that individualisation is an inherent component of the personal socialisation process and of inter-generational civilising processes, exploding the myth of the 'We-less ego', and introducing important conceptual innovations, including 'I-identity' versus 'We-identity' and the 'We-I balance'.Trade Review'The enterprise of publishing the collected works of Norbert Elias under the editorship of Richard Kilminster and Stephen Mennell by University College Dublin Press is an extremely important contribution to the contemporary intellectual and academic scene. Norbert Elias was one of the most original minds in the human and social sciences in the 20th century - his work covers not only a very broad range of sociological topics starting with his classical The Civilising Process and later The Court Society, but also many topics ranging from sociology of knowledge to sociology of sport and analysis of historical processes; the broad philosophical problems, such as the idea of the place of the progress of symbolic dimensions in social life. This is really a monumental enterprise, very worthwhile and very constructive, presenting a great challenge to the contemporary intellectual and academic scene - and UCD Press should be congratulated in undertaking this enterprise.' S. N. Eisenstadt Jerusalem, 24 July 2008 'Too easily the editors and readers of Books Ireland take it as given that Irish publishers' books are mostly about Ireland or by Irish writers. We wish it were not so because we think our publishers are of world class, and a shining exception and exemplar is this series of eighteen volumes of the life's work in English - some of his work was written in German - of Elias (1897-1990) whose major theme was the theory of civilising processes - Norbert is very interesting on the subject as well as on the dynamics of sports, social (and especially male) bonding, violence and football hooliganism. These books are in the very best tradition of design, with acid-free paper, sewn bindings, cloth boards, coloured endpapers, spine labels and acetate jackets.' Books Ireland Nov 08 'monumental series of the writings of Norbert Elias, regarded as one of the outstanding European thinkers and sociologists of the twentieth century - The books are handsomely produced in decent uniform bindings, each with an introductory essay and notes on the text.' Books Ireland October 2009Table of ContentsNorbert Elias (1897-1990); Note on the text; Preface; Part I: The Society of Individuals (1939); Part II: Problems of self-consciousness and the image of man (1940s-1950s): Wishful and fearful self-images of humans as individuals and of society; The thinking statues individualisation in the social process; Part III: Changes in the we-I balance (1987); Appendix I: Rainer Maria Rilke, 'The Book of Pilgrimage'; Appendix II: Two poems by Goethe; Appendix III: Power struggles and the concepts of 'state' and 'society'; Appendix IV: Migration and the conflict of generations; Bibliography; Index.
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BenBella Books Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games
Book SynopsisIn family rooms across America, millions of children and teenagers are playing video games, such as Call of Duty, Halo, and Grand Theft Auto, roaming violent virtual worlds--with virtual guns in their hands. In what sometimes seems like an increasingly violent world, it's only natural to worry about the effects of all this pixelated gore. But is that concern misplaced? Authors and psychologists Patrick M. Markey and Christopher J. Ferguson say it is. The media and politicians have been sounding the alarm for years, and with every fresh tragedy involving a young perpetrator comes another flurry of articles about the dangers of violent media. The problem is this: Their fear isn't supported by the evidence. In fact, unlike the video game--trained murder machines depicted in the press, school shooters are actually less likely to be interested in violent games than their peers. In reality, most well-adjusted children and teenagers play violent video games, all without ever exhibiting violent behavior in real life. What's more, spikes in sales of violent games actually correspond to decreased rates of violent crime. If that surprises you, you're not alone--the national dialogue on games and violence has been hopelessly biased. But that's beginning to change. Scholars are finding that not only are violent games not one of society's great evils, they may even be a force for good. In Moral Combat, Markey and Ferguson explore how video games--even the bloodiest--can have a positive impact on everything from social skills to stress, and may even make us more morally sensitive. Tracing the rise of violent games from arcades to online deathmatches, they have spent years on the front lines of the video game debate and now offer a comprehensive overview of the scientific research on gaming. With humor, complete honesty, and extensive research, they separate the myth from the medium. Moral Combat is an irreverent and informative guide to the worries--and wonders--of our violent virtual world.Trade Review"A fact-filled, persuasive, and witty debunking of the cyclical moral panic about video games." --Steven Pinker, professor of psychology at Harvard University and author of How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of Our Nature "A groundbreaking and vitally important book. It gets under the hood of how games actually work on our brains, and in the process it tells us more than any number of sensational news articles. This should be required reading for anyone who loves games or who loves someone who loves games ... which is to say, everyone." --Greg Toppo, author of The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter "As a filmmaker who's spent much of my career working on video game-related content, it's refreshing to finally see a book about games that gets it right." --Jeremy Snead, founder of Mediajuice Studios and writer/director of Video Games: The Movie and Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed "Even readers familiar with video game politics and history will find something to gasp about. And stressed parents may finally understand what their kids get out of those games, and how to manage them better." --Cheryl K. Olson, ScD, coauthor of Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do and principal investigator for a major government-funded study of video games and youth "Gamers should buy this book for their parents, and parents should calm down teachers and pediatricians with a copy. Anyone interested in a great, skeptical takedown of bad science should get their own copy." --James C. Coyne, professor emeritus of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania "This book delivers healthy doses of skepticism and scientific insights that broaden our understanding of 21st century play. From political horse-trading to weak science, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in video games." --Andrew Przybylski, PhD, experimental psychology department research fellow at the University of OxfordTable of ContentsLevel 1: A Brief History of Violent Video Games Level 2: Teaching Us to Fear Level 3: Science Wars Level 4: The Grand Theft Fallacy Level 5: The Big Lie about School Shootings Level 6: Video Game Addiction Level 7: Strong Morals and Fit Bodies Level 8: Achievement Unlocked Level 9: A Strategy Guide for Parents About the Authors
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Gallery Books Troubled
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Gordon & Breach Science Publishers SA Evolution Of Social System
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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Kohlhammer Soziale Psychiatrie: Das Handbuch Fur Die
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Kohlhammer Grundlagen Der Psychologie
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Kohlhammer Angewandte Sozialpsychologie: Ein Lehrbuch
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Kohlhammer W. Kollektives Trauern
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Kohlhammer W. Psychologie Der Rechtsradikalisierung
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tredition Menschen führen im Startup
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Angst - VOR Ihr Mussen Wir Uns Furchten
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Gruppenanalyse und Gruppenpsychotherapie
Book SynopsisExperiences in groups are almost omnipresent when patients talk about family, school and social networks, friends and work colleagues. Group membership is central to many aspects of our lives. With this introduction to group therapy work, therapists who lead their first groups will find an integrating framework for their experiences in the clinic, for theoretical building blocks and for considerations from supervision. Individual therapists and counselors learn about the influence of groups on the experience and behavior of their patients and clients. Hermann Staats presents models, theories and research results for working with groups from a clinical and group analytical perspective.
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Springer Zeitpsychologie: Der Einfluss der Zeit auf das
Book SynopsisDie Psychologie der Zeit befasst sich mit einem Phänomen, auf das aus wahrgenommenen Veränderungen geschlossen wird. Zeit gibt es nur, wenn sich etwas verändert. Weil Veränderungen immer irgendwo stattfinden, hängen das Wann und das Wo untrennbar miteinander zusammen, was sich in den Begriffen Zeitraum und Raumzeit widerspiegelt. Ein Buch über Zeitpsychologie soll sensibilisieren, indem die Bedeutung der „vierten Dimension“ im alltäglichen Erleben und Handeln bewusst wird, die sich im Unterschied zum dreidimensionalen Raum der unmittelbaren Wahrnehmung entzieht. So werden manche Verhaltensweisen erst verstehbar, wenn man den Zeitfaktor einbezieht. Es geht um Fragen der Zeitverwendung und Zeiteinsparung, um das Zusammenpassen unterschiedlicher Zeitstrukturen in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen und um die Zeitperspektive, die sich aus dem gegenwärtigen Moment, der erinnerten Vergangenheit und der vorgestellten Zukunft zusammensetzt. Es ist die Vergangenheit, die den Menschen zu dem gemacht hat, was er gegenwärtig ist. Ohne eine Zukunftsperspektive gäbe es keine Motivation und kein Planen. Die Zeitperspektiventherapie ist darauf gerichtet, eine Balance zwischen den drei Abschnitten herzustellen sowie Depressionen und psychische Erkrankungen zu heilen, die auf einer fehlenden Zukunftsperspektive oder auf traumatischen Erfahrungen beruhen. Es gibt keine Zeitlosigkeit, denn Veränderungen finden fortwährend statt. Indem er kulturelle Umwelten und gebaute Umwelten schafft, trägt der Mensch aktiv dazu bei. Nicht nur die Umwelt ändert sich, sei es durch natürliche Vorgänge oder durch menschliches Handeln, sondern auch der Mensch selbst, indem er heranwächst und altert. Ein Ziel des Buches ist in Analogie zum Umweltbewusstsein das Zeitbewusstsein zu stärken.Table of ContentsZeit wahrnehmen und nutzen.- Zeitskalen.- Zeitperspektive.- Der Mensch verändert sich
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Springer Werte Herausforderungen und nachhaltige Resilienz
Book Synopsis1. Diskurse (Un)Wissen Resilienz. Mediale und diskursive Produktion neuer Normalität.- 2. Caillié contra Barth in Timbuktu oder Vulnerabilität vs. Resilienz der endogenen Technologie ums Schießpulver. Eine postkoloniale Literaturkritik am Forschungs- und Entdeckungsdiskurs.- 3. Rückgabe von Kulturgütern als Auswirkung kulturdiplomatischer Resilienz? Am Beispiel von Benin.- 4. Zu Hause aber nicht Daheim. Von der Situation und den Möglichkeiten afrikanischer Migrant*innen in Deutschland am Beispiel der kamerunischen Diaspora.- 5. Wege zur nachhaltigen Resilienz der afrikanischen Länder im Kontext der illegalen Migration von Afrikanern nach Europa. Eine Kritik an Asfa-Wossen Asserates Werk Die neue Völkerwanderung.- 6. Selbstnarration und Krisenbewältigung. Zum resilienzfördernden Potenzial des Ich-Erzählens im Lichte ausgewählter Erzähltexte.- 7. Resilienz im Kontext krisenhafter Kulturbegegnung. Kultureller Universalismus als resilientes Verhaltensmuster des Homo adaptabilis vs. kulturellen Partikularismus im Lichte von Iphigenie auf Tauris (1786) und Der Zwiespalt des Samba Diallo (1961). - 8. Zum ästhetischen Lernen von Resilienz. Eine Analyse von Jean Paul Lissocks Werk Mein Freund, der weiße Mann. Von Kamerun nach Deutschland. - 9. Plädoyer für eine interkulturelle Didaktik im DaF-Unterricht in Notfallsituationen in Burkina Faso.- 10. Deutschlehren in Togo: Herausforderungen und Resilienz.
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Springer Grenzen Psychologisch betrachtet
Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Grenzziehungen in der Wahrnehmung.- Räumliche und zeitliche Grenzen im individuellen Alltag.- Grenzen in der sozialen Umwelt.- Verhältnis Mensch-Maschine Verschiebung der Grenze.- Funktionen von Grenzen.- Grenzen der Umweltaneignung.- Grenzenlosigkeit eine Dystopie?.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Der Soziopath von nebenan: So überlisten Sie ihn:
Book SynopsisDr. Martha Stouts bedeutendes Werk "Der Soziopath von nebenan" lehrte uns, einen Soziopathen zu erkennen. Jetzt erfahren wir, wie wir uns vor ihm schützen können. Der beste Umgang mit einem Soziopathen ist natürlich, ihm vollkommen aus dem Weg zu gehen, doch manchmal lassen die Umstände dies nicht zu. Was geschieht, wenn Sie sich gegen Ihr eigenes Kind, einen skrupellosen Ex-Mann, einen Chef oder eine andere maßgebende Person wehren müssen? Gestützt auf die vielen erschütternden und oft herzzerreißenden E-Mails und Briefe, die sie im Lauf der Zeit erhalten hat, deckt Dr. Martha Stout die Psychologie hinter den Methoden des Soziopathen auf und bietet konkrete, hilfreiche Grundregeln, um mit diesen gefährlichen Situationen fertig zu werden. Unter Zuhilfenahme von Kategorien wie destruktiver Narzissmus, gewalttätige Soziopathen, soziopathische Arbeitskollegen, Soziopathie in Unternehmen und Regierungen sowie dem Soziopathen in der Familie wartet dieses Buch mit detaillierten Erklärungen und Kommentaren dazu auf, wie man den Soziopathen am besten in Schach hält. Die Autorin findet dabei heraus, dass Menschen mit einem Gewissen letztlich über jene triumphieren, die ohne Empathie oder Fürsorge für andere handeln. Wenn Sie die Person, mit der Sie es zu tun haben, verstehen, und die Regeln des Spiels ändern, werden Sie die Oberhand gewinnen und dem Einfluss des Soziopathen entkommen können. Ob Sie einen Sorgerechtsstreit mit einem soziopathischen Ex führen oder von Ihrem Boss oder einem Arbeitskollegen in den Wahnsinn getrieben werden – Sie werden Hoffnung und Hilfe in diesem Buch finden. Mit diesem Ratgeber zur Entwaffnung der Gewissenlosen präsentiert Dr. Stout eine scharfsinnige neue Untersuchung des menschlichen Verhaltens und der Vorstellungen von Normalität und gibt den Lesern die Tools an die Hand, die sie brauchen, um sich zu schützen. Table of ContentsDanksagung.- Vorwort: Duell mit dem Teufel.- 1 Ein Loch in der Psyche: Soziopathie verstehen.- 2 Wenn der Soziopath zu Ihnen gehört: Kinder ohne Gewissen.- 3 Menschliche Bösartigkeit am Arbeitsplatz: Soziopathische Mitarbeiter, Vorgesetzte und Fachleute.- 4 Der Soziopath vor Gericht: Kampf ums Sorgerecht.- 5 Die Kaltblütigsten unter ihnen: Aggressive und gemeingefährliche Soziopathen.- 6 Über den Umgang mit Soziopathen: Zehn wichtige Grundregeln.- 7 Soziopath oder Narzisst?: Erkennen der Narzisstischen Persönlichkeitsstörung.- 8 Soziopathie auf institutioneller Ebene: Unternehmen und Regierungen.- 9 Die Natur des Guten: Mitgefühl, Vergebung und Freiheit.
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Springer Umweltpsychologie
Book Synopsis Umweltpsychologie: Herkunft, Gegenstand und wichtige Begriffe Psycho-soziale und gesundheitspsychologische Wirkungen der Umwelt auf den Menschen Psychologische Determinanten menschlicher Einflüsse auf die Umwelt Zusammenwirken der beiden umweltpsychologischen Forschungszweige Ausblick
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Books on Demand So gelingt die Liebe - auch wenn der Partner
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V&R unipress Current Perspectives on Contemporary Singlehood
Book SynopsisA presentation on the latest research trends regarding the phenomenon of adult singlehood
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Tianjin People's Publishing House Cognitive and Cultural Influences on Eye
Book SynopsisIt is well-known that cognitive variables influence eye movements during reading. To what extent do cultural differences influence eye movements? This volume contains chapters that examine these two issues. The first half of the volume documents recent research findings with respect to models of eye movement control in reading, eye movements and visual processing, and eye movements during scene perception, search, and mental rotation. The second half of the volume deals with two main cultural issues: eye movements in reading Chinese and cultural influences on eye movements. A number of experts provide overviews of their research findings concerning the topics in the five sections of the volume. Readers interested in eye movements in reading, cognitive influences on eye movements, and cultural influences on eye movements will find the chapters valuable reading.ISBN 978-7-201-06107-8Table of ContentsSection 1. Introduction. M. Castelhano, K. Rayner, Eye Movements during Reading, Visual Search, and Scene Perception: An Overview. Section 2. Models of Eye Movements in Reading. A.Pollatsek, K. Rayner, E.D. Reichle, The E-Z Reader Model of Eye Movement Control in Reading. S. Risse, R. Engbert, R. Kliegl, Eye-movement Control in Reading: Experimental and Corpus-analysis Challenges for a Computational Model. K. Rayner, X. Li, A. Pollatsek, Modeling the Eye Movements of Chinese Readers via E-Z Reader. Section 3. Eye Movements and Visual processing. S.P.Liveredge, Binocular Eye Movements during Reading. V. Benson, Saccadic Orienting in Special Populations. K.R. Cave, A.L.Cohen, C.M.Rotello, A.McCaffrey, M.G.Ross, M. Zeng, M. Zivot, X. Li, K. Evans, Using Eye Movements to Understand Complex Visual Comparisons. A.Pollatsek, D.L.Fisher, A.Pradhan, Using Eye Movements to Study and Improve Driving Safety. Section 4. Eye Movements during Scene Perception, Search, and Mental Rotation. L. Nummenmaa, J.Hyönä, M.G. Calvo, Do Emotional Scenes Catch the Eye? T. Menneer, M.J.Stroud, K.R.Cave, N. Donnelly, K. Rayner, Eye Movements in Search for Multiple Targets. I.Dahlstrom-Hakki, A. Pollatsek, D.L. Fisher, K. Rayner, Eye Movements and Individual Differences in Mental Rotation. Section 5. Eye Movements in Reading Chinese. Y.Tsang, H.Chen, Eye Movements in Reading Chinese, D. Shen, X. Bai, G. Yan, S. Liversedge, The Perceptual Span in Reading Chinese. D. Gao. R. Zhang, J. Chen, Lexical Processing and Eye Movements in Chinese Readers. J. Wu, T.J. Slattery, A. Pollatsek, K. Rainer, Word Segmentation in Chinese Reading. S. Wang, J. Yang, H. Chen, Immediate Processing of Intra-sentential and Inter-sentential Information in Reading Chinese. M. Yan, K.F. Miller, H. Shu, What is the Place for Pinyin in Beginning Chinese Reading? Section 6. Cultural Influences on Eye Movement. J.E. Boland, H.F. Chua, R.E. Nisbett, How We See It: Culturally Different Eye Movement Patterns Over Visual Scenes X. Li, C.C. Williams, K.R. Cave, A.D. Well, K. Rayner, Eye Movements, Individual Differences, and Cultural Effects. G. Feng, Orthography and Eye Movements: The Paraorthographic Linkage Hypothesis.
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Communalism Press The Disobedient Society
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BIS Publishers B.V. Happy is Up, Sad is Down: 65 Metaphors for Design
Book SynopsisWe think, feel, and talk in metaphors. Why not use them for design? Feeling down? Cheer up! We use metaphors every day and often without being aware of it. Many metaphors are more than figures of speech. They reflect basic bodily experiences and help to structure our thinking and experiences of the world. Happy is Up, Sad is Down is a collection of 65 metaphors with research facts and applications in product and interaction design, information graphics, and advertising. Metaphors show how to use space and physical attributes to convey abstract concepts like time and importance, emotions and social relations, political ideas and ethical values. This book is meant to inspire designers and everyone curious about how the mind works.
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Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd Complexity and the Human Experience: Modeling
Book SynopsisQuestions of values, ontologies, ethics, aesthetics, discourse, origins, language, literature, and meaning do not lend themselves readily, or traditionally, to equations, probabilities, and models. However, with the increased adoption of natural science tools in economics, anthropology, and political science—to name only a few social scientific fields highlighted in this volume—quantitative methods in the humanities are becoming more common. The theory of complexity holds significant promise for better understanding social and human phenomena based on interactions among the participating "agents," whatever they may be: a thought, a person, a conversation, a sentence, or an email. Such systems can exhibit phase transitions, feedback loops, self-organization, and emergent properties. These dynamic systems lend themselves naturally to the kind of analysis made possible by models and simulations developed with complex science tools. This volume offers a tour of quantitative analyses, models, and simulations of humanities and social science phenomena that have been historically the purview of qualitative methods. Trade Review"This volume makes a unique contribution in advancing the case for modeling in the humanities. Contemporary research is increasingly multidisciplinary and enriched by models that cross boundaries whenever dynamically similar phenomena emerge. Until recently, the humanities have stood outside of this development. This work documents pioneering explorations of models, networks, and methodological principles, most significantly, those that consolidate the conceptual, empirical, and practical aspects of inquiry within the humanities."Prof. Marvin J. Croy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA"Being able to understand and explain complex ideas in the humanities and social sciences is increasingly important, given the current directions and pace of research and understanding in those fields. The works in this volume show that by applying quantitative methods, such as explanation through use of models, computer simulations, and artificial agents, not only is understanding of complexity assisted, but the visualization of complex phenomena, and the ability to explain and teach complex ideas, is now shown to be within the reach of researchers in fields previously not given to such techniques."Prof. Charles D. Turnitsa, Columbus State University, USA
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Penguin Putnam Inc Untitled 0509
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Al Mahmud Al Mamun Insight Beyond Illusion
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Bloomsbury Academic A Driving Anger
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Oxford University Press Representing Homelessness
Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary volume combines academic research with first-hand accounts of homelessness. It describes how people affected by homelessness are perceived as objects through the process of Othering. It also provides examples of how such Othering can be overcome through collaboration, and by providing a platform for people affected by homelessness.The volume argues that stereotypical representations of homelessness, while useful for charity fundraising, do more harm than good. It concludes that organisations tasked with dealing with homelessness must include greater representation from people with direct lived experience' of homelessness.Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors OWEN CLAYTON: Introduction: 's Skid Row 10: OWEN CLAYTON:
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The University of Chicago Press Blind to Sameness Sexpectations and the Social
Book SynopsisWhat is the role of the senses in how we understand the world? Drawing on more than sixty interviews with two decidedly different populations - the blind and the transgendered, this title answers provocative questions about the relationships between sex differences, biology, and visual perception.Trade Review"Blind to Sameness is a remarkable and highly original book. For theorists and empiricists alike this is a masterful empirical work in the social construction of reality and a fine example to show that theorist and researcher need not be mentally separated." (Wayne H. Brekhus, author of Peacocks, Chameleons, Centaurs)"
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The University of Chicago Press Misery and Company
Book SynopsisCandace Clark here seeks to identify the role sympathy plays in constructing the social order of American society. She explores the difference it makes for individuals, for relationships and for group solidarity if one person gives or withholds sympathy from another.
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The University of Chicago Press German Ideology From France to Germany and Back
Book SynopsisThis work examines the different national forms of the modern ideology of economic individualism. By means of a detailed comparison of France and Germany, it seeks to demonstrate that the French and German notions of individualism are far from equivalent.
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The University of Chicago Press Essays on Individualism Modern Ideology in
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University of Chicago Press Becoming an Ex The Process of Role Exit
Book SynopsisExploring a wide range of role changes, Ebaugh focuses on voluntary exits from significant roles and the common stages--from disillusionment with a particular identity to search for alternative roles to turning points and finally to the creation of an identity as an ex.
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The University of Chicago Press Collaborative Circles
Book SynopsisThis study looks at group dynamics in six collaborative circles: the French Impressionists; Sigmund Freud and his friends; C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings; social reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; the Fugitive poets; and writers Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford.
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The University of Chicago Press The Cynical Society
Book SynopsisThe Cynical Society is a study of the political despair and abdication of (individual) responsibility Goldfarb calls cynicisma central but unexamined aspect of contemporary American political and social life. Goldfarb reveals with vivid strokes how cynicism undermines our capacity to think about society's strengths and weaknesses. Drawing on thinkers from Alexis de Tocqueville to Allan Bloom and on such recent works as Beloved, Bonfire of the Vanities, and Mississippi Burning, The Cynical Society celebrates cultural pluralism's role in democracy.
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The University of Chicago Press The Book of Margins Religion and Postmodernism
Book SynopsisJonathan M. Hall explores questions of ethnic and national identity in the context of ancient Greece in Hellenicity, drawing on an exceptionally wide range of evidence to determine when, how, why, and to what extent the Greeks conceived themselves as a single people.Trade Review"This book represents a very valuable addition to the literature on the ancient Greeks' conceptualization of their own ethnic identity and its relation to their culture....An important and stimulating book." - Kathryn Lomas, Bryn Mawr Classical Review; "Hall's scholarship is throughout deeply impressive, thoroughly informed by the latest theory and expressed in vigorous prose. He writes accessibly for intelligent general readers." - Paul Cartledge, London Magazine"
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The University of Chicago Press The Social Production of Indifference
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The University of Chicago Press Ethnography and Human Development Context and
Book SynopsisRestoring ethnographic methods to a central place in social inquiry, this text discusses how qualitative methodologies have strengthened the understanding of cognitive, emotional and behavioural development, and of the difficulties of growing up in contemporary society.
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The University of Chicago Press The Feast of the Sorcerer Practices of
Book SynopsisSorcery has long been associated with the dark side of human development, along with magic and witchcraft. This text argues, however, that sorcery practices reveal critical insights into how consciousness is formed, and how human beings constitute their social and political realities.
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The University of Chicago Press Opposing Ambitions Gender and Identity in an
Book SynopsisUsing a case study of a holistic health centre, Renewal, this book offers lessons on understanding the problems women face in organizations, the failure of social movements to live up to their ideals, and how it is possible for progressiveness to avoid perpetuating the inequalities it opposes.
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The University of Chicago Press Psychopathology and Politics Emersion Emergent
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1930, this classic study of personality types remains vital for the understanding of contemporary public figures. Lasswell's pioneering application of the concepts of clinical psychology to the understanding of powerbrokers in politics, business, and even the church offers insights into the careers of leaders as diverse as Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.
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The University of Chicago Press Unnatural Emotions Everyday Sentiments on a
Book Synopsis"An outstanding contribution to psychological anthropology. Its excellent ethnography and its provocative theory make it essential reading for all those concerned with the understanding of human emotions."--Karl G. Heider, "American Anthropologist"
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The University of Chicago Press The Economy of Character Novels Market Culture
Book SynopsisAt the start of the 18th century, literary "characters" referred as much to letters and typefaces as it did to persons in books. However, this text shows how, by the 19th century, readers used transactions with characters to accommodate themselves to newly-commmercialized social relations.
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University of Chicago Press ParaSites A Casebook against Cynical Reason
Book SynopsisThis is the penultimate volume in the "Late Editions" series, exploring how social actors located within centres of power and privilege develop and express a critical consciousness of their own situations.
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The University of Chicago Press Selfishness Altruism and Rationality
Book SynopsisWhy do we volunteer time? Why do we contribute money? Why, even, do we vote, if the effect of a single vote is negligible? Rationality-based microeconomic models are hard-pressed to explain such social behavior, but Howard Margolis proposes a solution. He suggests that within each person there are two selves, one selfish and the other group-oriented, and that the individual follows a Darwinian rule for allocating resources between those two selves. Howard Margolis's intriguing ideas . . . provide an alternative to the crude models of rational choice that have dominated economics and political science for too long.Times Literary Supplement
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The University of Chicago Press Mother Camp Female Impersonators in America
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The University of Chicago Press Home and Work
Book SynopsisThis text explores the intricacies and implications of how people draw the line between home and work. Arguing that relationships between the two realms range from those that are highly integrating to those that are highly segmenting, it examines the symbolic value of objects and actions.
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The University of Chicago Press Microsociology Discourse Emotion and Social
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