Social, group or collective psychology Books
Tulika Print Communication Services Continuing Dilemmas – Understanding Social
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£23.80
Saurabh Publishing House Social Psychology
Book SynopsisSocial Psychology studies how interactions with others influence attitudes and behavior. It focuses on group dynamics, leadership, social attitudes, prejudice, propaganda, conformity, and inter-group conflicts. Social psychologists are known for their work on public opinion and attitude surveys.
£23.74
Oslo Academic Press Bridges of Understanding: Perspectives on
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£24.30
Communalism Press The Disobedient Society
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£13.46
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Resilience and Health: Challenges for an
Book SynopsisResilience and Health presents a wide-ranging scientific dialogue on resilience issues interpreted in the following contexts: theoretical and philosophical, in the perspective of lifespan developmental psychology, the experience of chronic disease and disability, as well as in the family and social settings. Bringing together these individual parts is an emphasis on principles of positive psychology.
£35.70
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial No me estás escuchando / You're Not Listening:
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£13.92
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Más amistades y menos likes: Desarrolla tus verdaderas relaciones en un mundo conectado / More Friends and Fewer Likes: Desarrolla tus verdaderas relaciones en un mundo conectado
£20.14
Lectio Ediciones Materia Viviente, Vida Pensante: Evolución Y
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£18.45
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Ruido: Un fallo en el juicio humano / Noise: A
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£16.72
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Sánate: Conecta con tu esencia mediante la
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£19.70
Editorial Kairos La Revolución de la Conciencia: Un Diálogo
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£16.08
Editorial Gedisa, S.A. Valores
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£13.96
Urano Necesidad de Complacer, La -V1
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£14.27
Ediciones Corona Borealis El arte de meter la pata
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£17.00
Redbook El Lenguaje del Cuerpo
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£12.79
Editorial Kairos Susurrar a la Mente: Un Mapa Para Liberarnos de
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£18.57
Editorial Kairos Comunicación No Verbal
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£15.43
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.
£16.99
Social Brain Press The Empathic Brain
£11.39
Springer New Perspectives on People and Forests
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to elucidate the role of forests as part of a landscape in the life of people. Most landscapes today are cultural landscapes that are influenced by human activity and that in turn have a profound effect on our understanding of and identification with a place. The book proposes that a better understanding of the bond between people and forests as integrated part of a landscape may be helpful in landscape planning, and may contribute to the discussion of changes in forest cover which has been motivated by land use changes, rural development and the global climate debate. To this end, people’s perception of forest landscapes, the reasons for different perceptions, and future perspectives are discussed. Given the wide range of forest landscapes, and cultural perspectives which exist across the world, the book focuses on Europe as a test case to explore the various relationships between society, culture, forests and landscapes. It looks at historical evidence of the impacts of people on forests and vice versa, explores the current factors affecting people’s physical and emotional comfort in forest landscapes, and looks ahead to how changes in forest cover may alter the present relationships of people to forests. Drawing together a diverse literature and combining the expertise of natural and social scientists, this book will form a valuable reference for students and researchers working in the fields of landscape ecology and landscape architecture, geography, social science, environmental psychology or environmental history. It will also be of interest to researchers, government agencies and practitioners with an interest in issues such as sustainable forest management, sustainable tourism, reserve management, urban planning and environmental interpretation.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The book is the exploration of the cultural, biological, spiritual, economic, and emotional components of the forested landscape of northern Europe from the earliest records of interactions between humans and forests to the present day. … This volume should certainly be considered as part of the literature of landscape ecology, as it considers throughout the interactions between humans, forests, and forested landscapes. … For those with a humanistic or philosophical bent, it is likely a worthwhile read … .” (Ralph E. J. Boerner, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 27, 2012)Table of ContentsPrefaceContentAbout the authorsContributorsPART I1 Introduction – The crooked timber of humanityDainis Dauksta2 Forests in landscapes – The myth of untouched wildernessEva Ritter2.1 People and forests in prehistoric times2.1.1 Hunter-gatherers in Europe2.1.2 The mid-Holocene elm decline2.1.3 The Great Transition2.1.4 Early agricultural impacts on forests2.2 Forest development in historical times2.2.1 The great deforestation of the Ancient World2.2.2 Impacts on forests in Northern and Central Europe2.2.3 Forest protection and forest expansion2.3 Conclusion3 Overcoming Physicophobia – Forests as the sacred source of our human originsRoy Jackson3.1 The forest as nothing more than useful3.2 Rousseau: Friend of the forest3.2.1 The demystification of the forest3.2.2 The “Savage Man”3.3 Nietzsche and the sacredness of nature3.3.1 Nietzsche’s criticism of modernity3.3.2 Nietzsche’s “religious” experience3.4 ConclusionPART II4 Royal forests – Hunting and other forest use in Medieval EnglandDella Hooke4.1 Forests as game reserves4.1.1 The location of forests4.1.2 Forest rights and administration4.2 Medieval hunting4.2.1 Anglo-Saxon hunting and game reserves4.2.2 Medieval hunting methods4.2.3 Hunting iconography in medieval literature4.3 The use of other forest resources4.3.1 Forest pasture4.3.2 Other forest products4.4 The decline of the forests4.5 Hunting in post-medieval times4.6 Conclusion5 Forests as commons – Changing traditions and governance in EuropeChristopher Short5.1 Introduction to the commons5.2 History of forests as commons in Europe5.2.1 Northwestern Europe and the Alps5.2.2 Southern Europe5.2.3 United Kingdom5.3 How the role and use of forests is changing5.4 The relationship between people and forest commons5.5 Conclusion6 New forest owners – Small scale forestry and changes in forest ownershipÁine Ní Dhubháin6.1 What is small-scale forestry?6.2 Characteristics of small-scale forests6.3 Owners of small-scale forests6.3.1 Ownership structure6.3.2 Objectives of small-scale forest owners6.4 Nature of small-scale forests6.5 Consequences of the changing ownership structure6.5.1 Forest fragmentation6.5.2 Recreation and access6.5.3 Timber production6.5.4 Nature conservation6.6 Conclusion7 Forest and recreation – New functions of afforestation as seen in DenmarkCarla K. Smink7.1 Forest recreation: a policy perspective7.2 Forest use in Denmark7.3 Afforestation: creation of recreation opportunities7.4 ConclusionPART III8 From post to pillar – The development and persistence of an arboreal metaphorDainis Dauksta8.1 The wooden post in prehistory and the growth of symbols8.1.1 Timber circles8.1.2 Celtic and La Tène sites8.2 The layering of connected symbols8.2.1 The anthropomorphic tree8.2.2 The lopped tree, the axe and the thunder god8.2.3 The Maypole8.3 The Classical column8.4 Two modern vestiges of the sacred pillar8.5 Conclusion9 Landscape painting and the forest – The influence of cultural factors in the depiction of trees and forestsDainis Dauksta9.1 Medieval symbolic and factual landscapes9.1.1 Symbols of Christ, crucifixion and redemption9.1.2 Perspective, nature and classical mythology9.1.3 Hunting, forestry and country life9.2 Poetic landscapes as concept9.3 New symbolic and factual landscapes9.4 Modern transcendentalism and symbolism9.4.1 David Jones; a coalescence of ancient themes9.4.2 Modern symbolism: irony, the sacred and the secular9.5 Conclusion10 Space and place – Popular perceptions of forestsCarl Griffin10.1 Space and place10.1.1 A range of perceptions, a range of perspectives10.1.2 Understanding popular perceptions of forests10.2 Forests in the landscape and the popular imagination10.2.1 Changing meanings, changing contexts10.2.2 Forests as places apart10.3 The cultural distinctiveness of forests10.3.1 Floral and faunal cultures10.3.2 Everyday cultures10.4 Conclusions: persistences and reimaginings11 Materiality and identity – Forests, trees and senses of belongingOwain Jones11.1 Introduction11.2 Identity11.3 Forests, identity and place11.3.1 Forests as material places of becoming11.3.2 Forests of places of (sensed) dwelling11.4 Forests and practices of identities11.4.1 Global sense of identity11.4.2 National sense of identity11.4.3 Regional sense of identity11.4.4 Local and individual sense of identity11.5 Complex and contested identities11.5.1 Forests as spaces of otherness11.5.2 Forests as places to lose identity11.5.3 Forests as places to find identity11.5.4 Forests: Gender and identity11.6 Conclusion12 Definition and concepts – The etymology and use of the concepts forests and landscapeHanna Byskov Ovesen and Kirsten Krogh Hansen12.1 The use of concepts12.2 Forest12.2.1 Etymology12.2.2 Present use12.3 Landscape12.3.1 Etymology12.3.2 Present use12.4 ConclusionPART IV13 Tree use and landscape changes – Development of a woodland area in SwedenMårten Aronsson and Eva Ritter13.1 The area of Bråbygden13.2 Tree species in the Bråbygden area13.2.1 The natural tree vegetation13.2.2 The function and use of tree species13.3 Human impact on forests, trees and the landscape13.3.1 Grazing and browsing13.3.2 Forest fires and slash-and-burn cultivation13.3.3 Tar distillation and charcoal production13.3.4 Pollards and leaf-fodder harvesting13.3.5 Population growth13.4 Landscape development during medieval times13.5 Landscape development since the 18th century13.5.1 Forest description and forest functions13.5.2 Landscape development13.5.3 Land us changes during the 20th century 13.6 Some thoughts about the future14 Forest landscapes in Europe – Visual characteristics and the role of arboricultureEva Ritter14.1 Landscape perception and analysis14.1.1 Landscape perception and preferences14.1.2 Concepts of landscape analysis14.2 Visual landscape characteristics14.2.1 Degree of openness14.2.2 Complexity and contrast14.3 Tree use and landscape development14.4 Aesthetics in landscape management14.5 ConclusionPART V15 Conclusions – Towards a symbiotic relationshipEva Ritter and Dainis Dauksta15.1 Contradicting forest values15.2 Changing attitudes and relationships15.3 Future perspectivesIndex
£123.49
Lannoo Publishers Shared Reading: The Ultimate Therapy
Book SynopsisThose of us who live their lives in a context of vulnerability are in desperate need of accessible and efficient health care, a safety net that allows them to grow, learn and change. Powerful stories and poems can offer valuable help in that. Shared Reading brings forth a process of change that follows a universal pattern, in a dynamic cycle of starting, growing, reaping what you have sown, learning and relaxing. Small groups get together to read literary texts, helped by a reading facilitator who reads aloud and engages others to reflect on the text. Through talking and thinking participants learn from each other and grow their inner space. By connecting to others they can experience powerful added therapeutic effects outside of a formal therapeutic context. Shared Reading: The Ultimate Therapy puts forward the transformative power of Shared Reading, illustrated through concrete personal stories and fitting advice for anyone interested in taking up the practice.
£22.50
www.bnpublishing.com Public Opinion
£13.29
Urim Publications Reclaiming Humanity: A Guide to Maintaining the
Book SynopsisUsing insights gleaned from the Bible and psychology, this book is for anyone who is interested in helping the children deal with traumatic issues The inner world of a healthy child is filled with wonder, awe, and faith in a fair and just world. But for some children, a belief in the benevolence of the world and its people is often too hard to claim. In this unique guidebook, Dr. Norman Fried gives valuable insights into the lives of children who have been victimized by chaos and disease, and teaches how to help them grow within the context of a loving, accepting, and ethical bond. Using these examples, along with writings of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik on religion and psychology and the wisdom of trauma specialists, Dr. Fried shows how divine connections can serve as an inspiration, as well as a template, for other healthy interactions in a world that needs repair. Through directed action, biblical citations, and psychotherapeutic techniques that provide empowerment and hope, Dr. Fried takes the reader on a journey toward healthier functioning.Trade Review"Impressively written for the benefit of non-specialist general readers, Reclaiming Humanity: A Guide to Maintaining the Inner World of the Child Facing Ongoing Trauma is an extraordinary and 'real world practical' instructional guide and reference that is unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and academic library collections that will be of special and particular interest to parents of traumatized children and their caregivers." Julie Summers, http://www.midwestbookreview.com
£17.95
Editorial Terracota Solucionando Los Problemas de Pareja Y Familia:
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£11.96
University of the West Indies Press Current Themes in Social Psychology
Book SynopsisThis book presents current theoretical and empirical information on areas of social psychology that have not been fully explored in recent times. These issues are not only topical but relevant to theorizing and research in social psychology. In a world that is globalizing, academic work must have an international dimension, especially in the behavioural sciences. The contributors to in "Current Themes in Social Psychology" are attached to universities across the world, including Great Britain, the United States, Germany, the Caribbean, Serbia and Spain. Such diversity makes for a richer understanding and appreciation of the discipline of social psychology by undergraduate and graduate students as well as academics.
£36.71
Springer Verlag, Singapore Psychodrama in Brazil: Contemporary Applications
Book SynopsisThis book approaches contemporary psychodrama from many contexts and population application from different regions of Brazil. It presents the diversity of local culture, the originality with which psychodramatic philosophy emerges in the Brazilian scenario. It introduces the theoretical-methodological procedures that reaffirm psychodrama as a scientific instrument of social action. The chapters cover the philosophical and theoretical foundations and the new socio-psycho-educational methodologies applied in clinical practices, sociotherapy, politics and society. It is a helpful resource for professionals and academics interested in the development of innovative applications of Psychodrama.Table of ContentsPart 1: Foundations of Brazilian Psychodrama.- Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Brazilian psychodrama, a network of ideas, concepts and practices.-Chapter 2: Theoretical foundations of socionomy.- Chapter 3: Brazilian Spontaneous Theater: scenes that spring from resonances.- Chapter 4: Public Psychodrama: more than a century valuing groups.- Part 2: Clinical Psychodrama.- Chapter 5: Relationship Psychotherapy: a minimalist psychodrama.- Chapter 6: Individual psychodrama with symbolic images and auxiliary objects.- Chapter 7: Psychodramatic Psychotherapy Group and its modalities in Brazil.- Chapter 8: Psychodrama with children in Brazil.- Chapter 9: Who am I? Psychodrama and its possibilities for the recognition of the self of adolescents.- Chapter 10: Psychodrama and Family Therapy: methodological interface.- Part 3: Sociotherapy - psychosocial practices and vulnerable populations.- Chapter 11: Psychodrama and sexuality.- Chapter 12: Psychodramatic resources in psychosocial interventions against sexual violence: victims and offenders.- Chapter 13: Applications of Psychodrama in Brazilian Justice System Protective Measures.- Chapter 14: Psychodrama with the elderly.- Part 4: Psychodrama in education, politics, and society.- Chapter 15: Psychodrama in politics.- Chapter 16: The use of Psychodrama as a pedagogical strategy for the implementation of Public Policies in Health and Education.- Chapter 17: Organizational Psychodrama Andréa Claudia de Souza, Potenciar Consultores Associados.- Chapter 18: On the recognition of ignorance: popular education and the encounter of psychodrama with indigenous people- Chapter 19: Psychodrama from the perspective of a palmarin clinic.- Chapter 20: Brazilian Public Sociodrama without Homophobia: the fearful stage.-Chapter 21: Training in Psychodrama: Democratic Project under Construction.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Applied Psychology Readings: Selected Papers from
Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of the best papers presented at the 2021 edition of the Singapore Conference of Applied Psychology (SCAP) organised and facilitated by East Asia Research in Singapore. The selection of papers addresses the latest innovations, trends, concerns and practical challenges encountered in the field, and poses practical solutions within the field of applied psychology. The theme for 2021 is psychological well-being, and so the collection covers aspects of clinical and non-clinical psychological well-being in different arenas, from education to the workplace. Following a rigorous peer-review process led by the School of Psychology at the University of Derby, this collection is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and practitioners looking to keep themselves up-to-date with recent research in the field. The book is of interest to educators and practitioners in applied psychology focused on well-being. Table of ContentsPsychological well-being of international students aged 15-17.- Building Coherence and Increasing Emotion Regulation Flexibility Towards Resilience: An Experimental Study in Singapore.- The Effect of Fast Loans on Financial resilience-building Behaviors and Mental Well-being.- Motivation and Cognitive-Behavioral Factors in Problematic Online Gaming.- Integrating Mental Health Services in Existing Healthcare System in Pakistan: A Public Mental Health Approach.- Psychological Effects of Facial Exercises.- Indonesian Primary School Teachers’ Perceptions of Student Misbehavior.- Empowering Millennials Working in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)’ Affective Wellbeing: Role of Volition, Justice and Meaning at Work.
£116.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore A Guide to Mental Health in Family Under the
Book SynopsisThis book tells us from a professional perspective how to deal with stress response in the family, effectively address family problems in the epidemic, and handle the infectious emotions. This book is a profound explanation of the new stress, conflicts, and problems arising at home amid the epidemic. It provides people with a psychological self-help scale to effectively distinguish the normal and abnormal states of psychological response. Besides, it also provides professional psychological assistance and suggestions for special groups, including children, the elderly, the quarantined, and the bereaved, in order to help all families actively respond to the epidemic with the power of psychology.Table of ContentsPart 1：Stress response caused by the epidemic.- 1. Stress response and its symptoms.- 2. Stages of stress response.- 3. Self-assessment of stress response.- Part 2: Self-help approaches to stress response.- 1. Understand the novel coronavirus and reduce panic.- 2. Protect yourself from panic.- 3. Restore life and eliminate panic.- 4. Accept your emotions and relieve anxiety.- 5. Change cognition for positive thinking.- 6. Shift attention and focus on others.- 7. Seek professional help to cope with panic.- Part 3: Family coping methods for stress response.- 1. How to arrange home life reasonably.- 2. How to help children through special times.- 3. How to help families with stress response.- 4. How to help quarantined family members.- 5. How to deal with strong response of family members with mental disorders History.- 6. How to deal with the loss of loved ones.- 7. How to deal with family risks.- Part 4: How to deal with family conflicts caused by the epidemic.- 1. How to deal with family conflicts.- 2. How to improve family relationships.
£94.99
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
£103.50
Penguin Putnam Inc Flex Your Feelings
£15.75
Penguin Publishing Group The Collective Edge
Book SynopsisA fascinating exploration into the surprising science of group dynamics that will forever change how you live and workYour life is full of groups. Your work teams. Your families and friends. Your race, religion, and nationality. But most people explain the world in terms of individuals—stars and bad apples, celebrities and outcasts, or heroes and villains. We spend surprisingly little time thinking about what groups really are, how they work, and how to get the best out of them. The Collective Edge will change the way you think about the world around you and your place in it. Our tendency toward cooperation is the foundation of human accomplishment. Nearly every scientific discovery, world-changing business, desert island musical album, and legendary sports team has a great group at its core. Groups, and group dynamics, are at the heart of the human story. Yet living and working in groups is both a blessing and a curse. Too often, groups are in the news for all the wrong reasons: conformity, polarization, prejudice, conflict, and general mass stupidity. The secret is understanding how to work with the invisible forces of group dynamics instead of being mindlessly pushed around by them. Once you start thinking at the group level, you’ll understand: How to build teams that can be more than the sum of their parts (synergy) How to harness the motivating power of competition without inviting in conflict Why conformity pressure can sometimes be positive Why effective group leadership is different than you think Colin Fisher is one of the foremost experts in the world on group dynamics, and he skillfully weaves together the latest scientific research with vivid storytelling. He helps explain everything from billionaire yacht-collecting habits to Star Trek villains to the 2008 US Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. In doing so, he shows you how you can use the surprising truth about group dynamics to help you succeed in life and at work.
£14.25
Independently Published The Secret Prisoner: Diary Of A Prisoner
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£11.63
Bloomsbury Academic A Driving Anger
£35.10
Information Age Publishing Ten Years of Idiographic Science
Book SynopsisThe first volume of the Yearbook of Idiographic Science (YIS) was published on 2009. In a nutshell, the idea at the grounds of the YIS project is that idiography and nomothetic are not juxtaposed logics and that the science cannot but be both nomothetic - in the aim - and idiographic - in the modes. About thirteen years later, the sense and the direction of the YIS project envisaged in the first volume's introduction - together with the difficulties to pursue it - are still alive and valid. Thus, to both celebrate the milestone of the tenth issue and to plan the future, we asked to some colleagues, almost all contributors of previous volumes, to discuss what idiographic science means today, and what can mean tomorrow.The works they have generously provided are very instructive - each of them pictures a peculiar perspective on idiography that enables to recognize old and new challenges, thus paving the way to innovative ideas and directions.
£48.45
Information Age Publishing Ten Years of Idiographic Science
Book SynopsisThe first volume of the Yearbook of Idiographic Science (YIS) was published on 2009. In a nutshell, the idea at the grounds of the YIS project is that idiography and nomothetic are not juxtaposed logics and that the science cannot but be both nomothetic - in the aim - and idiographic - in the modes. About thirteen years later, the sense and the direction of the YIS project envisaged in the first volume's introduction - together with the difficulties to pursue it - are still alive and valid. Thus, to both celebrate the milestone of the tenth issue and to plan the future, we asked to some colleagues, almost all contributors of previous volumes, to discuss what idiographic science means today, and what can mean tomorrow.The works they have generously provided are very instructive - each of them pictures a peculiar perspective on idiography that enables to recognize old and new challenges, thus paving the way to innovative ideas and directions.
£86.70
Information Age Publishing Exploring Personhood in Contemporary Times: From
Book SynopsisWith the dawn of research into leader-behaviors, scholars differentiated between being task-oriented, which is important, and also being people-oriented. People matter. And we tend to guard against leader attitudes that treat persons as objects, as passive or inert, as instruments, as so much clay to be shaped and molded. Hannah Arendt (1958) rejected the idea that leadership is like work, in which a craftsman picks up the raw materials and the requisite tools in order to create a product according to an image in his head. No, she said, leadership is social action in which we all participate, each with his or her unique and creative spontaneity, collaborating in an erratic cascade toward the future. Leadership is something people do together. And to achieve that vision, we must acknowledge each other as persons and not as figures in a ledger or pieces on a chessboard. This volume is intended as a call to be curious about what we take for granted as individuals, educators, and leaders. In essence to ask ourselves the more difficult questions about who we are as we recognize our need for others within a community? What does it mean to be a person and to recognize another's personhood? Nathan Harter (2021) draws us into a space to dialogue with ourselves about the notion of personhood as leaders. "So, what does it mean to be a person? And what does it mean to treat someone as a person? What does anyone owe another person?" (p. 4). In what way then do leaders contend with such questions as they are becoming; becoming better leaders, becoming better individuals, becoming their sacred selves.A person-centered ethic would be universal in scope, yet adapted to local conditions that many leaders must deal with on a daily basis. Nearly every religion already addresses both what it means to become a person and what one owes a person ethically, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, or other affiliation. Regardless if organizations deal directly with the notion of personhood, leaders deal with the workplace challenges of which the human bring him or her entire self to the unit. Hence, a comprehensive and integrate context forces us to revisit our assumptions about who exactly is a person and what they might deserve. This volume would bring those voices into conversation. In addition, we intend to complicate the question by extending similar questions into emerging areas of increasing relevance in a technological age that crosses geographic boundaries, such as online presences, corporate entities, and the prospects of Artificial Intelligence. If anything, an expanded interdisciplinary and global context makes this volume relevant and timely for leaders and leadership studies across multiple fields of study and professions.
£48.45
Information Age Publishing Exploring Personhood in Contemporary Times: From
Book SynopsisWith the dawn of research into leader-behaviors, scholars differentiated between being task-oriented, which is important, and also being people-oriented. People matter. And we tend to guard against leader attitudes that treat persons as objects, as passive or inert, as instruments, as so much clay to be shaped and molded. Hannah Arendt (1958) rejected the idea that leadership is like work, in which a craftsman picks up the raw materials and the requisite tools in order to create a product according to an image in his head. No, she said, leadership is social action in which we all participate, each with his or her unique and creative spontaneity, collaborating in an erratic cascade toward the future. Leadership is something people do together. And to achieve that vision, we must acknowledge each other as persons and not as figures in a ledger or pieces on a chessboard. This volume is intended as a call to be curious about what we take for granted as individuals, educators, and leaders. In essence to ask ourselves the more difficult questions about who we are as we recognize our need for others within a community? What does it mean to be a person and to recognize another's personhood? Nathan Harter (2021) draws us into a space to dialogue with ourselves about the notion of personhood as leaders. "So, what does it mean to be a person? And what does it mean to treat someone as a person? What does anyone owe another person?" (p. 4). In what way then do leaders contend with such questions as they are becoming; becoming better leaders, becoming better individuals, becoming their sacred selves.A person-centered ethic would be universal in scope, yet adapted to local conditions that many leaders must deal with on a daily basis. Nearly every religion already addresses both what it means to become a person and what one owes a person ethically, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, or other affiliation. Regardless if organizations deal directly with the notion of personhood, leaders deal with the workplace challenges of which the human bring him or her entire self to the unit. Hence, a comprehensive and integrate context forces us to revisit our assumptions about who exactly is a person and what they might deserve. This volume would bring those voices into conversation. In addition, we intend to complicate the question by extending similar questions into emerging areas of increasing relevance in a technological age that crosses geographic boundaries, such as online presences, corporate entities, and the prospects of Artificial Intelligence. If anything, an expanded interdisciplinary and global context makes this volume relevant and timely for leaders and leadership studies across multiple fields of study and professions.
£86.70
Information Age Publishing A psicologia cultural chega à escola:
Book SynopsisEste livro nasce de um movimento de divulgaçao do trabalho de psicologos dialogicos-culturais que vem, ha tempos, construindo saberes sobre as relaçoes entre os campos da psicologia e educaçao. Apos anos de trabalhos conjuntos no Brasil, Dinamarca, Suíça, Italia, dentre outros países, esta obra em Língua Portuguesa foi produzida, tendo em vista a relevante contribuiçao que a psicologia dialogica e cultural oferece ao cenario educacional das escolas. Os capítulos teoricos e empíricos, produzidos de modo didatico e dialogico, discutem as experiencias dos autores e suas ideias orientadas para um novo campo do saber, denominado "Psicologia Cultural da Educaçao". Temas como praticas dialogicas, crenças e valores democraticos, processos de desenvolvimento humano e educacionais, dentre outros, encontram espaço para analise e problematizaçao, a fim de contribuir ao vasto campo da psicologia do desenvolvimento e daeducaçao.ENGLISH TRANSLATION:This book came out as part of the efforts of cultural dialogical psychologists guided to the knowledge construction about the relations between psychology and education. After years of working together, scientists from Brazil, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, among other countries, collaborate to present this book written in Portuguese, due to the relevant contribution of cultural dialogical psychology to the field of education within school contexts. The authors produced theoretical-empirical chapters using a didactical and dialogical language to discuss their ideas and experiences, which compose the field known as the "Cultural Psychology of Education". Topics such as dialogical practices, democratic values and beliefs and topics concerning education and human development, among others, are therefore analyzed and discussed in order to contribute to the vast field encompassing both developmental psychology and education.
£48.45
Information Age Publishing A psicologia cultural chega à escola:
Book SynopsisEste livro nasce de um movimento de divulgaçao do trabalho de psicologos dialogicos-culturais que vem, ha tempos, construindo saberes sobre as relaçoes entre os campos da psicologia e educaçao. Apos anos de trabalhos conjuntos no Brasil, Dinamarca, Suíça, Italia, dentre outros países, esta obra em Língua Portuguesa foi produzida, tendo em vista a relevante contribuiçao que a psicologia dialogica e cultural oferece ao cenario educacional das escolas. Os capítulos teoricos e empíricos, produzidos de modo didatico e dialogico, discutem as experiencias dos autores e suas ideias orientadas para um novo campo do saber, denominado "Psicologia Cultural da Educaçao". Temas como praticas dialogicas, crenças e valores democraticos, processos de desenvolvimento humano e educacionais, dentre outros, encontram espaço para analise e problematizaçao, a fim de contribuir ao vasto campo da psicologia do desenvolvimento e daeducaçao.ENGLISH TRANSLATION:This book came out as part of the efforts of cultural dialogical psychologists guided to the knowledge construction about the relations between psychology and education. After years of working together, scientists from Brazil, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, among other countries, collaborate to present this book written in Portuguese, due to the relevant contribution of cultural dialogical psychology to the field of education within school contexts. The authors produced theoretical-empirical chapters using a didactical and dialogical language to discuss their ideas and experiences, which compose the field known as the "Cultural Psychology of Education". Topics such as dialogical practices, democratic values and beliefs and topics concerning education and human development, among others, are therefore analyzed and discussed in order to contribute to the vast field encompassing both developmental psychology and education.
£86.70
Information Age Publishing The Development of Social Knowledge: Towards a
Book SynopsisThe result of a deep research work sustained for more than two decades, this book studies the construction of social knowledge from a constructivist perspective inherited from Piagetian thought. It thus advances in a process of revision and discussion, while maintaining crucial aspects of this current for the approach to the construction of the subject and the object of knowledge, in the search for the elaboration of an explanatory theory for the formation of new knowledge. A collaborative proposal between different disciplines of potential interest for the different actors who study and intervene in this field.
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Information Age Publishing The Development of Social Knowledge: Towards a
Book SynopsisThe result of a deep research work sustained for more than two decades, this book studies the construction of social knowledge from a constructivist perspective inherited from Piagetian thought. It thus advances in a process of revision and discussion, while maintaining crucial aspects of this current for the approach to the construction of the subject and the object of knowledge, in the search for the elaboration of an explanatory theory for the formation of new knowledge. A collaborative proposal between different disciplines of potential interest for the different actors who study and intervene in this field.
£86.70
Information Age Publishing No Country for Black Men
Book SynopsisNo Country For Black Men captures the plight and possibilities of what it means to be Black and male in the United States past and present. Through storytelling and sociological data analysis, the author weaves a powerful story about challenges and opportunities faced by Black males of all ages today. From mental health parity to disproportionality and myths about Black male sexuality, this body of work is bent on naming the persistent and historical challenges Black men are confronted with throughout their development. Each chapter is anchored in and punctuated by the author's personal experiences as an immigrant, a father, a husband and a scholar-practitioner. The mission of No Country For Black Men is to add to the scholarship and conversation among educators, mental health providers, religious leaders, and other service providers about ways to improve the academic, economic and health outcome for Black males in the United States.
£42.75
Information Age Publishing No Country for Black Men
Book SynopsisNo Country For Black Men captures the plight and possibilities of what it means to be Black and male in the United States past and present. Through storytelling and sociological data analysis, the author weaves a powerful story about challenges and opportunities faced by Black males of all ages today. From mental health parity to disproportionality and myths about Black male sexuality, this body of work is bent on naming the persistent and historical challenges Black men are confronted with throughout their development. Each chapter is anchored in and punctuated by the author's personal experiences as an immigrant, a father, a husband and a scholar-practitioner. The mission of No Country For Black Men is to add to the scholarship and conversation among educators, mental health providers, religious leaders, and other service providers about ways to improve the academic, economic and health outcome for Black males in the United States.
£76.50
