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Simon & Schuster Audio Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces That Shape
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£22.49
Simon & Schuster Audio The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences
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£22.49
Simon & Schuster Audio Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work &
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£29.99
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform What Do Woman Want?: A guide for men who want to
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Trust and Power
Book SynopsisIn this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power. He criticises those theoretical accounts whose roots lie in what he refers to as ideologies – accounts which use implicit beliefs in particular conceptions of human nature to explain and predict social action in a one-dimensional way. Theories of rational choice and moralistic explanations are taken to task, as are the theories of both Marx and Habermas. Luhmann's unique scientific sociology underpins every page and enables him to highlight the potential shortcomings of these narrative approaches. Underlying this approach is the idea that ideologically-based social theory, whether critical or conservative, is unable to do justice to the complexities existing within the parameters of social systems, individuals, and the interactions between them. He aims to show instead how only a painstaking systems analysis can capture these intricacies. Although written over 40 years ago, Luhmann's complex vision of the operations of trust and power provides a wealth of insights of considerable value to scholars and students grappling with contemporary social and economic problems. The editors' introduction to this new edition and the significant revisions they have made to the translation will help to reveal the richness and clarity of this vision and its relevance to the ways that trust and power operate in today's society.Trade Review"A must-read for anyone interested in trust research in German-speaking contexts, Luhmann's ideas around trust as a mechanism of reducing complexity have also been highly influential for scholars..."Journal of Trust ResearchTable of ContentsContents Introduction: Niklas Luhmann's Sociological Enlightenment and its Realisation in Trust and Power - by Christian Morgner and Michael King Editors� note on the revised translation Part 1: Trust Preface - by the author 1. Defining the Problem: Social Complexity 2. Constancies and Events 3. Familiarity and Trust 4. Trust as a Reduction of Complexity 5. Exceeding Information and Possibilities For Sanctions 6. Personal Trust 7. Communications Media and System Trust 8. The Tactical Conception: Trust as Opportunity and as Constraint 9. Trust in Trust 10. Trust and Distrust 11. Readiness to Trust 12. The Rationality of Trust and Distrust References Part 2: Power Introduction 1. Power as a Communication Medium 2. The Action Framework 3. Code Functions 4. Power and Physical Force 5. Lifeworld and Technique 6. The Generalization of Influence 7. Risks of Power 8. Power�s Relevance to Society 9. Organized Power References Relevant Articles by Luhmann in English
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Deviance
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this popular introduction explores the meaning of social deviance in contemporary society. It traces the path by which we create deviance: how we single out behavior, ideas, and appearances that differ from the “norm,” label them as either offensive or acceptable, and then condemn or celebrate them. The book explains what kinds of behavior are banned and who bans them, exposing the important political influences underlying these processes. Refreshed with a new engaging, accessible style, the second edition features expanded treatment of the theories of deviance, new material on positive deviance, and updated references and contemporary examples throughout. At its core, Social Deviance looks at who becomes deviant and why. It delves into the multiple motives that cause rule-breakers to behave badly in the eyes of those they offend or creatively in the eyes of those they please, and it reveals the way deviants think about their actions, their moral identity, and their fellow moral outcasts.Trade Review“Stuart Henry has done a remarkable job of introducing the student to what is perhaps the most intriguing subject in the undergraduate curriculum. Pick up this book and read it. It is a brisk, engaging, and informative account of normative violations and their aftermath. Our students will enjoy and learn from it.”Erich Goode, State University of New York at Stony Brook“This second edition arrives at a propitious time, when our social fabric is being questioned on moral, ethical, and political grounds like never before. It does a superb job of contextualizing deviance among contemporary issues, allowing students to embrace the key concepts in the field, to understand the complexity of the issues, and to apply these ideas to their everyday lives. Well written and jargon free, with excellent examples to get its point across, it stands unmatched in its enunciation of the complexities of deviant behavior in a straightforward manner.”Peter Adler, University of Denver (Emeritus)Table of ContentsPreface 1 What is deviance? 2 Why people ban behavior 3 What causes people to deviate? Theories of deviant behavior 4 Why people break rules: From extreme deviance to positive deviance 5 Neutralizing morality and deviant motivations 6 Failed socialization and weak social control 7 How people become deviants: Labeling deviant actors 8 Responding to deviant designations and coping with stigma 9 Becoming normal: The politics of stigma Conclusion: What can the study of social deviance do for you?
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Deviance
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this popular introduction explores the meaning of social deviance in contemporary society. It traces the path by which we create deviance: how we single out behavior, ideas, and appearances that differ from the “norm,” label them as either offensive or acceptable, and then condemn or celebrate them. The book explains what kinds of behavior are banned and who bans them, exposing the important political influences underlying these processes. Refreshed with a new engaging, accessible style, the second edition features expanded treatment of the theories of deviance, new material on positive deviance, and updated references and contemporary examples throughout. At its core, Social Deviance looks at who becomes deviant and why. It delves into the multiple motives that cause rule-breakers to behave badly in the eyes of those they offend or creatively in the eyes of those they please, and it reveals the way deviants think about their actions, their moral identity, and their fellow moral outcasts.Trade Review“Stuart Henry has done a remarkable job of introducing the student to what is perhaps the most intriguing subject in the undergraduate curriculum. Pick up this book and read it. It is a brisk, engaging, and informative account of normative violations and their aftermath. Our students will enjoy and learn from it.” Erich Goode, State University of New York at Stony Brook“This second edition arrives at a propitious time, when our social fabric is being questioned on moral, ethical, and political grounds like never before. It does a superb job of contextualizing deviance among contemporary issues, allowing students to embrace the key concepts in the field, to understand the complexity of the issues, and to apply these ideas to their everyday lives. Well written and jargon free, with excellent examples to get its point across, it stands unmatched in its enunciation of the complexities of deviant behavior in a straightforward manner.” Peter Adler, University of Denver (Emeritus)Table of ContentsPreface 1 What is deviance? 2 Why people ban behavior 3 What causes people to deviate? Theories of deviant behavior 4 Why people break rules: From extreme deviance to positive deviance 5 Neutralizing morality and deviant motivations 6 Failed socialization and weak social control 7 How people become deviants: Labeling deviant actors 8 Responding to deviant designations and coping with stigma 9 Becoming normal: The politics of stigma Conclusion: What can the study of social deviance do for you?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd In Praise of Forgiveness
Book SynopsisRelationships fall apart, marriages fail, couples break up – it happens to us all. Time corrodes passion and the routines of daily life kill the excitement that surrounds the emotion of the first encounter. The difficulty of uniting sexual pleasure with love, which Freud considered to be the most common neurosis in any love life, has become emblematic of a truth that seems undeniable: desire is destined to die if its object is not constantly renewed, if we do not change partner, if it is closed for too long in the restrictive chamber of the same bond. And yet what happens to these bonds when one of the two partners betrays the other, when the promise fails, when there is another emotional experience cloaked in secrecy and deceit? What happens if the traitor then begs forgiveness? Are they asking to be loved again and, having declared that it is not like it used to be, now want everything to go back to how it was? Should we make fun of lovers in their attempts to make love last? Or should we try to face up to the experience of betrayal, with the offence caused by the person we love most? Should we not perhaps attempt to praise forgiveness in love?Trade Review�Fascinating and provocative, this book sizzles with critical passion. It is fed by a deep knowledge of the vagaries of love in our nihilistic, �hyper-hedonist� times and by psychoanalytic insight. The addition of riveting cases makes this a pithy and important work.� Lisa Appignanesi, author of Everyday MadnessTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Ideology of the New The Contemporary Degradation of Love Lives; Resignation or Dopamine?; Narcissistic Love; Two Lies in Our Time; The New Libertine Ideology; Love as Resistance to the Libertine Worship of the New 2. Encounter and Destiny Love as Oedipal Repetition; Falling in Love with Ourselves; The Scream of Life; The Debate over Barolo; The Sexual Relationship Does Not Exist; We Are Loved Not Because of Something, But ‘Because of Everything’; The Loving Encounter is the Birth of a World; Disappointed Love; The Eros of the Encounter; Fidelity; The Face and the Eternal 3. Trauma and Abandonment A Captive Freedom?; Albertine; Is the Promise of Love Always False?; Is the Promise of Love Always False?; “It’s Not Like It Used To Be”; What Is A Trauma?; The First Blow; Trauma is the Flipside of Repression; Trauma in Love; Falling into Non-Sense; The Fall This Side of the Mirror; A Wound With No Cure; Abandonment 4. The Work of Forgiveness Courageous Love; The Adulterous Woman; To Forgive the Unforgiveable?; Reflection by the Subject; The Impossibility of Forgiving Out Of Love; The Work of Forgiveness and The Work of Mourning; Forgiveness and Gratitude; Why Men Find It More Difficult to Forgive; Violence Without Law; Violence and Love; The Tender Assassin; Absolute Exposure to Love; Virgil’s Gloves; Narcissism and Depression; Woman’s Foreign Language; “They Are All Whores!”; Killing Them In Order To ‘Love’ Them; The Joy of Forgiveness?; Forgiving Oneself
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd In Praise of Forgiveness
Book SynopsisRelationships fall apart, marriages fail, couples break up – it happens to us all. Time corrodes passion and the routines of daily life kill the excitement that surrounds the emotion of the first encounter. The difficulty of uniting sexual pleasure with love, which Freud considered to be the most common neurosis in any love life, has become emblematic of a truth that seems undeniable: desire is destined to die if its object is not constantly renewed, if we do not change partner, if it is closed for too long in the restrictive chamber of the same bond. And yet what happens to these bonds when one of the two partners betrays the other, when the promise fails, when there is another emotional experience cloaked in secrecy and deceit? What happens if the traitor then begs forgiveness? Are they asking to be loved again and, having declared that it is not like it used to be, now want everything to go back to how it was? Should we make fun of lovers in their attempts to make love last? Or should we try to face up to the experience of betrayal, with the offence caused by the person we love most? Should we not perhaps attempt to praise forgiveness in love?Trade Review�Fascinating and provocative, this book sizzles with critical passion. It is fed by a deep knowledge of the vagaries of love in our nihilistic, �hyper-hedonist� times and by psychoanalytic insight. The addition of riveting cases makes this a pithy and important work.� Lisa Appignanesi, author of Everyday MadnessTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Ideology of the New The Contemporary Degradation of Love Lives; Resignation or Dopamine?; Narcissistic Love; Two Lies in Our Time; The New Libertine Ideology; Love as Resistance to the Libertine Worship of the New2. Encounter and DestinyLove as Oedipal Repetition; Falling in Love with Ourselves; The Scream of Life; The Debate over Barolo; The Sexual Relationship Does Not Exist; We Are Loved Not Because of Something, But ‘Because of Everything’; The Loving Encounter is the Birth of a World; Disappointed Love; The Eros of the Encounter; Fidelity; The Face and the Eternal3. Trauma and AbandonmentA Captive Freedom?; Albertine; Is the Promise of Love Always False?; Is the Promise of Love Always False?; “It’s Not Like It Used To Be”; What Is A Trauma?; The First Blow; Trauma is the Flipside of Repression; Trauma in Love; Falling into Non-Sense; The Fall This Side of the Mirror; A Wound With No Cure; Abandonment4. The Work of Forgiveness Courageous Love; The Adulterous Woman; To Forgive the Unforgiveable?; Reflection by the Subject; The Impossibility of Forgiving Out Of Love; The Work of Forgiveness and The Work of Mourning; Forgiveness and Gratitude; Why Men Find It More Difficult to Forgive; Violence Without Law; Violence and Love; The Tender Assassin; Absolute Exposure to Love; Virgil’s Gloves; Narcissism and Depression; Woman’s Foreign Language; “They Are All Whores!”; Killing Them In Order To ‘Love’ Them; The Joy of Forgiveness?; Forgiving Oneself
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Send Him A Signal: 61 Secrets For Indicating Interest And Attracting The Attention Of Higher Quality Men
£10.56
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform What Women Want When They Test Men: How To Decode Female Behavior, Pass A Woman's Tests, And Attract Women Through Authenticity
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Manchester University Press Stereotypes and Stereotyping in Early Modern
Book SynopsisEarly modern stereotypes used to be studied as evidence of popular belief, something mired with prejudices and commonly held assumptions. Stereotypes and stereotyping in early modern England goes beyond this view by exploring practices of stereotyping as contested processes. To do so, the volume draws on recent works on social psychology and sociology. It thereby brings together early modern case studies and explores how stereotypes and their mobilisation shaped various negotiations of power, in spheres of life such as politics, religion, economy and knowledge production.Table of ContentsIntroduction: rethinking early modern stereotyping in the twenty-first century – Koji Yamamoto and Peter Lake1 Religious and national stereotyping and prejudice in seventeenth-century England – Tim Harris2 On thinking (historically) with stereotypes, or the puritan origins of anti-puritanism – Peter Lake3 History plays, Catholic polemics and the staging of political economy in Elizabethan England – Koji Yamamoto4 Alchemists, puritans and projectors in the plays of Ben Jonson – Peter Lake and Koji Yamamoto5 Ranter and Quaker stereotyping in the English Revolution – Kate Peters6 Fighting popery with popery: subverting stereotypes and contesting anti-Catholicism in late seventeenth-century England – Adam Morton7 ‘We do naturally … hate the French’: Francophobia and Francophilia in Samuel Pepys’s Diary – David Magliocco8 ‘Sin and sea coal’: smoke as urban life in early modern London – William Cavert9 Laboratories of subjectification: characters and stereotypes in late Stuart and Georgian theatre – Bridget Orr10 From Reformation to Enlightenment in post-civil war orientalism – William J. BulmanCoda: the dialectics of stereotyping – past and present – Sandra Jovchelovitch, Koji Yamamoto and Peter LakeIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Contaminated the
Book SynopsisPulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspiracy theory into the world’s first digital pandemic. Imagine a deadly pathogen that, once created, could infect any person in any part of the globe within seconds. No need to wait for travellers, trains, or air traffic to spread it, all you need is an internet connection. In this gripping investigation, Pulitzer Prize winner James Ball decodes the cryptic language of the online right and with a surgeon’s precision tracks the spread of QAnon, the world’s first digital pandemic. QAnon began as an internet community dedicated to supporting President Trump and intent on outing a global cabal of human traffickers. A short, cryptic message posted by an anonymous user to a niche internet forum in 2017 was the spark that ignited a global movement. What started as a macabre game of virtual make-believe quickly spiralled into the spread of virulently hateful, dangerous messaging – which turned into tragic, violent actions. Incoherent, chaotic, free from agendas: QAnon is a one-size-fits all cult conspiracy. From a standoff at the Hoover Dam, to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021, to protesting COVID-19 lockdowns, this digital pandemic has spread globally and shows no signs of stopping. In The Other Pandemic Ball takes us into the niche pathways through which these digital pathogens spread, mutate and infect people all across the globe – but he also argues that the prognosis doesn’t have to be dire. He shows us that it is possible to treat and cure this virus in order to build up our digital immune systems, and be better prepared to survive the next wave. *A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023*Trade ReviewIn his new book about the QAnon movement, the investigative journalist James Ball teases out the global network of people who have essentially given up on the notion of objective reality, from bored teenage trolls to duplicitous politicians and crazed billionaires … Ball takes to his task with a convert’s zealotry -- Ethan Croft * The Times *An insightful book about the conspiracy movement compares it persuasively to a self-replicating disease … A disturbing study of the origins and resilience of an exceptionally versatile and pernicious network of paranoid digital malcontents -- Rafael Behr * Guardian *This is a worthwhile, pacy and well-written book. It is an important one, too. We need to understand why people are hoodwinked by and have faith in conspiracy theories because it is happening with increasing frequency * New Scientist *Utterly fascinating -- Dom JolyBall, with this biography of the internet, takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al into a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important, too -- praise for The System * Observer *A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important -- praise for The System, Caroline Criado-Perez, author of Invisible WomenBrilliant, wide-ranging … The Other Pandemic presents a detailed and disturbing diagnosis * Spectator *A riveting account * Tablet *What [Ball] reveals about QAnon is fascinating … Disturbing and insightful, The Other Pandemic is a valuable study of a “versatile and pernicious” phenomenon * Week *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Contaminated the
Book SynopsisPulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspiracy theory into the world’s first digital pandemic. Imagine a deadly pathogen that, once created, could infect any person in any part of the globe within seconds. No need to wait for travellers, trains, or air traffic to spread it, all you need is an internet connection. In this gripping investigation, Pulitzer Prize winner James Ball decodes the cryptic language of the online right and with a surgeon’s precision tracks the spread of QAnon, the world’s first digital pandemic. QAnon began as an internet community dedicated to supporting President Trump and intent on outing a global cabal of human traffickers. A short, cryptic message posted by an anonymous user to a niche internet forum in 2017 was the spark that ignited a global movement. What started as a macabre game of virtual make-believe quickly spiralled into the spread of virulently hateful, dangerous messaging – which turned into tragic, violent actions. Incoherent, chaotic, free from agendas: QAnon is a one-size-fits all cult conspiracy. From a standoff at the Hoover Dam, to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021, to protesting COVID-19 lockdowns, this digital pandemic has spread globally and shows no signs of stopping. In The Other Pandemic Ball takes us into the niche pathways through which these digital pathogens spread, mutate and infect people all across the globe – but he also argues that the prognosis doesn’t have to be dire. He shows us that it is possible to treat and cure this virus in order to build up our digital immune systems, and be better prepared to survive the next wave. *A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023*Trade ReviewIn his new book about the QAnon movement, the investigative journalist James Ball teases out the global network of people who have essentially given up on the notion of objective reality, from bored teenage trolls to duplicitous politicians and crazed billionaires … Ball takes to his task with a convert’s zealotry -- Ethan Croft * The Times *An insightful book about the conspiracy movement compares it persuasively to a self-replicating disease … A disturbing study of the origins and resilience of an exceptionally versatile and pernicious network of paranoid digital malcontents -- Rafael Behr * Guardian *This is a worthwhile, pacy and well-written book. It is an important one, too. We need to understand why people are hoodwinked by and have faith in conspiracy theories because it is happening with increasing frequency * New Scientist *Utterly fascinating -- Dom JolyBall, with this biography of the internet, takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al into a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important, too -- praise for The System * Observer *A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important -- praise for The System, Caroline Criado-Perez, author of Invisible WomenBrilliant, wide-ranging … The Other Pandemic presents a detailed and disturbing diagnosis * Spectator *A riveting account * Tablet *What [Ball] reveals about QAnon is fascinating … Disturbing and insightful, The Other Pandemic is a valuable study of a “versatile and pernicious” phenomenon * Week *
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Pan Macmillan Fans: A Journey into the Psychology of Belonging
Book Synopsis'A celebration of human idiosyncrasy and of our talent for building shared meaning and solidarity out of the strangest material' – TLSFans takes the reader on a journey through a constellation of fandoms, and along the way demonstrates some fundamental truths about the human condition.Fascinating and thought-provoking, Fans is a story of communities, of what happens to us when we interact with people who share our passions. The human brain is wired to reach out, and while our groupish tendencies can bring much strife (religious intolerance, racism, war, etc.), they are also the source of some of our greatest satisfactions.Fandoms offer much of the pleasure of tribalism with little of the harm: a feeling of belonging and of shared culture, a sense of meaning and purpose, improved mental well-being, reassurance that our most outlandish convictions will be taken seriously, and the freedom to try to emulate (and dress like) our hero.But Bond shows that despite these benefits, the world of fandoms is not without its dark underside, from the “copycat effect” fuelling mass shootings to the delusions that can accompany the parasocial relationships that fans feel they have with their heroes.In Fans, Michael Bond draws on the work of social psychologists and anthropologists to understand how people behave in groups and why such groups have such a profound effect on human culture.Trade ReviewEntertaining and insightful * The Times *Highly enjoyable * Independent *A celebration of human idiosyncrasy and of our talent for building shared meaning and solidarity out of the strangest material * TLS *A fascinating insight into why people come together in pursuit of something they love and the very real benefits it can bring to our lives * i-D *Bond’s research is extensive, informative, engagingly presented and his topic timely. * Financial Times *
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Vintage Publishing The Sweet Spot: Suffering, Pleasure and the Key
Book SynopsisWhat if experiencing a good life involves more than just pleasure?Revealing the surprising roots of lasting happiness, pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explains why suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives.It seems obvious that pleasure leads to happiness - and pain does the opposite. And yet we are irresistibly drawn to a host of experiences that truly hurt, from the exhilarating fear of horror movies or extreme sport to the gruelling challenges of exercise, work, creativity and having a family.Drawing on ground-breaking findings, pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explores the pleasures of suffering and reveals why the activities that provide the most satisfaction are often the ones that involve the greatest sacrifice. Embracing this truth, he shows, is the key to a life well lived.'Paul Bloom can always be counted on to take your confident assumptions about humanity and turn them upside down' Susan Cain, author of Quiet'An exhilarating antidote to toxic positivity, this captivating book will challenge you to rethink your vision of a good life' Adam Grant, author of Think AgainTrade ReviewAn exhilarating antidote to toxic positivity, this captivating book will challenge you to rethink your vision of a good life -- Adam Grant, author of Think AgainClear, rightly sceptical, impossible to dislike -- Stuart Ritchie * Guardian *Provocative, fascinating and insightful - from one of the world's best writers and deepest thinkers about human behaviour -- Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on HappinessA profound meditation on happiness, family and meaning from one of the best writers we have about the human condition. A joy to read -- A. J. Jacobs, author of It’s All RelativeWonderfully humane, lucid and entertaining ... a brave and necessary tract for the times * Telegraph (on Against Empathy) *
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Vintage Publishing The Social Instinct: What Nature Can Teach Us
Book Synopsis'A phenomenally important book' Lewis Dartnell, author of OriginsWhy do we live in families?Why do we help complete strangers?Why do we compare ourselves to others?Why do we cooperate?The science of cooperation tells us not only how we got here, but also where we might end up. In The Social Instinct Nichola Raihani introduces us to other species who, like us, live and work together. From the pied babblers of the Kalahari to the cleaner fish of the Great Barrier Reef, they happen to be some of the most fascinating and extraordinarily successful species on this planet. What do we have in common with these animals, and what can we learn from them? The Social Instinct is an exhilarating, far-reaching and thought-provoking journey through all life on Earth, with profound insights into what makes us human and how our societies work.'A pleasing juxtaposition of insightful scientific theory with illuminating anecdotes' Richard Dawkins'Surprising, thoughtful and, best of all, endlessly entertaining' Will Storr, author of The Science of Storytelling'A superb book about how important cooperation is' Alice Roberts, author of AncestorsTrade ReviewA phenomenally important book. The story of why we humans evolved to become such a wonderfully cooperative, social species, and what that means for the world today. Nichola Raihani will change the way we think about ourselves. -- Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human HistoryThis is a superb book about how important cooperation is in biology, from molecules and cells to families and whole societies. -- Alice RobertsThe Social Instinct is surprising, thoughtful and, best of all, endlessly entertaining, examining the puzzle and power of co-operation from the decks of the HMS Bounty to the babbling birds of the Kalahari. Absolutely loved it. -- Will Storr, author of The Science of StorytellingExcellent and illuminating * Wall Street Journal *A well-written book, easy to read - a pleasing juxtaposition of insightful scientific theory with illuminating anecdotes -- Richard Dawkins
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Bristol University Press Interpretive Sociology and the Semiotic
Book SynopsisSemiotics provides key analytical tools to understand the creation and reproduction of meaning in social life. Although some fields have productively incorporated semiotic models, sociology still needs to engage with semiotic mediation. Written by a diverse group of authors in interpretive sociology, this ambitious volume asks what the relationship between meaning systems and action is, how we can describe culture and which roles we assign to language, social processes and cognition in a sociological context. Contributors offer empirical research that not only outlines the conceptual issues at stake, but also demonstrates ‘how to do things’ with semiotics through case studies. Synthesizing a diverse and fragmented landscape, this is a key reference work for scholars interested in the connection between semiotics and sociology.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Interpretive Sociology and the Semiotic Imagination - Andrea Cossu and Jorge Fontdevila 1. Marked and Unmarked: A Semiotic Distinction for Concept-Driven Interpretive Sociology - Wayne H. Brekhus 2. Blumer, Weber, Peirce and the Big Tent of Semiotic Sociology: Notes on Interactionism, Interpretivism, and Semiotics - J. I. (Hans) Bakker 3. Collective Agency: A Semiotic View - Rein Raud 4. Theorizing Side-Directed Behavior - Paul McLean and Eunkyung Song 5. Cultural Syntax and the Rules of Meaning Making: A New Paradigm for the Interpretation of Culture - Todd Madigan 6. Memory, Cultural Systems, and Anticipation - Andrea Cossu 7. Stigma Embedded Semiotics: Indexical Dilemmas of HIV across Local and Migrant Networks - Jorge Fontdevila 8. Supremacy or Symbiosis? The Effect of Gendered Ideologies of the Trans- versus Posthuman on Wearable Technology and Biodesign - Elizabeth Wissinger
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Bristol University Press Erich Fromm and Global Public Sociology
Book SynopsisErich Fromm was one of the most influential and creative public intellectuals of the twentieth century. He was a mentor to David Riesman and an inspiration for the New Left. As the rise of global right-wing populism and Trumpism creates new interest in the kind of psycho-social writing and popular sociology that Fromm pioneered in the 1930s, this timely book tells the story of the rise, fall and contemporary revival of Fromm’s theories. Drawing from empirical work, this is an invaluable contribution to popular debates about current politics, the sociology of ideas and the prospect of a truly global public sociology.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Erich Fromm’s Global Public Sociology 1 Sociology in a World at War: Escape from Freedom 2 How Optimal Marginality Created a Public Sociologist 3 The Cold War, Conformity, and the 1960s 4 How Fromm Became a Forgotten Public Sociologist 5 Fromm’s Political Activism in the 1960s 6 Studying Social Character and Theorizing Violence Conclusion: The Revival of a Global Public Sociologist
£24.29
John Murray Press The Regenerative Life: Transform any
Book SynopsisThe world often falls short of how we'd like it to be, and our ability to make even just a little difference can seem limited. Sometimes it feels like you need to be a super-hero to achieve anything meaningful. But what if by re-conceiving what you do, you could change the world for the better?In THE REGENERATIVE LIFE, Carol Sanford shows you how to fundamentally change the roles you play in society, enabling you to do more than you ever believed possible; grow yourself and others, provide astounding innovations for your clients, children and students, generate extraordinary social returns, become more creative, and bring new life and opportunity to everything around you. THE REGENERATIVE LIFE teaches you to see your roles differently: stripping away all preconceptions of how it should be done, understanding what your role is at its core, and building yourself back up to become something new; something so grounded, inspiring, and resilient, it can change the world.
£21.25
John Murray Press The Regenerative Life: Transform any
Book SynopsisThe world often falls short of how we'd like it to be, and our ability to make even just a little difference can seem limited. Sometimes it feels like you need to be a super-hero to achieve anything meaningful. But what if by re-conceiving what you do, you could change the world for the better?In THE REGENERATIVE LIFE, Carol Sanford shows you how to fundamentally change the roles you play in society, enabling you to do more than you ever believed possible; grow yourself and others, provide astounding innovations for your clients, children and students, generate extraordinary social returns, become more creative, and bring new life and opportunity to everything around you. THE REGENERATIVE LIFE teaches you to see your roles differently: stripping away all preconceptions of how it should be done, understanding what your role is at its core, and building yourself back up to become something new; something so grounded, inspiring, and resilient, it can change the world.
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Quercus Publishing The Dawn of Language: The story of how we came to
Book Synopsis"A model of popular-science writing" STEVEN POOLEWho was "the first speaker" and what was their first message?An erudite, tightly woven and beautifully written account of one of humanity's greatest mysteries - the origins of language.Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. The Dawn of Language provides a fascinating survey of how grammar came into being and the differences or similarities between languages spoken around the world, before exploring how language eventually emerged in the very remote human past.Our intellectual and physiological changes through the process of evolution both have a bearing on our ability to acquire language. But to what extent is the evolution of language dependent on genes, or on environment? How has language evolved further, and how is it changing now, in the process of globalisation? And which aspects of language ensure that robots are not yet intelligent enough to reconstruct how language has evolved? Johansson's far-reaching, authoritative and research-based approach to language is brought to life through dozens of astonishing examples, both human and animal, in a fascinatingly erudite and entertaining volume for anyone who has ever contemplated not just why we speak the way we do, but why we speak at all.Translated from the Swedish by Frank PerryTrade ReviewAn elegant intellectual thriller . . . A model of popular-science writing in its imperturbable, reasonable weighing of competing ideas . . . [A] fascinating story in its own right -- Steven Poole * Guardian *Popular science of the highest order. All the necessary ingredients are there: a well-read author, an educational mindset and good, fluent prose. * Svenska Dagbladet *A formidable educational journey . . . This is the book the linguists have needed for so long. * Expressen *Johansson writes with enthusiasm and a desire to impart his knowledge . . . The delight is contagious. * Språktidningen *A fascinating overview of human language * Smålandsposten *Women are central to the story of how humans began to use language, at least according to the fascinating hypothesis advanced by Swedish scientist Sverker Johansson in his magisterial The Dawn of Language . . . but there are many other twists and turns in this detective story of the deep past. * Telegraph *I love a book that teaches me things I didn't know while provoking in me thoughts I never had before, setting my mind racing in new directions. Such a book is The Dawn of Language by Sverker Johansson -- Richard DawkinsA very well-researched and persuasive work on how evolution shaped pre-human development, and our precursors' role in externalising language and bringing it into the world. -- Graham Elliott * The Linguist *
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Sage Publications Ltd Essential Social Psychology
Book SynopsisEssential Social Psychology introduces you to the core topics in Social Psychology, covering its history, methods, and approaches, as well as helping you grasp key topics such as social influence, group processes, prejudice, friendship, affiliation, and love. This new edition has a strong emphasis on real-world applications, for example exploring how social psychology was applied during the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been updated to include more in-depth coverage of contemporary topics such as social media, the digital world, as well as social justice topics, such as LGBTQ+ issues in psychology. This book is ideal for undergraduate students of social psychology. Richard Crisp is Professor of Social Psychology at Durham University. Rhiannon Turner is Professor of Social Psychology at Queen's University Belfast. Rose Meleady is an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of East Anglia.
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Fordham University Press Breaking Point: The Ironic Evolution of
Book SynopsisThis book informs the public for the first time about the impact of American psychiatry on soldiers during World War II. Breaking Point is the first in-depth history of American psychiatry in World War II. Drawn from unpublished primary documents, oral histories, and the author’s personal interviews and correspondence over years with key psychiatric and military policymakers, it begins with Franklin Roosevelt’s endorsement of a universal Selective Service psychiatric examination followed by Army and Navy pre- and post-induction examinations. Ultimately, 2.5 million men and women were rejected or discharged from military service on neuropsychiatric grounds. Never before or since has the United States engaged in such a program. In designing Selective Service Medical Circular No. 1, psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan assumed psychiatrists could predict who might break down or falter in military service or even in civilian life thereafter. While many American and European psychiatrists questioned this belief, and huge numbers of American psychiatric casualties soon raised questions about screening’s validity, psychiatric and military leaders persisted in 1942 and 1943 in endorsing ever tougher screening and little else. Soon, families complained of fathers and teens being drafted instead of being identified as psychiatric 4Fs, and Blacks and Native Americans, among others, complained of bias. A frustrated General George S. Patton famously slapped two “malingering” neuropsychiatric patients in Sicily (a sentiment shared by Marshall and Eisenhower, though they favored a tamer style). Yet psychiatric rejections, evacuations, and discharges mounted. While psychiatrist Roy Grinker and a few others treated soldiers close to the front in Tunisia in early 1943, this was the exception. But as demand for manpower soared and psychiatrists finally went to the field and saw that combat itself, not “predisposition,” precipitated breakdown, leading military psychiatrists switched their emphasis from screening to prevention and treatment. But this switch was too little too late and slowed by a year-long series of Inspector General investigations even while numbers of psychiatric casualties soared. Ironically, despite and even partly because of psychiatrists’ wartime performance, plus the emotional toll of war, postwar America soon witnessed a dramatic growth in numbers, popularity, and influence of the profession, culminating in the National Mental Health Act (1946). But veterans with “PTSD,” not recognized until 1980, were largely neglected.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations | ix Foreword by Noah Tsika | xi Preface | xv Introduction | 1 Part I: Before the War 1. Mobilizing for War | 13 2. Military Necessity Overrides Psychiatric Skepticism | 34 3. Debating Screening’s Viability | 46 Part II: During the War 4. Psychiatric Policy Making in the Throes of War | 77 5. The Public Reaction | 101 6. The Response of Psychiatrists | 120 7. The Horrors of War and Beginnings of Change | 138 8. From Prediction to Prevention | 153 9. Limits to Prevention and Treatment | 177 Part III: After the War 10. Return to Normalcy | 209 11. From “War Man” to “Peace Man” | 232 Conclusion | 247 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | 253 Principal Physicians and Social Scientists | 255 Appendix A: Medical Circular No. 1 | 275 Appendix B: Circular Letter No. 19 | 277 Appendix C: Key Investigations of Military Psychiatry | 279 Acknowledgments | 281 Notes | 287 Select Works | 405 Index | 441
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Fordham University Press Breaking Point: The Ironic Evolution of
Book SynopsisThis book informs the public for the first time about the impact of American psychiatry on soldiers during World War II. Breaking Point is the first in-depth history of American psychiatry in World War II. Drawn from unpublished primary documents, oral histories, and the author’s personal interviews and correspondence over years with key psychiatric and military policymakers, it begins with Franklin Roosevelt’s endorsement of a universal Selective Service psychiatric examination followed by Army and Navy pre- and post-induction examinations. Ultimately, 2.5 million men and women were rejected or discharged from military service on neuropsychiatric grounds. Never before or since has the United States engaged in such a program. In designing Selective Service Medical Circular No. 1, psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan assumed psychiatrists could predict who might break down or falter in military service or even in civilian life thereafter. While many American and European psychiatrists questioned this belief, and huge numbers of American psychiatric casualties soon raised questions about screening’s validity, psychiatric and military leaders persisted in 1942 and 1943 in endorsing ever tougher screening and little else. Soon, families complained of fathers and teens being drafted instead of being identified as psychiatric 4Fs, and Blacks and Native Americans, among others, complained of bias. A frustrated General George S. Patton famously slapped two “malingering” neuropsychiatric patients in Sicily (a sentiment shared by Marshall and Eisenhower, though they favored a tamer style). Yet psychiatric rejections, evacuations, and discharges mounted. While psychiatrist Roy Grinker and a few others treated soldiers close to the front in Tunisia in early 1943, this was the exception. But as demand for manpower soared and psychiatrists finally went to the field and saw that combat itself, not “predisposition,” precipitated breakdown, leading military psychiatrists switched their emphasis from screening to prevention and treatment. But this switch was too little too late and slowed by a year-long series of Inspector General investigations even while numbers of psychiatric casualties soared. Ironically, despite and even partly because of psychiatrists’ wartime performance, plus the emotional toll of war, postwar America soon witnessed a dramatic growth in numbers, popularity, and influence of the profession, culminating in the National Mental Health Act (1946). But veterans with “PTSD,” not recognized until 1980, were largely neglected.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations | ix Foreword by Noah Tsika | xi Preface | xv Introduction | 1 Part I: Before the War 1. Mobilizing for War | 13 2. Military Necessity Overrides Psychiatric Skepticism | 34 3. Debating Screening’s Viability | 46 Part II: During the War 4. Psychiatric Policy Making in the Throes of War | 77 5. The Public Reaction | 101 6. The Response of Psychiatrists | 120 7. The Horrors of War and Beginnings of Change | 138 8. From Prediction to Prevention | 153 9. Limits to Prevention and Treatment | 177 Part III: After the War 10. Return to Normalcy | 209 11. From “War Man” to “Peace Man” | 232 Conclusion | 247 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | 253 Principal Physicians and Social Scientists | 255 Appendix A: Medical Circular No. 1 | 275 Appendix B: Circular Letter No. 19 | 277 Appendix C: Key Investigations of Military Psychiatry | 279 Acknowledgments | 281 Notes | 287 Select Works | 405 Index | 441
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Nonverbal Communication: Insights, Importance in
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Self-Perception: Research Advances & Clinical
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Human Traits and Their Social Significance
Book SynopsisThis book, originally published in 1920, is remarkably yet unsurprisingly still relevant today. It delves into the processes of human nature, from our simple inborn impulses and needs to the most complete fulfillment of these in the deliberate activities of art, science, morality, and religion. This book will give you knowledge of the fundamentals of human nature and a sense of the possibilities and limits these give to human enterprise.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Diversity and Complexity
Book SynopsisThe book addresses the issue of the human relationship with diversity within a theoretical framework that considers not only the psycho-social perspective, but also - and pre-eminently - the perspective of complexity science. A broad definition of diversity is proposed, whereby diversity is all that is not the self or, more precisely, all that is not the present self. There is a focus on cross-cultural relations, especially with regards to young people, and on the themes of racism and empathy in this context. The analysis draws on the considerable data obtained by the author and her research group in her study of children's and adolescents' attitudes towards multiculturalism. Interspecies diversity is considered as well, with a chapter devoted to the human relationship with animals supported by data obtained from the author's research study on children's and adolescents' attitudes towards animals. Throughout the book, the main concepts and principles pertaining to complexity science and complex thinking are used, including systems, interconnection, emergent factors, non-linearity, uncertainty, responsibility, mutilating thought, and the contribution of art to scientific research. Two chapters address the relationship with diversity as it is presented in literature, cinema, and photography. In conclusion, the author's view is that complexity is an intrinsic quality of reality, and that reality absolutely must be approached through the complexity lens.Table of ContentsFor more information, please visit our website at:https://novapublishers.com/shop/diversity-and-complexity/
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Psychology of Religion, Violence, and Conflict
Book SynopsisPsychology of religion, violence, and conflict resolution highlights the causes of intrareligious and interreligious violence, and proposes dual models for understanding the latter, for facilitating moral regeneration, universal peaceful coexistence, and holistic individual and collective flourishing. Religious violence, especially and paradoxically perpetrated by persons identifying with specific religious movements, has made religion an enigma, with a progressively controversial status. In other words, intrareligious and interreligious violence is associated with some of the bloodiest episodes of humankind's tragic history, and it is on this basis that understanding the fundamental causes of religious strife becomes a vital preoccupation of researchers, decision makers and the general public, beyond and above religious obeisance, or total absence of any. Furthermore, and more preoccupying, there is no space, time, or people of the world today, that are free of the modern day scourge of religious violence. Humankind all over the earth finds itself having to confront this modern day gorgon, which is faceless, non-discriminatory, and brutally ruthless, a far cry from the myth and deontology of religion as the "link between humankind and a higher source of being and goodwill." Psychology of religion, violence, and conflict resolution unveils the psychological mind-set lurking in the bloody shadows of intrareligious and interreligious violence, activated through the prisms of exclusivism, sectarianism, fundamentalism, intolerance, extremism, hate speech, virulent condemnation of heresy, all culminating in self-righteous "murders in God's Name." The work is not fatalistic and pessimistic though because it highlights the possibility of individual and collective moral regeneration via the Greater and Lesser Jihad, or self-sacrifice and selfless service, grounded in the realization of the inalienable unity of being, for the preservation and unlimited flourishing of all creation. The climax of the work is the projection of a non-mythical but highly probable and limitlessly sustainable "golden age," to be actualized when the preconditions of goodwill, peaceful coexistence, mental illumination, and selfless service become cornerstones of a holistic, universalistic, communalistic, and humanistic ethic of being, knowing, and doing. The book represents a unique and most timely contribution to research and literature on religion, violence, and conflict resolution, and is intended to become a vital resource and reference material for students, researchers, professionals, national and international decision makers, non-governmental organizations, religious and non-denominational bodies, which advocate for intrareligious and interreligious dialogue, reconciliation, peaceful coexistence, and individual and collective flourishing.Table of ContentsFor more information, please visit our website at:https://novapublishers.com/shop/psychology-of-religion-violence-and-conflict-resolution/
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Social Psychology and Counseling: Issues and
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Rowman & Littlefield Being Unequal: How Identity Helps Make and Break
Book SynopsisWe may think we control our own destinies, but who we are, how we think, what we feel, and how we act are shaped by multiple, intersecting identities that have different amounts of power and value in our society. Being Unequal explores how identity categories associated with race, class, gender, and sexuality help shape inequality. This concise and accessible book asks: How is identity experienced? How does identity help reproduce inequality? How does identity help resist inequality? What is the relationship between micro and macro inequality—in other words, how do our personal experiences shape larger social forces? Being Unequal argues that identities matter because they are a critical part of a complex social process in which everyday interactions contribute to larger systems of structural inequality. By recognizing the links between identity and inequality, Being Unequal also highlights the power of collective action to resist and oppose domination and exploitation. Filled with engaging real-world examples ranging from the social construction of momentary high school cliques to the emergence of momentous social movements, Being Unequal is a powerful introduction to social identities and the ways they shape our world.Trade ReviewAwareness of the profound structural inequalities that haunt the United States and the globe could not be more critical. But structures are abstract, and it can be all too easy for people, both in advantaged and even in marginalized positions, to be blind to the inequalities that social structures create and maintain. In this volume, Peter Callero brings these inequalities to life by telling the stories of individual people, showing how inequalities are organized through and experienced in human identities. As Callero clearly demonstrates, identities play a critical role in both making and breaking societal inequalities. By showing the power of resistance, Callero leaves his readers with hope for a more just world. -- Judith A. Howard, University of WashingtonPeter Callero covers a large amount of conceptual ground in a concise and engaging manner. The writing style is exceptionally clear, and the concepts and examples are captivating. Being Unequal is a teaching tool that successfully provides a textbook summary of existing research, but scholars will also read and cite this book. -- Scott R. Harris, Saint Louis UniversityLinking everything from Jay-Z’s misogynistic lyrics to Emory University’s denial of slave labor, Peter Callero once again shows us why identities matter and how they influence social outcomes, and why he is one of the key social psychologists to read on this topic. -- Rashawn Ray, University of MarylandTable of ContentsChapter 1 – What is Social Inequality? Chapter 2 – What does Identity have to do with Inequality? Chapter 3 – How does Identity Contribute to the Reproduction of Inequality? Chapter 4 – How is Identity Used to Resist Inequality? Chapter 5 – What is the Relationship between Micro and Macro Inequality?
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Rowman & Littlefield Being Unequal: How Identity Helps Make and Break
Book SynopsisWe may think we control our own destinies, but who we are, how we think, what we feel, and how we act are shaped by multiple, intersecting identities that have different amounts of power and value in our society. Being Unequal explores how identity categories associated with race, class, gender, and sexuality help shape inequality. This concise and accessible book asks: How is identity experienced? How does identity help reproduce inequality? How does identity help resist inequality? What is the relationship between micro and macro inequality—in other words, how do our personal experiences shape larger social forces? Being Unequal argues that identities matter because they are a critical part of a complex social process in which everyday interactions contribute to larger systems of structural inequality. By recognizing the links between identity and inequality, Being Unequal also highlights the power of collective action to resist and oppose domination and exploitation. Filled with engaging real-world examples ranging from the social construction of momentary high school cliques to the emergence of momentous social movements, Being Unequal is a powerful introduction to social identities and the ways they shape our world.Trade ReviewAwareness of the profound structural inequalities that haunt the United States and the globe could not be more critical. But structures are abstract, and it can be all too easy for people, both in advantaged and even in marginalized positions, to be blind to the inequalities that social structures create and maintain. In this volume, Peter Callero brings these inequalities to life by telling the stories of individual people, showing how inequalities are organized through and experienced in human identities. As Callero clearly demonstrates, identities play a critical role in both making and breaking societal inequalities. By showing the power of resistance, Callero leaves his readers with hope for a more just world. -- Judith A. Howard, University of WashingtonPeter Callero covers a large amount of conceptual ground in a concise and engaging manner. The writing style is exceptionally clear, and the concepts and examples are captivating. Being Unequal is a teaching tool that successfully provides a textbook summary of existing research, but scholars will also read and cite this book. -- Scott R. Harris, Saint Louis UniversityLinking everything from Jay-Z’s misogynistic lyrics to Emory University’s denial of slave labor, Peter Callero once again shows us why identities matter and how they influence social outcomes, and why he is one of the key social psychologists to read on this topic. -- Rashawn Ray, University of MarylandTable of ContentsChapter 1 – What is Social Inequality? Chapter 2 – What does Identity have to do with Inequality? Chapter 3 – How does Identity Contribute to the Reproduction of Inequality? Chapter 4 – How is Identity Used to Resist Inequality? Chapter 5 – What is the Relationship between Micro and Macro Inequality?
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Rowman & Littlefield Symbolic Interaction in Society
Book SynopsisCore text for the symbolic interactionism course - often called "Self and Society" or "Individual and Society" - taught in sociology departments. Symbolic Interaction in Society provides a systematic application of symbolic interaction to society. In addition to providing an overview of the theory and methods of symbolic interaction, it includes theory and research related to all of the relevant topics in sociology today: race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, social institutions, and social change. Key features include: A comprehensive review and application of symbolic interaction to every aspect of the study of societyFull review of the theories symbolic interaction to include a discussion of the nature of society and the role of the individual in societyA solid examination of the qualitative methods symbolic interactionists employ to study the self in societyReview of the role of self and presentation of the selfResearch applications of symbolic interaction to examine major sociological outcomes such as inequality (race, class, gender and sexuality, family and other social institutions, and social change)Classic and Contemporary readings built into each chapterStudent applications in which students are encouraged to employ symbolic interaction to the world around themTable of ContentsChapter 1. The Social Construction of Reality This chapter examines the history and basic tenants of symbolic interaction and its relationship to the field of sociology. The primary goal of this chapter is to provide a cohesive sense of the nature of society and the individual's relationship to it. I. This Book Isn't Real! A. Basic Principles B. Everything Is NOT Relative C. Framing and Interaction Rituals II. The Construction of Society A. The Individual in Society B. Two Schools of Symbolic Interaction Chapter 2. Studying Symbolic Interaction Symbolic interactionists traditionally apply qualitative methods to study the social construction of meaning. The goal of this chapter is to provide students an appreciation for qualitative research as well as a guide to conduct their own research. I. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences II. Studying Situations A. Ethnography 1. Participant Observation 2. Ethnomethodology 3. Alternatives: The Autoethnography and Flash Ethnographies C. Interviewing D. Narrative Analysis E. Natural Experiments Chapter 3. Constructing Culture The cybernetic approach to the individual and society is reviewed in this chapter. Culture is socially constructed but culture, once constructed, provides the building blocks of individual situations. The meaning that individuals place on group activities and material artifacts is a manifestation of interactionist principles. This chapter analyzes how individuals construct culture as well as the development of culture in small groups and subcultures within society. I. Elements of Culture A. Statuses, Roles, and Norms Mores vs. Folkways B. Values and Beliefs Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis C. Symbols and Language II. American Culture William's American ValuesBaudrillard's AmericaIII. Creating Cultures Subcultures and IdeoculturesGlobal Culture?Cultural Change Chapter 4. Self and Society Most books on symbolic interaction emphasize the relationship of the self and society. In this chapter, we focus on the self, the self-concept, and the presentation of self which represent the impact of society on the individual. I. The Self as a Process A. Self vs. Self-Concept B. Situational Selves C. Self-Narratives II. Identity and Social Identity Theories A. Defining Identity B. Principles III. Dramaturgy A. Front-Stage/Back-Stage B. Impressions Given/Impressions Given-Off Chapter 5. Socialization This chapter reviews how we come to incorporate society into our cognition and how children are raised and learn new things as well as how they are independent participants in this process. This chapter also examines how adults continue socialization processes as they become members of new groups and organizations. I. Cognitive Socialization II. The Sociology of Childhood A. Stages of Development B. Children's Cultural Routines C. Agents of Socialization III. The Looking-Glass Self IV. Adult Socialization and Desocialization History and the Life CourseThe Generalized Other Chapter 6. Emotions and Relationships in Society Here, students are introduced to the study of emotions and relationships, how people come to like or dislike other people, in addition to relationships as the foundation of community and society through neighboring and other processes. I. Contextualizing Emotions II. Dramaturgy and Emotions A. Emotional Scripts B. Feeling Rules C. The Social-Emotional Economy III. Emotions and Society A. Emotional Socialization B. Interaction Ritual Chains IV. Constructing Relationships A. Situational Basis of Attraction B. Relativeness of Commitment C. Community Chapter 7. Constructing Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality This chapter examines how people experience their race, class and gender, how those concepts are formed and manipulated in interactions, and those identities impact interactions with other people. I. Basic Stratification Processes A. Stratification Processes 1. Stratification and who we interact with 2. Stratification and the role of status 3. Stratification Ability to define the situation B. The Process of Othering II. Stereotyping and Prejudice III. Doing Difference A. Doing Gender B. Intersectionality IV. Rigging the Game A. Networks and Social Capital B. Theory of Group Position Chapter 8. Institutional Life: Family, Education, Religion, Economy, Politics This chapter examines the concept of the social institution, how they are socially constructed and how people negotiate meaning within these social structures. I. The Nature of Social Institutions II. Institutions A. Family B. Education C. Economy D. Religion E. Politics III. Creating New Institutions Chapter 9. Deviance How people define what is deviant or what is normal. How people learn to be deviant or normal. I. Defining Normal A. Types of Deviance (Criminal vs. Mental) B. Agents of Social Control II. Labeling and Delabeling A. Principles of Labeling Theory (Primary and Secondary) B. Deviant Subcultures C. Leaving the Deviant Identity III. Stigma A. Madness and Civilization B. The Myth of Mental Illness C. Total Institutions Chapter 10. Social Change The book ends with a review of theory and research about social change, how people are able to make social change both interpersonally and in the larger community. I. Theories of Protest Behaviors A. Mass Hysteria Theory B. Theory of Circular Reaction C. Emergent Norm Theory II. Collective Memory III. Other Social Movements A. Flash Mobs B. Internet Communities
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Rowman & Littlefield Symbolic Interaction in Society
Book SynopsisCore text for the symbolic interaction course - often called “Self and Society” or “Individual and Society” – most often taught in sociology departments. Symbolic Interaction in Society offers a systematic application of symbolic interaction to everyday life. In addition to providing an overview of the theory and methods of symbolic interaction, it includes theory and research related to all of the relevant topics in sociology today: race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, social institutions, and social change. This book is written in a way that encourages students to employ symbolic interactionist concepts and principles throughout the text. Students are asked to put themselves into particular situations and consider how they would respond to the other people in that scenario. In doing so, students are able to see that human interaction is both stable and dynamic, that people can be predictable but that they also have agency, the ability to make number of decisions in a given situation. The goal is to show students the practical value of symbolic interaction for understanding their social lives today. Key features include: ·Full review of symbolic interaction concepts and theories including a discussion of the nature of society and the role of the individual in society ·Research applications of symbolic interaction examining major sociological outcomes such as inequality (race, class, gender and sexuality), deviance and mental health, social relationships, family and other social institutions, and social change ·SI Online boxes include a review of how the principles of symbolic interaction apply to the effects of the Internet and modern communications on the individual and society ·Personal Notes boxes share real student applications in which students describe how they have employed symbolic interaction in their personal lives ·Original Work features one short excerpt from a book or journal article in every chapter ·Pedagogical devices such as chapter objectives, key terms, and end of chapter key terms and critical thinking questions guide students through each chapterTable of ContentsPreface 1 The Social Construction of Reality This Book Isn’t Real! Basic Principles Everything Is Not Relative! A Situational Approach The Construction of Society The Individual in Society Cognitive Sociology Two Schools of Symbolic Interaction Chapter Conclusion 2 Studying Symbolic Interaction Quantitative versus Qualitative Methods Verstehen Power Exploration and Inspection Studying Situations Ethnography Types of Ethnography Narrative Analysis Ethnomethodology and Natural Experiments Unobtrusive Research Going into the Field Project Planning Sampling Ethical Issues Chapter Conclusion 3 Constructing Culture Elements of Culture Statuses, Roles, and Norms Values and Beliefs American Culture American Values and Beliefs American Ideal-Type Personalities Baudrillard’s America Creating Cultures Subcultures and Idiocultures Global Culture? Cultural Change Chapter Conclusion 4 Self and Society The I, the Me, and the Self Situational Selves Self-Narratives and Possible Selves Identity Theories Identity Theory Social Identity Theory Dramaturgy Front Stage/Backstage Impressions Given/Impressions Given Off Chapter Conclusion 5 Socialization Cognitive Socialization Symbols and Language Stages of Socialization Agents of Socialization Family Peers Schools Media and Self-Socialization The Sociology of Childhood Socialization over the Life Course Our Role in History Life Stages: Presocialization to Adult Socialization Chapter Conclusion 6 Emotions, Relationships, and Society Contextualizing Emotions Dramaturgy and Emotions Emotional Scripts Emotional Socialization Relationships, Community, and Society Attraction: Starting a Relationship The Socioemotional Economy Community Relations Chapter Conclusion 7 Deviance and Mental Health Defining Normal Levels of Deviance Creating Deviance Moral Entrepreneurs Labeling and De-Labeling Primary and Secondary Deviance Deviant Subcultures Deviance over the Life Course The Myth of Mental Illness Chapter Conclusion 8 Doing Inequality Status Everywhere! Doing Difference Doing Gender Intersectionality Pride and Prejudice Categorizing Self and Other Borderwork Chapter Conclusion 9 Institutional Life The Nature of Social Institutions Institutional Types All in the Family Work and Occupations: The Economy Education Religion and Politics Institutional Intersections and Innovations Chapter Conclusion 10 Collective Behavior The Maddening Crowd Mass Hysteria Circular Reaction New Social Movements Emergent Norm Theory Value-Added Theory The Anatomy of Collective Thoughts and Behavior Collective Memory, Identity, and Imagination Collective Behaviors Chapter Conclusion References Glossary Index
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Rowman & Littlefield Multicultural Psychology
Book SynopsisAppropriate for both undergraduate and graduate courses, Multicultural Psychology, second edition, provides a comprehensive introduction to the field. This research-based and highly applied text aims to increase students’ sensitivity, awareness, and knowledge of ethnicity, race, and culture and their influence on human behavior and adjustment. A diverse and highly respected team of authors effortlessly weaves together theory with the latest research on ethnic and racial minority groups. Engaging boxes throughout the chapters also highlight key concepts and findings and their practical applications. New to This Edition: • Expanded discussion on the interactive effects of key social variables on ethnic and racial groups’ attitudes, norms, values, and behaviors. • Additional sections on topics such as ethnic disparities in health care quality and access and psychological approaches to reducing racism. New coverage of ethnic and racial minority group members who also share other minority statuses (e.g., sexual and gender minorities) and additional coverage of biculturalism and multicultural and multiracial individuals’ identity formation. • Reorganized table of contents to better reflect a developmental learning approach. • Updated content to include recent research in psychology and related fields (e.g., new acculturation models, an ecological model of health behavior, sociocultural issues in sexual identity formation, and other culture-related syndromes). • Revised ancillaries—written by the authors—include an instructor’s manual, test bank, MS PowerPoint slides, and a new open access Companion WebsiteTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter One. Psychology in a Multicultural World What is Multicultural Psychology? ·Multicultural Psychology and Multiculturalism Effects of Living in a Multicultural Society The United States as a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Society ·Within-Group Diversity Ancestry Race and Ethnicity Age Differences Language Use and Proficiency Educational Attainment Socioeconomic Status and Poverty Why Study Multicultural Psychology? ·Improving Psychological Research Advancing Culturally Diverse Societies Improving the Quality of Health and Human Services Promoting Cultural Competencies Multicultural Psychology, Cultural Psychology and Cross-Cultural Psychology The Growth of Multicultural Psychology Chapter Two. Key Theoretical Concepts Understanding Culture ·Dimensions of Culture Cultural Influences on Psychological Processes Understanding Ethnicity ·The Problems of Ethnic Assessment and Labels Understanding Race ·Whiteness Social Orientations or Ways of Being ·Views of the Self Across Cultures Social Stratification Minority Status Power and Privilege Chapter Three. Responsible Research with Racial and Ethnic Communities Responsible, Culturally Appropriate Research A Definition of Responsible, Culturally Appropriate Research ·Implementing Responsible, Culturally Appropriate Research An Initial Consideration: Contextualization Culturally Appropriate Methods Choosing a Research Approach ·Key Issues in Developing Responsible, Culturally Appropriate Research Instrument Characteristics Properly Identifying and Describing Participants Culturally Appropriate Analysis of Information or Data ·The Problem of Limited Participation in Research Ethical Considerations Informed Consent Freedom to Discontinue Participation Respect for Privacy and Confidentiality Appropriate Balance Between Risks or Costs and Benefits Chapter Four. Acculturation ·Defining Acculturation Early Definitions Contemporary Definitions ·Understanding Assimilation and Segmented Assimilation Models of Acculturation The Unidirectional Model of Acculturation Berry’s Two Dimensional Model of Acculturation A Social Context Model of Acculturation The Interactive Acculturation Model (IAM) The Relative Acculturation Extended Model (RAEM) ·Biculturalism Enculturation Generational Differences and Acculturation Acculturational Stress Measuring Acculturation Levels of Acculturation Chapter Five. Intersectional Identities Part I: Racial, Ethnic and Class Dimensions Understanding the Multiple and Intersecting Dimensions of Identity Defining Racial, Ethnic and Class Identities ·Racial Identity Ethnic Identity Class Identity Models of Racial and Ethnic Identity Development and Formation ·Racial Identity Development Ethnic Identity Development Factors Shaping Ethnic Identity Development Multiracial Identity Development Racial, Ethnic and Class Influences on Psychological Adjustment ·Racial Identity and Adjustment Ethnic Identity and Adjustment Biracial/Multiracial Identities and Adjustment Class Identity and Adjustment Chapter Six. Intersecting Identities Part II: Gender and Sexuality Dimensions Defining Gender and Sexual Identities ·Gender Identity Sexual Identity Models of Gender and Sexual Identity Development and Formation ·Gender Typing and Gender Identity Formation Sexual Identity Formation Cultural, Family and Minority Considerations in “Coming Out” ·Asian Americans Latinos African Americans Relationship of Gender and Sexual Identities to Psychosocial Adjustment ·Gender Identity and Adjustment Sexual Identity and Adjustment Chapter Seven. Family Structure, Relations, and Socialization An Ecological Perspective of Family Functioning How Do You Define a Family? Factors Affecting Family Structures and Household ·Arrangements Migration Socioeconomic Status (SES) Exposure to Stress and Trauma Cultural Values and Belief Family Functioning, Socialization, and Adjustment ·Parenting Styles Parent-Child Relationships Academic Achievement Couple Relationships Family Stress and Coping Chapter Eight. Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination Understanding Stereotypes ·Stereotype Content Development of Stereotypes Stereotype Characteristics and Effects Prejudice and Discrimination ·Measuring Prejudice and Discrimination The Experience of Discrimination Why Do People Discriminate? Racism ·Racial Microaggressions Reducing Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism ·Intergroup Contact Dialogue across Difference School Desegregation Other Promising Practices The Benefits of a Multicultural Society Chapter Nine. Physical Health and Wellbeing Influential Models of Health ·Biomedical Model Biopsychosocial Model Ecological Models Culture, Ethnicity, and Health Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Groups ·Defining Health Disparities Examples of Health Disparities Disparities in Healthcare Access and Quality Factors Associated With Health Disparities ·Behavioral Lifestyle Acculturation Accessible and Affordable Health Care Poverty and Community Characteristics Undocumented Status Discrimination and Racism Environmental Racism Spirituality and Religion Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: The Federal Government’s Approach Culturally Competent Health Care Chapter Ten. Psychological Adjustment Mental Health and Psychological Distress ·A Broader Perspective on Adjustment Prevalence and Risk of Major Psychological Disorders ·General Epidemiological Surveys Surveys Specific to Ethnic Minority Communities Major Disorders in Ethnic Minority Populations Cultural Influences on the Explanation and Expression of Psychological Distress ·Service Utilization Selected Factors Influencing Effective Delivery of Mental Health Services Practical and Ethical Guidelines for Culturally Sensitive Practice References Photo Credit Index
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Rowman & Littlefield How to Survive and Thrive When Bad Things Happen:
Book SynopsisFew of us go through life without experiencing some sort of crisis, whether health, financial, relationship, career, or personal safety. Crises happen and they are often out of our control. But the one thing we can control is how we respond to them. Yet, our natural instincts often hinder us as we confront today’s crises that are complex, amorphous, and not readily solvable. Changing our reaction to a crisis is an immense challenge, yet with powerful lessons provided in these pages, anyone can turn crises into opportunities for reflection, positive action, and growth. . A crisis mentality can overwhelm you when bad things happen. Turning crises into opportunities empowers you to overcome the darkness that can engulf you in troubled times and allow you to seek the light that can guide you through hard times. Exploring the essential psychological, emotional, and interpersonal factors that most impact your reaction to a crisis, Jim Taylor provides you with deep insights and practical tools that help you move from a crisis mentality of fear, pessimism, and panic that controls you to an opportunity mindset of calm, confidence, and courage that you control in a crisis. He offers compelling examples, both recent and historical, well-known and unfamiliar, to bring these issues to life. Illustrations from government, large and small business, and ordinary people will highlight who responded well and who did not. Break free from the crisis mentality and embrace an opportunity mindset with nine strategies that will not only help you to survive, but actually thrive, when bad things happen.Trade ReviewFor the last 53 years, I have been involved in managing crises caused by natural disasters (earthquakes, fires, floods and severe drought) and their aftermath; as well as human-caused crises (mass killings, serial rapists, and other forms of interpersonal human aggression). As a society, we know a lot about getting infrastructures back to "normal." However, as individuals, we know precious little about how to minimize the effects of a crisis when it hits or thriving when it does - until now. “How to Survive and Thrive When Bad Things Happen” provides a well-thought-out, right-on-target road map for navigating the minefields we all walk through in a crisis and coming out stronger and better. -- Capt. Robert J. Martin, (LAPD 1966-1994); Senior Advisor, Gavin de Becker & Associates; Senior Advisor, Violence Prevention AgencyWith values as the bedrock, practical tools to empower, and retrain-the-brain strategies to respond to today’s crises as challenges and opportunities rather than fight-or-flight, How to Survive and Thrive is a deep exploration that offers 21st century solutions to our human instinct’s natural response to a crisis. -- Victoria A. Hudson, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, Retired, 3 combat-zone tours of dutyHaving experienced and led responses to more than a few crises in my military and business careers, How to Survive and Thrive resonated with me from first page to last. Dr. Taylor’s approach to how to overcome modern-day crises is both intellectually insightful and boots-on-the-ground practical. Every leader in the community, in business, and in the military, needs to read this book. -- Robert O. Wray, P.E., Rear Admiral, US Navy (ret); CEO; Leadership AuthorTable of ContentsIntroduction: Fork in the Road: Crisis or Opportunity Section I: Your Amygdala Chapter 1: Instincts: Primitive or Evolved? Chapter 2: Emotions: I’m Feelin’ It! Chapter 3: Reactions: Knee-jerk! Section II: Your Cerebral Cortex Chapter 4: Values: Which Road Do You Take? Chapter 5: Investment: Bet it All on Red! Chapter 6: Attitudes: You Gotta Believe! Chapter 7: Mindset: What Were You Thinking? Chapter 8: Mental Muscles: Feelin’ Strong! Section III: Your Evolution Chapter 9: Preparation: Ready, Set…! Epilogue: Action: Lights, Camera…! About the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield No Longer Homeless: How the Ex-Homeless Get and
Book SynopsisResearch suggests that between 6 and 14 percent of the US population has been homeless at some point in their lives—a huge number of people. No Longer Homeless shares the stories of people who have formerly been homeless to examine how they transition off the streets, find housing, and stay housed. No Longer Homeless offers a unique perspective of people who have managed to change their lives, the resources they needed, and the factors that contributed to lasting change. The book profiles men and women of different races and ages across the country, and it shares stories of people who have been off the streets from two months to twenty years. It addresses topics such as addiction, mental health, income—from formal employment and off-the-books work, and community resources. No Longer Homeless is a powerful look at a group of people we rarely hear about—those who have formerly been on the streets—sharing the details of their lives to help individuals, organizations, and communities learn to better support the ongoing challenges of homelessness.Trade ReviewHomelessness does not define a person—it is a tragic condition that too many Americans have suffered for far too long. David Wagner expertly captures the essential humanity of men and women who have been homeless. It is a story of hope and promise. -- Robert Hayes, founder, National Coalition for the HomelessFor some years now, David Wagner has styled himself as something of a Studs Terkel among the homeless poor, collecting stories, reminiscences, and hopes. He has also taught, befriended, and organized with them. In this latest dispatch, he explores how the “ex-homeless” account for exits from street and shelter. A worthy read. -- Kim Hopper, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia UniversityThis book is a wonderful tribute to the survival and tenacity of people who have experienced the trauma of homelessness. There is such stigma around people who are currently unhoused that it creates an alternate class of people that our culture doesn’t see as actualized citizens. David Wagner has brought humanity back to the experience of homelessness by showing the transition back into a home. -- Megan Hustings, interim director, National Coalition for the HomelessWagner, a professor emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, explains, with coauthor Atticks, that the purpose of the book is to destigmatize homeless individuals and show that this segment of society can succeed. It is not a surprise that the homeless have a lack of income, and Wagner and Atticks describe causes such as benefit cuts, housing gentrification, domestic violence, substance abuse, and major mental and physical health problems. The authors interviewed more than 50 people in the research process, including eight who are profiled: one is a quadriplegic, while others are transgender, had addictions, or were raped and abused. Their conclusions are that people can overcome obstacles and setbacks, but warns that homelessness is increasing even though welfare benefits are available. Unfortunately, these benefits are not enough to bring the homeless out of poverty, a topic also addressed in Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Evicted (2017). An appendix describes the authors’ research methods, including tables and statistics. There is also a detailed bibliography. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. * Booklist *Table of ContentsChapter 1—Introduction: Giving Voice to the Ex-Homeless Chapter 2—Profiles of Formerly Homeless People: Some Surprising Successes Chapter 3—The Fight to Secure and Stay in Housing Chapter 4—The Income to Live and Avoid Homelessness Chapter 5—Community, Support, and Staying Housed Chapter 6—The Therapeutic Road to Recovery: Exits from Homelessness
£31.50
Rowman & Littlefield Connecting Generations: Bridging the Boomer, Gen
Book SynopsisSocial isolation, loneliness, and suicide are conditions we often associate with the elderly. But in reality, these issues have sharply increased across younger generations. Baby Boomers, Gen X’ers, Millennials, and post-Millennials all report a declining number of friends and an increasing number of health issues associated with loneliness. Even more concerning, it appears that the younger the generation, the greater the feelings of disconnection. Regardless of age, it feels as though we’re living through a period of ongoing disequilibrium because we’re not able to adapt quickly enough to the social and technological changes swirling around us. These powerful changes have not only isolated individuals from their own peers but have contributed to becoming an age-segregated society. And yet we need fulfilling relationships with people our own age and across the generations to lead lives that are rich in meaning and purpose. Even in those rare communities where young and old live near each other, they lack organic settings that encourage intergenerational relationships. In addition, it isn’t technology, but generational diversity that is our best tool for navigating the changes that affect so many aspects of our lives - whether it’s work, entertainment, education, or family dynamics. We can’t restore yesterday’s model of community, where only those who were older transmitted wisdom downward to the generation below. But we can relearn how much members of different generations have to offer each other and recreate intergenerational communities for the 21st century where young, old, and everyone in between is equally valued for their perspectives, and where each generation views itself as having a stake in the other’s success. Here, Hayim Herring focuses more deeply on how Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials perceive one another and looks underneath the generational labels that compound isolation. He offers ways we can prepare current and future generations for a world in which ongoing interactions with people from multiple generations become the norm, and re-experience how enriching intergenerational relationships are personally and communally.Trade ReviewMost people only have friends their own age. Hayim Herring is passionate about changing that. He shows the value of connections between people of all ages, shares examples of how he has established those connections in his own life, and gives solid advice on creating your own intergenerational community. -- Claire Raines, Co-Author, Generations at WorkAnticipating the Hard Trends that are transforming the future and empowering individuals, organizations, and communities to make wise choices is a strategic imperative. Herring focuses our attention on one Hard Trend that is driving transformational change -the unprecedented reality of having six generations of people alive at one time - and challenges us to replace unhealthy generational conflicts with enriching intergenerational connections. Read this book today! -- Daniel Burrus, Leading Global Futurist and Author of seven bestselling books including his latest The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Change and Disruption Into Opportunity and AdvantageRabbi Herring's book is a work of imaginative empathy and a hand of friendship extended across the generations. -- Anya Kamenetz, author, The Art of Screen TimeAt a time in history rife with rapid technological, demographic, and political change, Connecting Generations provides the reader a timely and valuable set of principles and strategies to help individuals, families, and communities connect in meaningful ways. As a Gen X mother with Millennial and Gen Z kids, and parents of the Silent Generation, I can attest firsthand to the challenges of bridging generational divides. Is ‘friend’ a noun or a verb? Don’t only birds tweet? Isn’t swiping mainly done in anger?! This book helped me not only to contemplate the importance of meaningful connections, but provided my family a roadmap for strengthening them. -- Abigail Gewirtz, PhD, LP, Lindahl Leadership Professor, Dept. of Family Social Science & Institute of Child DevelopmentTable of ContentsChapter 1: An Epidemic of Loneliness? Chapter 2: Generational Stereotypes Chapter 3: Meet the Family Chapter 4: Understanding Community Chapter 5: Education Chapter 6: Are You Your Work? Chapter 7: We’re All Perennials, So Let’s Act Together! Appendix A: Family Technology Action Plan Appendix B: Healthcare Transition Discussion Guide Appendix C: Individual Experts and Organizational Resources
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Rowman & Littlefield Inside Out and Outside In: Psychodynamic Clinical
Book SynopsisInside Out and Outside In has established itself as a foundational book for mental health practitioners in a variety of disciplines who work with clients in complex social environments. It is unique in its focus on the forces that shape people from within and also from their social worlds, with sensitivity to race, gender, sexuality, and class. The fifth edition features new material and revisions throughout while maintaining the respectful and accessible style for which the book is known. It has been fully updated to reflect the changing political and social landscape, regarding women's issues, immigration issues, and racism, to name just a few. Two new chapters have been added on Biopsychosocial Assessment and Neurobiology. In addition, the authors reinforce intersectionality and diversity through case studies in every chapter. The fifth edition of Inside Out and Outside In is an up-to-date and essential resource for mental health professionals and students practicing in today’s increasingly complex environment.Table of ContentsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Why Psychodynamic Theories? Why Biopsychosocial Context?Joan Berzoff, Laura Melano Flanagan, and Patricia HertzChapter 2: Drive and Beyond: Freud’s Psychoanalytic ConceptsJoan Berzoff and Gerry SchamessChapter 3: Ego PsychologyGerald Schamess and Robert ShilkretChapter 4: Psychosocial Ego Development: The Theory of Erik EriksonJoan BerzoffChapter 5: Object Relations TheoryLaura Melano FlanaganChapter 6: The Theory of Self PsychologyLaura Melano FlanaganChapter 7: Relational and Intersubjective TheoriesJoan BerzoffChapter 8: Attachment TheoryCynthia J. Shilkret and Robert ShilkretChapter 9: Neurobiology, Attachment and TraumaJanet ShapiroChapter 10: Psychodynamic Theories and GenderJoan BerzoffChapter 11: Psychodynamic Contributions to Understanding Racism: Implications for Clinical Practice Brian Rasmussen, PhD & Ann Marie Garran, PhDChapter 12: The Bridge: From Theory to PracticePatricia Hertz, Laura Flanagan, David S. Byers, Joan BerzoffChapter 13: The Psychoses, with a Special Emphasis on Schizophrenia Spectrum DisordersPatricia Hertz Chapter 14: Personality Disorders, with a Special Emphasis on Borderline and Narcissistic SyndromesPatricia Hertz and Meg HertzChapter 15: Mood Disorders, with a Special Emphasis on Depression and Bipolar DisorderJoan Berzoff, Teresa Méndez and Daniel BuccinoChapter 16: Anxiety and Its ManifestationsJoan Berzoff and Susan PascoChapter 17: Trauma Theories and DisordersKathryn BashamChapter 18: Some Final ThoughtsJoan Berzoff, Laura Melano Flanagan, and Patricia Hertz
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Rowman & Littlefield Gen Z: The Superhero Generation
Book SynopsisExplores how Gen Z is a generation to be admired and celebrated for their superhero qualities.From the authors of The Millennial Mindset: Unraveling Fact from Fiction, comes this thought-provoking in-depth consideration of the next generation. In their book, Gen Z: The Superhero Generation, Regina Luttrell and Karen McGrath explain who this generation is, how they came to be, and the impact they will have on society.Superheroes are often defined as courageous, powerful, virtuous, and strong. Equipped with unique superpowers, these individuals stand up for what is right, battling supervillains to ensure that good prevails and all is well in the world. With a worldwide fascination surrounding superheroes, it should come as no surprise that the next generation, GenZ, display many of the characteristics found within the pages of the most popular hero-centric comic books. The Superhero Generation is making its mark and gaining recognition as the generation that is willing to once again assemble, march, speak, and defy in ways previous generations have not. In this book learn the characteristics of Gen-Zers to understand how to reach them in positive productive ways. Parents, educators, and employers will learn how to tap into the endless potential of this generation, preparing them for home, school, and workplace environments that will play to their strengths and impact the world for years to come.Trade ReviewRegina Luttrell and Karen McGrath offer a fascinating overview of the events and history that have defined each generation from the Silent generation to Generation-Z. Their thoughtful explanation details the unique values and societal conditions that shaped us since World War I but also examine the connective tissues and similarities between certain generations as well. Key issues like the difficulty of finding the truth, the lack of civil discourse, and the influence of technology are thoughtfully addressed. Gen-Z, The Superhero Generation is the most insightful book I have read on this generation yet. -- Andrea Coville, CEO Brodeur Partners and author of “Relevance: the Power to Change Minds and Behavior and Stay Ahead of the Competition”Every new generation comes of age with its own set of ideas about how to live and work. And older cohorts often look down on their youthful counterparts and treat them with impatience and disdain. Instead, they should listen, understand, and learn from them. That's the approach recommended by Regina Luttrell and Karen McGrath in this timely new book on Gen-Z, the 'Superhero' generation. Through research, observation, and in-depth analysis, the authors delve into the differences between the generations and how the culture and times of Gen-Z is shaping their values, motivations, and view of the world. Their explanation of why Gen-Z has superhero-like qualities is both creative and insightful. An essential read if you want to get a handle on who the future leaders will be and how they will use their 'superpowers' to achieve their goals. -- Martin Waxmen, MCM, president Martin Waxman Communications, LinkedIn Learning Instructor
£27.00
Rowman & Littlefield Understanding Everyday Incivility: Why Are They
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Everyday Incivility delves into the day-to-day annoying behaviors that color our interactions with other people, such as the use of crude language in public, family members who claim that they’re “just teasing” and we’re “too sensitive,” coworkers who constantly interrupt us, and inflammatory remarks posted on social media sites. Shelley D. Lane explores what is considered uncivil behavior, why we label some acts as crude or selfish while others are deemed polite and proper, and how these labels often change from one context to the next. She highlights the power dynamics at play in our interactions and explains how “rude” behavior can sometimes be beneficial—and “polite” behavior can be detrimental. Rather than a simplistic manual of manners, Lane provides the tools to understand everyday incivility and strategies for responding effectively and appropriately.Trade ReviewThe book does an excellent job of accommodating the non-academic reader. The examples inject vivid liveliness, the writing is a model of clarity and there is an impressive synthesis of a large body of research. * Discourse Studies *Shelley Lane frames a theoretical “why” for civility as she acknowledges increasing cases of incivility in the public domain. Her work outlines a basic presupposition: people must be heard, not dismissed by pejorative statements. She reclaims civility as a pragmatic democratic foundation in this historical moment. -- Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University, author of Levinas's Rhetorical Demand: The Unending Obligation of Communication EthicsWhen we encounter rude behavior, we instinctively blame impolite people. Drawing on academic research, personal stories, and newsworthy episodes, Shelley Lane cleverly demonstrates how incivility can emerge from cultural change, social contexts, and simple misunderstandings. This is a timely and thoughtful book that should bring us to pause and reflect before we rush to judgment. -- Philip Smith, Yale University; coauthor of Incivility: The Rude Stranger in Everyday LifeTaking a perspective toward civility and incivility that emphasizes their contextual and communicative features, Shelley Lane identifies the complexity of the phenomenon and the importance of respect, restraint, and responsibility. Consistent with the "dark side" perspective of functional ambivalence, in which there is brightness in the dark and darkness in the light, Lane presents both a highly readable and practical contemplation of incivility, as well as a legitimate scholarly work of great analytic breadth and depth. In a time that so often feels of despair, Understanding Everyday Incivility actually offers much optimism that acceptable forms of civility can be achieved. -- Brian H. Spitzberg, Senate Distinguished Professor of Communication, San Diego State UniversityUnderstanding Everyday Incivility offers a thorough, informed, and readable examination of the many forms that incivility can take and the various contexts in which it occurs. Lane’s numerous thought-provoking examples of behavior that might be labeled uncivil keep her analyses concrete and relevant to contemporary life. Her strategies for promoting civility are both sensible and timely. -- Emrys Westacott, Alfred University; author of The Virtues of Our Vices: A Modest Defense of Gossip, Rudeness, and Other Bad HabitsThis comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the communicative vice of incivility and its virtuous counterpart, civility, is an invaluable resource for researchers, instructors, and practitioners alike. Both scholarly and refreshingly accessible, Lane’s impressive, carefully documented volume organizes the vast, multi-disciplinary body of research on everyday communicative practices that can harm or heal relational and organizational environments. -- Janie Harden Fritz, Duquesne University; author of Professional Civility: Communicative Virtue at WorkMeticulously researched and written with lucidity, this book provides deep insights into our civility crisis. Rather than prescribe a set of rules, Lane explains what we need consider if we are to build a truly lasting civility. A gem of a book that ranks with the best literature on civility. -- Benet Davetian, University of Prince Edward Island; author of Civility: A Cultural HistoryTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to Everyday IncivilityChapter 2: Characterizing Everyday IncivilityChapter 3: Influences on Everyday IncivilityChapter 4: The Good, the Bad, and the Virtue of CivilityChapter 5: Power and Everyday IncivilityChapter 6: Everyday Incivility at WorkChapter 7: Everyday Incivility OnlineChapter 8: Everyday Incivility at HomeChapter 9: Promoting Everyday Civility
£18.75
Rowman & Littlefield No Longer Homeless: How the Ex-Homeless Get and
Book SynopsisResearch suggests that between 6 and 14 percent of the US population has been homeless at some point in their lives—a huge number of people. No Longer Homeless shares the stories of people who have formerly been homeless to examine how they transition off the streets, find housing, and stay housed. No Longer Homeless offers a unique perspective of people who have managed to change their lives, the resources they needed, and the factors that contributed to lasting change. The book profiles men and women of different races and ages across the country, and it shares stories of people who have been off the streets from two months to twenty years. It addresses topics such as addiction, mental health, income—from formal employment and off-the-books work, and community resources. No Longer Homeless is a powerful look at a group of people we rarely hear about—those who have formerly been on the streets—sharing the details of their lives to help individuals, organizations, and communities learn to better support the ongoing challenges of homelessness.Trade ReviewHomelessness does not define a person—it is a tragic condition that too many Americans have suffered for far too long. David Wagner expertly captures the essential humanity of men and women who have been homeless. It is a story of hope and promise. -- Robert Hayes, founder, National Coalition for the HomelessFor some years now, David Wagner has styled himself as something of a Studs Terkel among the homeless poor, collecting stories, reminiscences, and hopes. He has also taught, befriended, and organized with them. In this latest dispatch, he explores how the “ex-homeless” account for exits from street and shelter. A worthy read. -- Kim Hopper, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia UniversityThis book is a wonderful tribute to the survival and tenacity of people who have experienced the trauma of homelessness. There is such stigma around people who are currently unhoused that it creates an alternate class of people that our culture doesn’t see as actualized citizens. David Wagner has brought humanity back to the experience of homelessness by showing the transition back into a home. -- Megan Hustings, interim director, National Coalition for the HomelessWagner, a professor emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, explains, with coauthor Atticks, that the purpose of the book is to destigmatize homeless individuals and show that this segment of society can succeed. It is not a surprise that the homeless have a lack of income, and Wagner and Atticks describe causes such as benefit cuts, housing gentrification, domestic violence, substance abuse, and major mental and physical health problems. The authors interviewed more than 50 people in the research process, including eight who are profiled: one is a quadriplegic, while others are transgender, had addictions, or were raped and abused. Their conclusions are that people can overcome obstacles and setbacks, but warns that homelessness is increasing even though welfare benefits are available. Unfortunately, these benefits are not enough to bring the homeless out of poverty, a topic also addressed in Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Evicted (2017). An appendix describes the authors’ research methods, including tables and statistics. There is also a detailed bibliography. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. * Booklist *Table of ContentsChapter 1—Introduction: Giving Voice to the Ex-Homeless Chapter 2—Profiles of Formerly Homeless People: Some Surprising SuccessesChapter 3—The Fight to Secure and Stay in Housing Chapter 4—The Income to Live and Avoid Homelessness Chapter 5—Community, Support, and Staying HousedChapter 6—The Therapeutic Road to Recovery: Exits from Homelessness
£19.99
Rowman & Littlefield Empathy and Ethics
Book SynopsisThis book represents a unique indispensable reflection on the interconnection between ethics and empathy. To what extent is it right to be empathetic? Can empathy be unethical? Or is there an ethical obligation to be empathetic? Do we educate our citizens and train our professionals to use the right form of empathy?Phenomenological ethics is a relatively new approach to ethics whose emphasis is put on the description of the lived-experience and the ethical phenomenon. The book is organized into three thematic sections: A) the main protagonists on the topic, B) the application of the results in psychology and health care, and C) further exploration of the topic in the arts. Each section will put an emphasis on one of the specific aspects of the interconnection between ethics and empathy.The authors offer a phenomenological description of the thorny problem pertaining to the interconnection of empathy and ethics essential for professionals and scholars of different fields, such as philosophy, psychiatry, health science, psychology, and sociology.Table of ContentsChapter 1, Why Empathy Means Nothing—and Everything—for Ethics, John J. DrummondChapter 2, Ethics, empathy, and vulnerability. Trust as a way of making sense of our vulnerability and dependability, Esteban Marín-ÁvilaChapter 3, Emotion, Reality, and Ownership, Craig DerksenChapter 4, Embracing Ambiguity: Simone de Beauvoir’s Responsive Ethics, Maren WehrleChapter 5, The Personalistic Attitude: Edmund Husserl and Edith Stein on Empathy as the Intuition of the Person as Value, Dermot MoranChapter 6, The role of empathy in the affective twist of Husserl’s critique of an axiological and practical reason, Carlos LoboChapter 7Phenomenology as Reverence: The Role of Reverence in the Phenomenological Method of Dietrich von Hildebrand, Alexander MontesChapter 8, “Against” empathy: from the isolated self to intersubjectivity in Martin Heidegger’s thinking, and the consequences for health care, Francesca BrencioChapter 9, Being (n)one of us: The ethical and the body, Henning NörenbergChapter 10, Tomasello, Husserl, and the Cognitive Foundations of Morality, Andrea Staiti and Stefano VinciniChapter 11, Fiat cura, et pereat mundus: Husserl’s Phenomenology of Care and Commitment, Nicolas de WarrenChapter 12, On the problem of the idealization of empathy and ethics, Magnus Englander and Susi FerrarelloChapter 13, Sharing and other illusions – Asymmetry in ‘moments of meeting’, Joona TaipaleChapter 14, Thinking With the Heart: From the Responsiveness of the Flesh to the Ethics of Responsibility, Elodie BoublilChapter 15, What is moral about empathy? Some considerations about the link between empathy and moral judgment, Manuel CamassaChapter 16, Embodiment, Empathy, and the Call to Compassion: Engendering Care and Respect for ‘the Other’ in a More-Than-Human World, Scott D. ChurchillChapter 17, Fictional Empathy, Imagination, and Knowledge of Value, Íngrid Vendrell FerranChapter 18, Affective depth and value. On Theodor Lipps’s theory of aesthetic empathy, Jannik M. Hansen and Tone RoaldChapter 19, Music and Empathic Spaces in Therapy and Improvisation, Jannik Mosekjær Hansen, Simon Høffding and Joel KruegerChapter 20, To step into the life of others. Professional action, empathy and an ethics of engagement, Eva SchwarzChapter 21, An Empathy-Based Phenomenological Ethic for Gaming, Michael AgostinelliChapter 22, Empathy, alterity, morality, Dan Zahavi
£90.00
Rowman & Littlefield Radicalization, Terrorism, and Countering
Book SynopsisThis book examines the twin phenomena of radicalization and de-radicalization in a global context of political extremism and violent conflict. The study focuses on the approaches of governments in how they use counterterrorism to respond to radicalization and extremism. By using case studies and comparative analysis, Western and non-Western case studies will be analyzed and will focus on theoretical components and practical aspects of the process. Subjects covered include the historical context, the contemporary situation, case studies of events and actions that have illustrated these aspects in different countries and across borders. The conclusions drawn also provide readers with examples of the potential solutions that states have adopted to mitigate the threats and reintegrate extreme militants into society and create a more stable world in which violent conflict is lessened.Table of ContentsChapter One. Laying the Groundwork of Radicalization/ De-RadicalizationIntroductionThe Problem with Radicalization and De-Radicalization Why Now? Why Have Radicalization and De-Radicalization Become Such Important Subjects?Canada: Salience of the Radicalization/Extreme BehaviourBooksTerrorism and Radicalism as a Global ConditionContextThe Terrorism and Jihad NexusThe Global Pandemic and Radicalization/De-RadicalizationConclusionChapter Two. Return to HistoryIntroductionTerrorism and Radicalism in Historical ContextModernity and TerrorismWaves of Terrorism and RadicalizationEnding EmpirePost-World War II-1945-1990: The Cold WarPost-Cold War from 1990 to 20011990 to 2001: The Threats Following the End of the Cold War2001- Present the War on Terrorism and its ImplicationsGlobalization and the New TerrorTerrorism as a Global ConditionThe EffectsThe PastConclusionChapter Three. Micro and Macro Level Theories: Radicalization and De-RadicalizationIntroductionThe Role of Human SecurityWhat Causes Radicalization?MotivationWho are They?De-RadicalizationRadicalizing Women: The Gender DimensionConclusionChapter Four. Response to Radicalization: State Interventions and Different ModelsIntroductionDifferent Responses to Radicalization and Political ExtremismState-Sponsored ApproachesImpact on Communities, Effectiveness and LimitationsConclusionChapter Five. Review of the Responses to Radicalization Success and Failures: A Focus on Community-Based Deradicalization ApproachIntroductionPrograms Review Process and Data CollectionFrom Securitization to Soft Strategies: Dealing with Deradicalization and DisengagementPrograms Success and FailuresDeradicalization and Disengagement Programs EvaluationResultsCommunity-Based Programs Through Two Case StudiesConclusionChapter Six. Human Rights, Human Security and Deradicalization: A Balance for SuccessIntroductionHuman Rights and Human Security: Contributing Factors and ImplicationsPrograms Short-Comings and Contradiction of Human RightsClosing RemarksBibliographyAbout the Authors
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Rowman & Littlefield Harvard's Quixotic Pursuit of a New Science: The
Book Synopsis This book tells the little-known story of how some of the most renowned social scientists of the twentieth century struggled to elevate their emerging disciplines of cultural anthropology, sociology, and social and clinical psychology. Scorned and marginalized in their respective departments in the 1930s for pursuing the new and controversial theories of Freud and Jung, they convinced Harvard to establish a new department for their pursuits, promising to create an interdisciplinary science that would surpass in importance Harvard’s “big three” disciplines of economics, government, and history. The leader of the group was famed sociologist Talcott Parsons, who believed they could develop a single theory to explain all human behavior. It is a lively narrative as faculty members Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (reborn as Ram Dass) became notorious for studying the effects of psilocybin on students. The Students for a Democratic Society infiltrated the teaching staff of the department’s largest course in the spring of 1969, scandalizing both the department and the university. The history of Social Relations is a fascinating instructive tale of hubris, ego, and academic politics overlaid on Parsons’s obsessive quest for an all-encompassing theory of social behavior – the white whale to his Captain Ahab.Table of ContentsPreface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1Freud Arrives at Harvard: Disrupting the DisciplinesChapter 2Word War II Changes Everything: Interdisciplinary Research Emerges Chapter 3The Founding of the Department of Social Relations: A Determined Dean ActsChapter 4The First Five Years: A Golden Age but Integration Proves ElusiveChapter 5The 1950s: A Decade of Disunity and DisappointmentChapter 6The 1960s: Drugs and Departmental DriftChapter 7The Final Unraveling: Soc Rel 148-149 Disrupts and Sociology DepartsChapter 8Conclusion and SummaryIndex
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Rowman & Littlefield Harvard's Quixotic Pursuit of a New Science: The
Book SynopsisHarvard’s Department of Social Relations and its audacious goal of creating a new science was a unique experiment in American academia, and its rise and fall is a little-known story. Among its faculty were some of the most eminent social scientists of the time, including some who became notorious for dubious research methods, such as Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (reborn as Ram Dass), who haphazardly researched the effects of psilocybin on students, and Henry Murray, who traumatized undergraduate Ted Kaczynski (later the Unabomber) in a three-year long abusive psychological experiment. But the real story of the department is a fascinating instructive tale of hubris, ego, and academic politics overlaid on famed sociologist Talcott Parsons’s obsessive quest for an all-encompassing theory of social behavior – the white whale to his Captain Ahab.The idea for Social Relations was hatched in the 1930s. Scorned by traditional interests in their Harvard departments, rising faculty stars in anthropology, sociology and psychology fled their oppressors, seeking to create not merely a new department but a new social science. The refugees were Talcott Parsons, Gordon Allport, Henry Murray, and Clyde Kluckhohn. They promised an interdisciplinary science that would supplant the elder social sciences of history, government, and economics in its ability to explain human behavior. An audacious aspiration, critics found it as imperious as it was implausible.Inspired by the new and controversial works of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim, the group met clandestinely to plot the bold venture, giving their efforts a conspiratorial air. They called themselves the “Levellers” in recognition of the many levels they believed the study of behavior required. Their big break came when their vision was legitimized by interdisciplinary research during World War II by the Research Branch of the War Department and the Foreign Morale Analysis Division of the Office of War Information. Government agencies employed teams of clinical and social psychologists, cultural anthropologists, and sociologists to study issues important to the war effort, such as assessing the morale of the Japanese, as well as the spirit of our own troops. Twenty-five years later, some at Harvard referred to it facetiously as the Department of “Residual” Relations. The grand experiment had run its course. Failing in its early years to develop a unified theoretical foundation, Social Relations was unwieldy, more multidisciplinary than interdisciplinary. It became a three-ring circus with distinct acts from psychology, sociology, and anthropology. After an early burst of enthusiasm from faculty and graduate students to create a new discipline, hopes faded. The single most ambitious attempt to integrate its component disciplines, the Carnegie Project on Theory and its work product, Toward a General Theory of Action, missed the mark. Without an integrated theory, the department failed to create “social relations” as a new science.The saga engendered controversies that became national, even international, scandals. From the psilocybin “research” of Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert to the infiltration of the teaching staff of the department’s (and one of Harvard’s) largest courses by the radical Students for a Democratic Society, fierce arguments raged about what was a proper subject or method of inquiry and just how far academic freedom should extend. Table of ContentsPreface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1Freud Arrives at Harvard: Disrupting the DisciplinesChapter 2Word War II Changes Everything: Interdisciplinary Research Emerges Chapter 3The Founding of the Department of Social Relations: A Determined Dean ActsChapter 4The First Five Years: A Golden Age but Integration Proves ElusiveChapter 5The 1950s: A Decade of Disunity and DisappointmentChapter 6The 1960s: Drugs and Departmental DriftChapter 7The Final Unraveling: Soc Rel 148-149 Disrupts and Sociology DepartsChapter 8Conclusion and SummaryIndex
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Rowman & Littlefield Connecting Generations: Bridging the Boomer, Gen
Book SynopsisSocial isolation, loneliness, and suicide are conditions we often associate with the elderly. But in reality, these issues have sharply increased across younger generations. Baby Boomers, Gen X’ers, Millennials, and post-Millennials all report a declining number of friends and an increasing number of health issues associated with loneliness. Even more concerning, it appears that the younger the generation, the greater the feelings of disconnection. Regardless of age, it feels as though we’re living through a period of ongoing disequilibrium because we’re not able to adapt quickly enough to the social and technological changes swirling around us. These powerful changes have not only isolated individuals from their own peers but have contributed to becoming an age-segregated society. And yet we need fulfilling relationships with people our own age and across the generations to lead lives that are rich in meaning and purpose. Even in those rare communities where young and old live near each other, they lack organic settings that encourage intergenerational relationships. In addition, it isn’t technology, but generational diversity that is our best tool for navigating the changes that affect so many aspects of our lives - whether it’s work, entertainment, education, or family dynamics. We can’t restore yesterday’s model of community, where only those who were older transmitted wisdom downward to the generation below. But we can relearn how much members of different generations have to offer each other and recreate intergenerational communities for the 21st century where young, old, and everyone in between is equally valued for their perspectives, and where each generation views itself as having a stake in the other’s success. Here, Hayim Herring focuses more deeply on how Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials perceive one another and looks underneath the generational labels that compound isolation. He offers ways we can prepare current and future generations for a world in which ongoing interactions with people from multiple generations become the norm, and re-experience how enriching intergenerational relationships are personally and communally.Trade ReviewAddressing the issue of loneliness, former rabbi and nonprofit executive ¬Herring (Leading Congregations and Nonprofit Organizations in a Connected World) maintains that it is only by relearning how much one generation has to offer another generation that people can end social isolation and embrace richer lives. Chapters cover issues such as understanding stereotypes, exploring careers and identity, and family caretaking, with “What You Can Do” suggestions mostly revolving around getting out of one’s comfort zone and spending time with a member of a different generation, rounding out each section. In conclusion, Herring introduces the concept of “perennial” to reclaim organic intergenerational relationships. VERDICT Herring’s words add a lot to our understanding of generational perspectives. Appendixes featuring a family technology action plan, a health-care transition guide, and a bibliography of experts and organizational resources serve as catalysts for further intergenerational discussion. * Library Journal *Time was, three or four generations lived under one roof, but today, Americans live in lonely silos. Without harking back to "the good old days," Herring understands the human need for connection. He defines and describes five different age groups living today and contends that even though technology promises connection, more often it makes strangers of us all. Each group longs for a community to feel at home in, but finding it solely with one's peers is to miss out on a banquet of relationships, posits Herring. He interviewed 30 people to better understand how circumstances shape us and how differing ages can better relate. For instance, Baby Boomers will work at a hateful job for money, but a Millennial will not. If one doesn't understand why, misconceptions persist. Each chapter concludes with concrete suggestions for how to bridge gaps between age groups. This book is written in an engaging style and is completed by appendices, lengthy notes, and bibliography complete the book. This could be welcome on a sociology syllabus or in a faith-group study. * Booklist *Most people only have friends their own age. Hayim Herring is passionate about changing that. He shows the value of connections between people of all ages, shares examples of how he has established those connections in his own life, and gives solid advice on creating your own intergenerational community. -- Claire Raines, Co-Author, Generations at WorkAnticipating the Hard Trends that are transforming the future and empowering individuals, organizations, and communities to make wise choices is a strategic imperative. Herring focuses our attention on one Hard Trend that is driving transformational change -the unprecedented reality of having six generations of people alive at one time - and challenges us to replace unhealthy generational conflicts with enriching intergenerational connections. Read this book today! -- Daniel Burrus, Techology futurist and bestselling author of Flash ForesightRabbi Herring's book is a work of imaginative empathy and a hand of friendship extended across the generations. -- Anya Kamenetz, author, The Art of Screen TimeAt a time in history rife with rapid technological, demographic, and political change, Connecting Generations provides the reader a timely and valuable set of principles and strategies to help individuals, families, and communities connect in meaningful ways. As a Gen X mother with Millennial and Gen Z kids, and parents of the Silent Generation, I can attest firsthand to the challenges of bridging generational divides. Is ‘friend’ a noun or a verb? Don’t only birds tweet? Isn’t swiping mainly done in anger?! This book helped me not only to contemplate the importance of meaningful connections, but provided my family a roadmap for strengthening them. -- Abigail Gewirtz, PhD, LP, Lindahl Leadership Professor, Dept. of Family Social Science & Institute of Child DevelopmentConnecting Generations not only identifies and analyzes the current phenomenon of loneliness, social isolation and polarization, but it encourages the reader to become more empathetic and to pursue a variety of measures that can help shape a more vibrant reality for the individual, community and society at large. Hayim Herring presents us with a compelling argument for transformation and social change. -- Rabbi Meir Schweiger, Senior Faculty, Director of Religious Life, Fellows Program, Pardes Institute of Jewish StudiesTable of ContentsChapter 1: An Epidemic of Loneliness?Chapter 2: Generational StereotypesChapter 3: Meet the FamilyChapter 4: Understanding CommunityChapter 5: EducationChapter 6: Are You Your Work?Chapter 7: We’re All Perennials, So Let’s Act Together!Appendix A: Family Technology Action PlanAppendix B: Healthcare Transition Discussion GuideAppendix C: Individual Experts and Organizational Resources
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