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Their Routledge Classics imprint features many of the world’s foremost thinkers such as Michel Foucault with Madness and Civilisation, Carl Jung Pyschological Types and Peter Drucker Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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Book SynopsisAnimal-Human Telepathic Connections is a bold and groundbreaking exploration of the profound, instinctive, and telepathic bonds between humans and animals. Williams challenges conventional thinking, offering a fresh perspective on interspecies communication and its ethical and environmental implications.The book tackles a wide range of compelling topics, from telepathic and behavioural communication with animals such as the striking example of Orcas ramming boats, potentially in response to environmental destruction, to the ethics of veganism and the climate crisis. Drawing on theories like Morphic Resonance (Sheldrake), the Implicate Order (Bohm), and the Akashic Field (Laszlo), Williams weaves these ideas into Jungâs concepts of unus mundus and the anima mundi. Presenting findings from bespoke research projects, she interrogates how practitioners incorporate animals into therapeutic settings, exploring therapy animals, interspecies communication, and the soulful connections that enrich clinical practice.This pioneering work offers a unique lens on the intersection of Analytical Psychology, environmental ethics, and our relationships with animals. It is essential reading for Jungian analysts, clinicians, students, and academics, as well as anyone passionate about the climate emergency and the ethics of human-animal connections.
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Book SynopsisThis book aims to provide a comprehensive guide for architects, urban planners, and developer on designing and retrofitting multi-family housing to meet the evolving needs of residents in a post-COVID world.Drawing on extensive research and case studies, it illustrates how the concept of supplementary space can be integrated into multi-family dwellings to enhance adaptability and resilience. The book demonstrates how emerging needs, such as working from home, can be accommodated through innovative design strategies that promote flexibility without compromising the overall integrity of the living space. Using a systems approach and the principles of Open Building, this work presents practical guidelines for incorporating supplementary spaces into various housing typologies. It explores how these adaptable spaces can be materialized using industrialized building systems and Design for Disassembly (DfD) approaches, ensuring long-term sustainability and reducing waste. The book also addresses the critical balance between individual needs and collective living in multi-family housing, offering solutions that enhance privacy, productivity, and well-being.By bridging theory and practice, this book seeks to transform how we conceive and construct multi-family housing. It provides a roadmap for creating homes that can evolve with changing lifestyles, demographic shifts, and unforeseen global challenges. Ultimately, this work aims to contribute to the development of more resilient, sustainable, and human-centered urban environments that can adapt to future needs while improving the quality of life for residents.
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Book SynopsisThe accessible guide provides a detailed overview of the emerging field of computational literary studies from the perspective of literary theory. From the earliest quantitative approaches to the most recent challenges of generative artificial intelligence, the book examines a diverse selection of computational methods by asking how they can tackle a set of fundamental questions in literary studies.After investigating the ways in which literary historiography can benefit from the most basic approaches in quantitative text analysis, Simone Rebora explores three established computational methods (stylometry, sentiment analysis, and topic modeling) from the perspective of three compatible research fields (stylistics, affect studies, and thematic criticism), showing their innovative contributions to the theoretical debate. In a similar way, spatial literary studies and character studies are connected to the visualization techniques of mapping and network analysis, while intertextuality and literary hermeneutics bring the investigation to a close by engaging with the most advanced methods, including vector semantics and machine learning. Through analogies and comparisons each approach is thoroughly dissected to understand its potential and limitations.Computational Literary Studies: Theory and Methods shows how the encounter between literary theory and computational methods can prove one of the most fruitful grounds for the future development of literary studies. This book is an essential resource for understanding this dynamic field, making it invaluable not only for students and scholars of literary studies and literary theory, but for those working across the humanities.
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Book SynopsisWatch Me Jumpstart is a love letter and a jab to the ribsâpart memoir, part field guideâfrom the Artistic Director who spent three decades peering behind the curtain of the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Chris Robinson has watched the medium mutate from spliced film cans and -inch tapes to links and torrents of digital files; from a handful of global showcases to a crowded calendar of festivals; from outsider, DIY voices to an industry that can smooth every rough edgeâand sometimes sand away the soul.With his trademark dry bite and disarming honesty, Robinson traces the collisions that shaped his life in animation: the punky spirit that got him hired, the near-disasters that almost sank him, the programs that soared, and the friendships forged at 2 a.m. over cheap wine and weirder shorts. He doesnât romanticize the past or panic about the future; he simply records what it feels like to stand at the crossroadsâagain and againâwhile the art form reinvents itself (AI panic included), and argues for the stubborn, personal, beautifully impractical films that keep the medium alive.Jumpstart is for animators and students, for programmers and critics, and for anyone who ever fell for a film that didnât care about permission. Itâs a backstage pass to the decisions, arguments, and small miracles that turn thousands of submissions into a festivalâand a reminder that animation isnât a genre or a market segment. Itâs a messy, human conversation that never stops moving, even when the projector jams.
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Book SynopsisThis book explores the conceptualizations of female power through the notion of matriarchy in a variety of historical, cultural and epistemological contexts.Matriarchy has been both marginalized, and even derided, as an object of study albeit consistently referred to as a symbol of female power. The lack of serious engagement with matriarchy has stifled critical inquiry into alternative ways of organizing gendered power, and this gap is that this book seeks to address. Re-examining matriarchy from a scientific and interdisciplinary perspective, this book aims to move beyond the simplistic binaries of male vs. female power through diverse enquiries into the concept of matriarchy that conceptualizes power not as domination, but as interconnection, nurturing, and community-oriented leadership. Through this approach, the contributions examine the emancipatory possibilities of matriarchy, while also acknowledging the limitations and challenges that come with it.An interdisciplinary approach having international scope, this work will appeal to postgraduate students and academic researchers of Sociology, Anthropology, History, Art History, Asian Studies, American Studies, African American and Africana Studies, Womenâs Studies, Gender Studies, and Law.
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Book SynopsisRecognizing the significance of cross-cultural exchange across newly established frontiers, this edited volume explores the purpose and relevance of non-Japanese individuals who operated with or within the samurai class and their role in constructing and communicating identity in early modern Japan.The volume proposes a largely unexplored methodological lens through which to examine Japanese engagement with foreign others: the samurai class. These essays locate instances of cross-cultural influence, by non-Japanese who conformed to Japanese society or by Japanese people who adopted foreign practices, and identify those individuals responsible for creating such fusion â and, at times, confusion â of values, loyalties, and traditions. This project serves as an examination of foreigners within the warrior class, gathering such studies in a singular volume, to yield vital and timely insight into power dynamics, the performance of identity, and the transmission and translation of cultural ideologies in the early modern world. Topics explored include samurai and the Japanese military class; Portuguese, Dutch, and English merchants in eastern Asia; Jesuit activity in Japan; Japanâs invasions of Korea; the reopening of Japan to western contact; European travel accounts; artistic and textual representation of Japan; and the Boshin War.This volume appeals to a range of scholars, both those from European and eastern Asian studies and of the 16th-19th centuries. The collection is well suited for graduate students of Japanese history, identity in the early modern period, or global exploration and commercial enterprise.
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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the unique interplay of interpersonal characteristics of the clinician and client, coupled with effective treatment tools, to explore how to leverage authentic therapeutic relationships to enhance treatment outcomes.Within the field of eating disorder treatment, authentic relationships are the cornerstone to breaking through these difficult to treat diseases. A clinicianâs tone, affect, physical presence, appropriate use of disclosure, and embodiment of the work impact whether a client will be receptive to care. By focusing on the therapeutic relationship, rather than focusing on the disorder, this book empowers both therapists and clients to break free from harmful cycles and destructive patterns that perpetuate disordered eating and move towards self-acceptance.By bridging the gap between relational dynamics and evidence-based practice, this book provides invaluable insights and tools for clinicians and offers a fresh perspective on the therapeutic process, emphasizing the critical role of authentic relationships in effective treatment.
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Book SynopsisThis book examines the issues related to hybrid and remote working following the pandemic and the subsequent increase in returning to the office.While hybrid work is undoubtedly the ânew normâ, for office-based jobs, the organisation of hybrid work arrangements continues to evolve, with many organisations attempting to adjust the balance to require workers to spend more time in the office. The book examines both traditional workplace issues (productivity, work/life relations, isolation and wellbeing, meetings, management) alongside workspace issues (virtual, office, mobile, and co- working), concluding with wider implications and potential future directions. Building on the latest research on hybrid and remote working, and including case studies from different countries, the book considers each issue from the perspective of organisations, managers, and the workers who undertake such forms of work. The author provides a balanced analysis of the topics examined, considering the diverse positive aspects of hybrid and remote working, as well as the challenges and difficulties that they can involve. He offers practical advice for hybrid workers, and those who manage them, to make these forms of work effective.The book will have wide-ranging appeal, including professionals such as managers and human resources workers, students and academics of business, and organisational and business psychology, and anyone interested in this fascinating and fast-evolving area.
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Book SynopsisNow in a third edition, this seminal text has been updated to provide an insightful and original portrait of one of Englandâs most unforgettable monarchs and the many paradoxes of his character and reign.Henry was a Renaissance prince whose Court dazzled with artistic display, yet he was also a savage adversary, who ruthlessly crushed all those who opposed him. Five centuries after his reign, he continues to fascinate, always evading easy characterization. Wooding locates Henry VIII firmly in the context of the English Renaissance and the fierce currents of religious change that characterized the early Reformation, as well as exploring the historiographical debates that have surrounded him and his reign. This third edition includes new material on Henrician encounters with Wales and Ireland, the gendered dynamics of Court politics, and the religious experiments which made England a test case for what was happening elsewhere in Europe. The final chapter offers a comprehensive consideration of Henry VIIIâs legacy, his remembered presence in the reigns of his three children, and his place in popular culture to this day.Henry VIII provides a fresh portrayal of Henryâs character and reign, cutting away the misleading mythology that surrounds him and instead presenting a vivid account of this passionate, wilful, intelligent, and destructive king. With colour illustrations and up-to-date suggestions for further reading, this compelling biography remains essential reading for all early modern students.
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Book SynopsisThis essential resource provides educators with practical guidance to design and deliver occupation-centered education for Occupational Therapy students.Based on the Subject-centered Integrative Learning Model for Occupational Therapy (SCIL-OT), a robust guide for instructional design, the book can be used to create and implement a single assignment, an entire course, or a whole curriculum. Applicable across different countries or regions, readers will explore the educational foundations and elements of the SCIL-OT, and how they can be applied to both teaching and creating learning materials. Supported throughout with stories, examples, and sample activities, the book is aimed at the growing numbers of graduate students and educators who create or revise Occupational Therapy curricula, courses, and learning experiences across university-based learning, fieldwork placements, and practice-based learning situations.The first book to offer Occupational Therapy educators with how-to guidance in occupation-centered curriculum and instructional development, it will be an essential resource for forming future practitioners who embody the distinct values of this important profession.
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Book SynopsisThis compelling collection shines a light on the personal, professional, and organisational challenges that shape life in schools, revealing how a deeper understanding can build a more emotionally intelligent school culture.The book delves into the psychological and emotional aspects of working in schools and navigating what can be complex and multi-layered relationships with fellow staff, students, and parents. Each contributor applies their considerable knowledge of school dynamics and explores the ways in which our pastâconscious or unconscious, remembered or forgottenâshapes our interactions with others, for better or worse. Drawing directly on lived experience, the book explores peer relationships, approaches to understanding studentsâ mental health and its impact, and the ways in which parentsâ own histories - especially of education - may help or hinder effective home-school collaboration. Chapters conclude with reflective questions for personal and professional growth, sparking curiosity and prompting the reader to better understand the complexities of everyday relationships.Knowing ourselves, understanding how relationships work and making sense of the links between family and institutional dynamics can make a real difference to how we experience the workplace as well as how we get on more generally. Refreshingly conversational in style and applicable to every sphere of life, this volume will be valuable reading for trainee and early career teachers, line managers, support staff and therapists, especially those offering supervision or consultations to school staff.âœThis book gives hope that all of us working in education, as well as those we work with, can find a type of âbelongingâ in school, one that allows us to feel more at home within ourselves and âin our own skin.ââ â Graham Music, psychotherapist, trainer and author of Nurturing Natures (Routledge, 2024)
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Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique approach to learning astrophysics by combining rigorous scientific content with an engaging narrative. It introduces readers to the fundamental principles of stellar evolution, star formation, binary interactions, and gravitational astrophysics through the story of seven stars, the Seven Sisters, who were born in the Pleiades cluster and travel through the Milky Way.The Pleiades can be seen with the naked eye from Earth, near the Orion and Taurus constellations. They are the brightest stars in the cluster and have a rich Greek mythology that accompanies them. The authors use this to educate readers about astrophysical concepts and the often-complex interplay between them.It introduces and explains astrophysical concepts in an accessible and enjoyable way without sacrificing scientific accuracy. A tiered format, supported by color-coded educational boxes, allows readers to explore topics at three levels of depth, making the book suitable for learners with varying backgrounds. The integration of narrative, dialogue, and visualizations illustrate key concepts and reinforce over-arching themes throughout.It will be a valuable resource for senior high school students seeking an introduction to astrophysics, in addition to undergraduate and graduate students looking for a conceptual primer. It can also be enjoyed by educators and enthusiasts interested in the topic.Key features: Melds together education and fiction to offer an introduction to stellar and gravitational astrophysics. Structured with tiered, colour-coded boxes for three levels of conceptual depth. Incorporates a story and character-driven dialogue alongside numerous illustrations and visualizations to enhance understanding.
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Book SynopsisThis book explores how functional stupidity - uncritical and unreflective thinking within prescribed, constrained ways - is institutionalised and why we should minimise it at workplaces.How did our organisations become stagnant, and what can be done to revive them? Contemporary societal and organisational noise, extensive bureaucratisation, silo thinking, imitation, bullshit talk, and meaningless meetings are destructive to workplaces. This book explains how we got here and shows escape routes through more independent thinking and speaking up. With spotlights on individual and organisational strategies to combat stupidity, various structures and practices to mobilise support are illuminated.A provocative and entertaining read, this book will be practically useful reading for all interested in making organisations more effective.
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Book SynopsisDBT Metaphors and Stories gives therapists and DBT skills trainers the skills they need to make effective use of dialectical behavior therapy and to help clients understand how a dialectical approach to the complex realities of life helps build a life worth living.Each page is devoted to explaining a specific DBT skill. The book is structured so that it can be used in several ways, including as a reference tool to look up specific skills the reader is struggling to understand or (for skills trainers) to teach. The book can also be read cover to cover, both for understanding the broad array of skills and as a source of motivation to devote oneâs self to regular practice of skills. Itâs a vital guide for trainers, therapists, and their clients interested in fully harnessing DBTâs power to change lives.The second edition includes new metaphors and stories in each chapter, as well as a new chapter detailing the research into how the use of metaphors and storytelling are crucial for effective therapeutic communication. Insights into how to implement these strategies are also highlighted.
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Book SynopsisThis book explores key topics in the area of neurodivergence and the criminal justice system of England and Wales, encompassing a synopsis of up-to-date academic literature, key challenges in the area and the practical implications for fair and effective justice processes.Neurodivergent individuals are more likely to encounter the criminal justice system as victims and accused persons, in addition to being more likely to face barriers and adverse outcomes associated with CJS involvement. It is increasingly recognised that specifically adapted approaches are required to address this at all stages of the CJS, from policing through to prisons. This book explores and critically appraises existing scholarship and practices in this context, signposting areas for further research and policy development, and highlighting best practice approaches which have demonstrated potential in England and Wales. Whilst there are books which touch on neurodivergence generally, or specific forms of neurodivergence (for example, autism or developmental language disorder) and the CJS, this will be the first to deal specifically with neurodivergence as a broader phenomenon in justice processes, providing a novel contribution to the field. Each chapter includes recommendations/tips for practice with a focus on pragmatic application for practitioners.This book will appeal to anyone working in the fields of neurodiversity or criminal justice as well as those working therapeutically with offenders. It will also appeal to researchers, policy makers, and academic faculty.
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Book SynopsisPoverty is a root cause and effect of many social inequalities in the UK, due to the disproportionate impact for those living in poverty on their access to basic resources, services and opportunities. This important book covers a wide range of experiences relating to the everyday realities of living in poverty, providing timely and relevant insights for all areas of social work practice.Written by those with lived experience of poverty, each chapter dives into a key topic related to poverty in the UK, including parenting, schooling, housing and homelessness, mental health, cancer, disability, trauma and addiction, as well as discussions related to being in prison, a refugee, a carer, or care experienced. Taken together, these insights will help readers to develop and inform their appreciation of the challenges and potential solutions required to advocate for those in poverty.Offering bitesize formal knowledge on UK legislation and policy, alongside reflective activities which foster criticality and transformative learning, this book will be of great interest to professionals, academics and students in the fields of social work, social care, health, education, police work and media, as well as students and academics of sociology and the social sciences more broadly.
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Book SynopsisIn a world where digitalisation and artificial intelligence are reshaping every aspect of work and life, Coaching in the Digital Age equips readers with the tools, strategies, and insights they need to thrive.Drawing on the authorâs extensive research and lived experience across multiple countries, and working with over 500 senior coaching clients, this book offers a practical roadmap for navigating the challenges of virtual coaching while embracing the opportunities of a tech-driven future. With its unique four-winged framework, actionable tips, and real-world examples, it empowers coaches to maintain their humanity, presence, and impact when navigating an increasingly digital world. From the blurred boundaries of virtual environments to the lessons learned during the COVID-19 era, this book delves into the complexities of coaching in a hybrid and AI-driven landscape. It provides essential guidance on digital transformation, virtual presence, and the evolving role of empathy and connection in coaching. Packed with ready-to-use strategies that will allow readers to upskill, adapt, and lead with authenticity whilst staying ahead in a rapidly changing industry.Coaching in the Digital Age is an essential resource for executive coaches, coaching researchers, and those in coach training programmes. It is also a powerful guide for leaders and HR professionals seeking to foster resilience, trust, and human connection in their organisations.
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Book SynopsisThis book provides a cultural analysis of the Israeli defense and intelligence establishments before and after the Hamas surprise attack on 7 October 2023.The Hamas attack was one of the most colossal intelligence and security failures in modern times, and brought Israel to one of the darkest points in its history. The book outlines the traits of Israeli strategic and intelligence cultures, such as hubris and a lack of critical thinking, which account for this failure. It also examines the traits responsible for Israeli security resilience during the regional war throughout 2024â25, which peaked in the campaigns against Hizballah and Iran, such as flexibility and practice preceding theory. Drawing on academic and professional literature in English and Hebrew, as well as elite interviews with former Israeli practitioners, the book offers a novel cultural perspective on October 7 and its aftermath, a topic that will be of considerable interest for many years to come. By discussing the cultural roots of Israeli strategic surprise and resilience, the book contributes to the study of the interaction between culture and security performance and to our understanding of cultural change over time.This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, strategic studies, Israeli politics, Middle Eastern Studies, and international relations.Itai Shapira holds a PhD from the University of Leicester, UK. He is a brigadier general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Reserves and served for more than 25 years in Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI). He is the author of Israeli National Intelligence Culture (2024).
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Book SynopsisFootball Coaching Pedagogy provides an integrated exploration of youth football development designed to bridge the gap between academic research and applied coaching practice. Informed by ecological dynamics, contemporary learning theories and applied evidence from grassroots to elite contexts, it offers a shared language through which coaches, practitioners, educators, and researchers can engage with the complexities of player development.Football Coaching Pedagogy is inspired by the success of the English Premier League (EPL) Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP). Across the EPPP performance pathway (Foundation, Youth Development, and Professional Development Phases), Football Coaching Pedagogy examines key themes including ecological learning, relative age effects, maturity selection bias, welfare and safeguarding, play-based and non-linear pedagogy, games-based approaches, physical development, performance analysis, mental health, career transition, and womenâs football.For the first time, the Ecological Player Development Framework (EPDF) is proposed with a clear application to the different EPL academies. The EPDF analyses contemporary pedagogies, applying them to different age categories for long-term player development, aiming to support academies and clubs around the world to implement appropriate methodologies to individual player needs. Each chapter connects research evidence with applied examples, encouraging reflective practice and context-sensitive decision-making.Football Coaching Pedagogy is written for coaches, academy practitioners, performance staff, coach educators, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers seeking an applied yet theoretically grounded understanding of youth football development across evolving academy systems.
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Book SynopsisChampioning Queer and Trans Inclusion Beyond the Campus Resource Center examines how various areas within student affairs and higher education can support trans and queer (TQ) students and employees beyond the scope of LGBTQ+ Resource Centers.Chapters explore the challenges, considerations, and labor involved in advancing TQ inclusion across roles such as admissions, two-year college student services, disability justice, and more. A diverse team of contributors blends research, firsthand accounts, and actionable strategies to help readers develop equity-centered policies, programs, and projects.A love letter by and for TQ people, this book is an essential resource for anyone committed to creating sustainable interventions that ensure campuses truly welcome and celebrate TQ lives.
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Book SynopsisWhy do we sometimes feel powerful, expansive, and drivenâonly to feel small, humbled, or overwhelmed moments later? This book proposes that much of human experience is shaped by a fundamental psychological rhythm between two states the authors call Bigness and Smallness.Blending psychology with insights from biology, development, culture, religion, history, and mental health, the book introduces a theory of Dynamic Magnitudeâthe idea that human flourishing depends on our ability to move fluidly between striving for significance and yielding to forces greater than ourselves. Through vivid examples drawn from everyday life, art, love, parenting, politics, extremism, ritual, and belief systems, the authors show how modern societies have come to privilege Bigness while neglecting the human need for Smallness. They explore how imbalance between these states fuels burnout, polarization, addiction, anxiety, depression, and radicalization, while their healthy alternation underlies creativity, intimacy, resilience, and meaning. Rather than offering self-help prescriptions or single-factor explanations, the book provides a unifying lens that connects personal psychology with larger cultural and historical patterns.Written for psychologists and social scientists, this book also speaks to a wider audience of intellectually curious readersâstudents of culture and history, philosophers, clinicians, and thoughtful observers of contemporary lifeâinterested in how inner experience, social forces, and meaning-making intersect.
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Book SynopsisThe first English-language introduction to the entire work of world-renowned theorist and activist Antonio Negri, this book reconstructs his philosophy and critically discusses the existence of the revolutionary power of the multitude.Although the existence of the power of the multitude becomes the dominant topic of Negri's later writings, beginning with the radical vision of imperial power found in Empire, Roberto Nigro demonstrates how the core concepts of Negriâs work were elaborated in the decades preceding Empire and in the historical-political conjuncture dominated by the political and social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Nigro shows that Negri's insistence on the ontological dimension counters the poverty of the present. âœPoverty of the presentâ is understood as the impossibility of finding practical answers to the question of revolutionary subjectivity. If social movements fail to give themselves a lasting political organization, if subjects languish under the yoke of capitalist domination, how can one orient oneself in such circumstances?Authoritative, informative and engaging, Subversive Negri will be essential reading for both the academy and politically engaged audience of non-specialist readers.
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Book SynopsisNow in its Fourth Edition, Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces students to the main issues and theories in twenty-first-century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena.Author William G. Lycan structures the bookâs 13 chapters into four general parts. Part I, Reference and Referring, includes topics such as Russell's Theory of Descriptions (and its failings), Donnellan's distinction, problems of anaphora, the Description Theory of proper names, Searle's Cluster Theory, and the Causal-Historical Theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics and includes an introduction to the Relevance approach to pragmatics. Part IV, The Expressive and the Figurative, examines various forms of expressive language, as well as what metaphorical meaning is and how most listeners readily grasp it.Features of Philosophy of Language include: chapter overviews and summaries clear supportive examples study questions annotated lists of further reading a glossary. Key Updates to the Fourth Edition: a new section on the Predicativist theory of proper names an expanded section on Inferentialist theories of meaning a new section on Dynamic (âœupdateâ) theories of meaning a separate section on varieties of presupposition an all-new section on âœappliedâ philosophy of language, listing eleven recent areas of research up-to-date coverage of new literature, further reading lists, and the bibliography.
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Book SynopsisThis book is an interdisciplinary collection of concise investigations into everyday artifacts that matter to writers and writing.With the collectionâs 31 contributors and through the lens of material culture studies, the editors make a case that the study of writing is the study of artifacts. Each chapter centers on a distinct artifact, including an 1899 course notebook, the delete key, the graffiti spray can, indigenous paper, the Ouija board, and a retirement home noticeboard, as a means of exploring what each says about writing culture and writing lives. Together, the chapters show that, even if at first we donât understand how or why, the artifacts that populate our lives deserve close attention. The close attention paid to artifacts in this book demonstrates both the particularity of possessions (this Ouija board or my delete key) and their universality, as so many peopleâs experiences with writing depend on similar possessions. In this way, each represents a moment in writingâs story and timeline, while also living in many stories and timelines, begging for artifactual study. While readers will easily recognize some artifacts in this book as writing artifacts, others illustrate how âwritingâ must be understood expansively, to capture the range of symbolic human expression and mirror the complex ways writing is experienced in peopleâs lives, beyond the moment of inscription.An accessible, cross-disciplinary archive of contemporary and historical writing artifacts that matter to writing practice, this book will be of interest to writers of all kinds, as well as students and scholars of writing in fields including Writing and Literacy Studies, Material and Popular Culture, Rhetoric, History, and Communication Studies.
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Book SynopsisThis book examines how contemporary global crisesâclimate change, migration, gender inequality, and economic precarityâare interconnected and shaped by communication, power, and representation.Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to analyse and communicate complex, intersectional crises through an innovative framework combining intersectional, feminist, postcolonial, and communication perspectives. The book delivers practical analytical tools by applying intersectionality to crisis studies, examining media representations and communication theories, and exploring both mainstream and grassroots responses to global challenges. Dedicated chapters on climate change, migration, digital technologies, and the gig economy demonstrate how to critically assess crisis communication while developing ethical approaches to media literacy. The book equips readers with both theoretical foundations and practical insights for understanding how crises are produced, experienced, and mediated across different contexts, emphasizing the political consequences of framing, visibility, and silence in crisis communication.This book is written for students in communication studies, media studies, sociology, gender studies, and migration studies. It is also valuable for practitioners working in journalism, public relations, advocacy, and policy development. It provides both theoretical grounding and practical insights for analysing and communicating complex, intersectional crises responsibly.
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Book SynopsisWhy do some of us grow up too soon and spend a lifetime caring for others at the cost of ourselves? In this deeply humane study, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Mark Kinet explores parentification: the invisible role reversal in which children become their parentsâ caretakers, confidants, or even partners.Blending vivid clinical portraits, psychoanalytic depth and literary sensibility, Kinet traces how early caregiving shapes our psychic architecture, how it builds resilience but also leaves enduring fractures. Drawing on Freud, Ferenczi, Balint, Klein, Winnicott, Bion, Kernberg, Kohut, Bowlby, Fonagy, and Lacan, as well as infant research and contemporary neuropsychoanalysis, he reconstructs the unconscious history of the âwise baby,â the âwounded healer,â and the adult child who cannot stop repairing others. Across richly textured chapters and cinematic intermezzos, Kinet interweaves theory and therapy, empathy and analysis. He demonstrates how psychoanalytic work can transform the âinheritedâ burden of parentification into creative care.Written with clarity and compassion, The Psychodynamics and Psychogenesis of Parentification is both a clinical study and a meditation on the human need to give and be given to. It speaks to therapists, scholars, and all readers seeking to understand the paradox of âlovingâ too much and too early.
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Book SynopsisTwins and Duality in Early Modern Representation investigates the complex and paradoxical discourse surrounding concepts of twinship in texts written in the early modern period, where twins were considered both miraculous and uncanny.The book explores midwifery manuals, physiciansâ texts, and pamphlets, as well as drama, poetry, creative prose, and ballads, and traces how both cultural beliefs and medical practice affect the depiction of twins in literary representation. Beliefs concerning the conception of twins also bring into consideration contemporary gender politics, with notions like superfetation revealing anxiety surrounding womenâs rumoured sexual incontinence, biological mystery, and fidelity, and thereby material issues of inheritance. This innovative research is central to providing an analysis of the intellectual and popular conceptions centred on twins in the period and argues that discourses of twinship are ultimately utilised to interrogate dominant cultural concerns including identity, selfhood, sexuality, legal rights, and gender politics.Bringing important insight into early modern literature and culture, this book will be invaluable for students and scholars in the fields of early modern literary studies, gender, history of obstetrics, medical humanities, and classical reception.
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Book SynopsisThe Right Call is for leaders who recognise that ethics is not an afterthought but the architecture of every meaningful decision. As choices become embedded in systems, policies and technologies, the quality of an organisationâs ethical reasoning shapes outcomes long before a dilemma becomes visible. This book shows how to strengthen that capability.It begins by translating the four major ethical traditions into decision tools leaders can use in real time. Virtue, duty, consequences and care become practical ways of diagnosing tensions, clarifying what is at stake and understanding how values guide judgement under pressure. The book then examines the organisational infrastructure of decision-making, showing how language, power and informal norms shape what people call the right thing to do. Through diagnostic templates and research-based insights, readers learn to surface assumptions, identify cultural blind spots and create conditions where integrity can scale. The INTEGRITIâ model, a disciplined nine-step approach to leading values-based conversations, provides a clear method for turning intent into action, navigating stakeholder tensions and embedding integrity into everyday practice.This is a book for anyone responsible for choices that carry consequences.
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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive text provides rehabilitation clinicians with an actionable guide to applying motivational interviewing in practice, fostering meaningful client engagement and supporting sustainable behavior change.Grounded in evidence-based principles and designed for diverse rehabilitation contexts, the book explores how motivational interviewing enhances rehabilitation outcomes through client-centered communication and interdisciplinary collaboration. It equips practitioners with essential skills to address a wide range of clinical needs, from mental health challenges and substance use to chronic disease management and post-surgical recovery.Key features include: Practical strategies for integrating motivational interviewing into busy clinical environments Applications of motivational interviewing across conditions such as anxiety, depression, obesity, and chronic pain Techniques for fostering interdisciplinary teamwork and mentoring within rehabilitation settings Interactive exercises, sample conversations, and case studies to support skill development Insights into leveraging motivational interviewing for leadership growth and team development This text is an invaluable resource for occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other rehabilitation professionals seeking to improve client outcomes and satisfaction through collaborative, empathetic, and evidence-informed communication.
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Book SynopsisAdvocating for the active exploration of childhood memories and the natural avoidance that accompanies them, this book provides a clear entryway into complex and childhood trauma work, particularly in cases where tangled histories and overwhelming symptoms make it challenging for both counsellor and client to prioritize focus areas.Childhood history often serves as a record and a preliminary foundation for therapeutic work, yet childhood memories rarely become substantial material for ongoing exploration. This leaves childhood ghosts hidden, unattended, and unexploredâyet powerful drivers of psychological symptoms that keep individuals stuck and make trauma difficult to treat. To address this, Mikhailouskaya offers a trauma counselling framework built on two key pillars: working with early memories and actively engaging with the avoidance that naturally arises around them. Filled with actionable insights, strategies, and case examples, the text provides a roadmap for addressing hard-to-reach trauma cases and resolving key therapeutic dilemmas, such as balancing client choice with therapeutic expertise and navigating the tension between avoidance, clinical judgment, and the guidance needed to support recovery.Designed to transcend any single therapeutic approach, this book is an engaging read for psychotherapists, counsellors, and mental health practitioners seeking to enhance their practice with a deeper understanding of the role memories and avoidance play in trauma recovery.
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Book SynopsisIn an industry that often lacks representation, âœDark Faces in Cyber Placesâ shines a bright spotlight on the remarkable journeys of prominent cybersecurity CEOs, CISOs, and senior executives who have risen to the top, defying stereotypes and shattering long-held myths about what cybersecurity leaders look like. This book celebrates the achievements of these trailblazers who have overcome structural challenges, navigated corporate cultures, and broken through barriers to lead some of the worldâs most important organizations. Through personal stories, interviews, and career insights, Dark Faces in Cyber Places not only chronicles their paths to leadership but also highlights the unique perspectives and innovations they bring to cybersecurity. These leaders share hard-won lessons about resilience, integrity, and authenticity, inspiring the next generation to envision their own place in the industry. By championing diversity and inclusion, theyâve not only opened doors for others but have actively reshaped the landscape of cybersecurity to be more inclusive and representative. From humble beginnings to the executive boardroom, this book offers a front-row seat to the power of perseverance and the importance of mentorship, community, and purpose. In lifting up these stories, Dark Faces in Cyber Places honors their legacy while challenging readers to imagine a cybersecurity field strengthened by diverse voices, empowered to meet the threats of tomorrow.
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Book SynopsisHealth education is such an important topic for young people, but is often challenging to deliver in an age appropriate and impactful way. This book provides teachers with clear, up-to-date information on a range of health-related topics, considering the unique neurology of the teenage brain to help young people learn how to make the best health choices for themselves as they grow through adolescence to adulthood.All health information is fully referenced and based on rigorous, peer-reviewed data so that teachers can be confident they are accessing reliable and current health information. The book covers how to deliver health education inclusively so that everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, identity, culture or socio-economic status can incorporate the information and skills developed in these lessons into their own lives.Topics covered include:â Nutrition and foodâ Exerciseâ Sleepâ Risk factorsâ Pubertyâ MisinformationA wide variety of lesson resources, activities and teacher support is included, delivered in a way that is relevant and actionable for young people. These resources allow teachers to deliver the content confidently, with minimal preparation time, as well as ensuring that students gain the valuable skills they need to be able to take control of their health.
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Book SynopsisWorking In Film, Television and Entertainment provides a personalized roadmap for navigating job prospects in the competitive film and television industry, offering insights and tools from an experienced industry professional to help aspiring careers find their right fit and build successful careers.This comprehensive guide fills a critical gap in career resources with tried-and-tested application strategies that help readers âœwalk the walkâ in the film industry. Unlike generic career advice, it provides specialized job-hunting techniques tailored specifically for entertainment professionals. The book explores both traditional production roles (including emerging areas like virtual production and AI) and business-side careers (agents, managers, legal, marketing, data analytics), plus new media opportunities. Readers gain access to âœday in the lifeâ insights from successful industry insiders, practical worksheets and exercises, professional resume samples, and interview preparation materials. Written by an author with extensive industry experience as both a professional and educator, the guide offers realistic, up-to-date advice that university career counsellors typically cannot provide. It serves anyone determined to work in film and television but unsure where to start or which career path to pursue, providing the industry-specific knowledge needed to navigate this dynamic and competitive field successfully.This guide is essential for current film and television students, recent graduates, and career changers seeking to enter the entertainment industry without formal education.
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Book SynopsisThis book studies the multiple ways of breathing (in) and knowing (of) contemporary lifeworlds. It offers a collection of ethnographic and interdisciplinary essays articulating the politics and poetics of air, atmosphere, and the body across diverse geographical locations, historical moments, and theoretical approaches. The book argues that air, atmosphere, and the body are relational entities shaping and shaped by the very act of breathing. How differences in air, atmosphere, and the body at the scales of neighbourhoods, regions, nation-states and the planet co-constitute breathing inequalities and respiratory conditions of possibilities in suffocating times. As part of the Routledge Critical Perspectives on Breath and Breathing series, Ways of Breathing and Knowing will be an indispensable critical pedagogical companion for students and researchers of anthropology, gender studies, political sciences, science and technology studies, psychology, environmental studies, human geography, and philosophy. It will also be of interest to activists, artists, curators, and cultural and environmental institutions.
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Book SynopsisThis book presents Documents of Life (DoLs) as a research framework, offering both scholarly insight and practical guidance for conducting this kind of work. DoLs are everyday materials that illuminate the organisation of ordinary lives and their social worlds.Addressing key methodological questions in autoethnography, it brings together critical socio-cultural autoethnography (CSA) and DoLs through the innovative use of facet methodology (FM). This approach enables analytical engagement with texts across the social sciences while remaining attentive to narrative form, integrating literary studies within sociological inquiry through the DoL approach to an accountable/dialogical storytelling. Grounded in relational ethics and a critical humanist orientation, the book remains in dialogue with people and their accounts, recognising connections between the sociological and the literary, as well as the historical and the cultural. These strands are brought together through a sustained empirical focus on those who go to war (including the author, a former soldier) and those engaged in different, but equally consequential, struggles.The book will be of strong interest to PhD and postgraduate students seeking guidance on conducting autoethnographic research, in addition to scholars in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, politics, gender and masculinity studies, memory studies, organisational studies, and the social sciences more broadly.
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Book SynopsisStruggling with unwanted intrusive thoughts or repetitive compulsions? This definitive guide offers a compassionate and practical roadmap for Christians seeking healing from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Discover the nuts and bolts of evidence-based treatment, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP), while deepening your faith.OCD is a treatable illness, not a lack of faith. Through a Christ-centered approach, this book helps you understand the OCD cycle and its subtypes, including scrupulosity, where faith concerns become obsessions. With practical exercises and biblical insights, youâll learn how to change your relationship to fear, doubt, and uncertainty.The Christianâs Guide to Overcoming OCD gives you the tools you need to stop the cycle of shame and isolation and find hope and lasting recovery through a whole-person approach that addresses the mind, body, and spirit. This is an essential resource that invites anyone with OCDâor those who love themâto embrace a life of freedom, purpose, and a deeper connection with God.
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Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of Psychology in Sports Coaching continues to clearly and accessibly introduce the principles and practice of sports psychology in the context of the coaching process. Drawing on the latest research and theory, the book provides the psychological tools and techniques that coaches can use to get the best performances out of their athletes. The most effective coaches understand the fundamentals of sports psychology, which include interacting effectively with athletes, creating the optimal environment, assessing the psychological needs of their athletes, and providing them with the mental training required to maximise performance.This fully revised and updated edition provides information about to achieve this and includes five new chapters on; psychological safety, coach mental health, how coaches can become more effective leaders, how coaches can give effective team talks, and coach behaviour, as well as offering step-by-step guidance on key topics such as: Facilitating awareness through goal-setting and performance profiling Coaching specialist populations effectively Reducing favourable attitudes towards doping Developing effective coach-athlete relationships Reducing choking under pressure Mindfulness techniques Mental imagery Every chapter contains useful features to aid learning and understanding, including in-depth case studies, critical thinking questions, clear and concise summaries, and practice exam questions.Psychology in Sports Coaching is essential for any student of sports coaching or practising coach looking to extend and develop their skills, and useful applied reading for students of sports psychology.
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