Peter Levine: 29 books
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For
The Promise of Civic Renewal in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Chronic unemployment, deindustrialized cities, and mass incarceration are among the grievous social problems that will not yield unless American citizens address them. Peter Levine's We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For is a primer for anyone motivated to help revive our fragile civic life and...
De tijger ontwaakt
traumabehandeling met lichaamsgerichte therapie
Language: Dutch
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Door schokkende gebeurtenissen kunnen mensen een trauma oplopen en onder meer last krijgen van slapeloosheid, angstgevoelens, concentratiestoornissen, prikkelbaarheid en woedeuitbarstingen. De natuur heeft het anders geregeld: prooidieren zijn in staat om snel na een levensbedreigende situatie weer...
The Future of Democracy
Developing the Next Generation of American Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
We need young people to be civically engaged in order to define and address public problems. Their participation is important for democracy, for institutions such as schools, and for young people themselves, who are more likely to succeed in life if they are engaged in their communities. In The Future...
The New Progressive Era
Toward a Fair and Deliberative Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 1999
A century ago, Americans launched a period of civic renewal and political reform. Today, amid deep dissatisfaction with our major institutions, there are signs that a new movement may revive the spirit of the original Progressive Era. Peter Levine draws inspiration from the great Progressive leader...
The Appearance of a Hero
The Tom Mahoney Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
"Levine's stories are riveting and subtle, shot through with a muted wisdom and palpable compassion." ?Publisher's Weekly
Tom Mahoney is the golden boy everyone knew in school: good-looking, charming, an athlete---sought after by women, the envy of men. His success in life seems a foregone...
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field
Sport and the American Jewish Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 1993
In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field, Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success. From...
by Ed Simon, Michael Strauss, Raja Halwani
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Cognition Switch: An Artefact for the Transmission of New Ideas
Issue #5: April 2019
Featuring Ideas by: Michael Strauss, Ed Simon, Raja Halwani, Robert Noggle, Archie Brown, Michael Robertson, Nancy Weiss Malkiel, Peter Levine, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Julian Baggini, Christopher Kavanagh, and Johanna Hanink
Rhythms of Relating in Children's Therapies
Connecting Creatively with Vulnerable Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
This multidisciplinary book shows how to foster meaningful relationships between therapists and vulnerable children, through exploring the concept of communicative musicality and creating rhythms of connection.
It includes broad and in-depth contributions from leading therapists from diverse...
Teaching America
The Case for Civic Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship—and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book’s unprecedented roster of authors includes Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Bob Graham, Secretary Rod Paige, Alan Dershowitz,...
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
National Service and Volunteerism
Achieving Impact in Our Communities
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of national service programs and volunteer effectiveness. This condition continues to threaten national...
Publicly Engaged Scholars
Next-Generation Engagement and the Future of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The concern that the democratic purposes of higher education -- and its conception as a public good -- are being undermined, with the growing realization that existing structures are unsuited to addressing today's complex societal problems, and that our institutions are failing an increasingly diverse...
Healing Trauma
A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Researchers have shown that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often en endure lifelong symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to unexplained physical pain, fatigue, illness, and harmful "acting out" behaviors. Today, professionals and clients in both the bodywork and the...
Trauma and Memory
Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
In Trauma and Memory, bestselling author Dr. Peter Levine (creator of the Somatic Experiencing approach) tackles one of the most difficult and controversial questions of PTSD/trauma therapy: Can we trust our memories? While some argue that traumatic memories are unreliable and not useful, others insist...