Personality category: 1900 books

Cover of Fantasy and Social Movements
by J. Ormrod
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014

It is sometimes assumed that fantasizing stands in contrast to activism. This book, however, argues that fantasy plays a central role in social movements. Drawing on psychoanalysis and psychosocial theories, Fantasy and Social Movements examines the relationships between fantasy, reality, action, the unconscious and the collective.
Cover of Critical Theories of Psychological Development
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

Something instructive occurred in the process of entitling the present collection. Both editor and publisher sought a simple and succinct rubric for the various pieces of work. But they rapidly and reluctantly reached the consensus that, by either intellectual or marketing criteria, the inser­ tion...
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Re(con)figuring Psychoanalysis

Critical Juxtapositions of the Philosophical, the Sociohistorical and the Political

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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012

Leading international scholars present novel dialogues between different psychoanalytic orientations as well as between the particularities of diverse socio-cultural and historical contexts in order to offer critical insights which are highly relevant to the current intellectual debates and social praxis.
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The Psychopolitics of the Oriental Father

Between Omnipotence and Emasculation

by B. Somay
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014

With a foreword by Slavoj Žižek, this book explores the Father Function in the East in the process of 'Modernisation', arguing that 'Modernisation' and 'Westernisation' are euphemisms for the advent of capitalism in Asiatic and African societies which lead to fatal transformations of the cultural and political incarnatations of the Oriental Father.
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L'ouverture émotionnelle

Une nouvelle approche du vécu et du traitement émotionnels

by Michaël Reicherts, Philippe A. Genoud, Grégoire Zimmermann
Language: French
Release Date: June 10, 2014

Étude de la psychologie des émotions et de l'affectivité.L’Ouverture Émotionnelle (OE) est une nouvelle approche théorique et pratique qui s’inscrit dans le domaine du vécu et du traitement des émotions. Le modèle de l’OE se base sur l’évaluation et l’analyse de cinq dimensions élémentaires...
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Enneagramma

Conosci te stesso e scopri gli altri

by Roberto Spingardi, Giuseppe Gaffuri
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 12, 2013

I fantastici poteri dell'enneagramma per conoscere meglio se stessi e gli altri C'è una relazione tra il commissario Montalbano e un direttore del personale? Tra Tony Soprano e un top manager? Tra il dottor House e Sergio Marchionne? La risposta non può che essere affermativa, dichiara nella prefazione...
Cover of Friendzone - Manuale di Sopravvivenza
by Claudio Spina
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 5, 2014

"Ti vedo solo come un amico" la frase che ha sconvolto un' intera popolazione. Questo libro è un manuale ,frutto di esperienze, testimonianze e tanto impegno, che ti porterà a consapevolezza di cosa realmente sia la "FRIENDZONE" , come non caderci e come uscirne.Questo manuale...
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Silence and Confessions

The Suspect as the Source of Evidence

by S. Easton
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014

This book examines the treatment of suspects in interrogation and explores issues surrounding the right to silence. Employing a socio-legal approach, it draws from empirical research in the social sciences including social psychology to understand the problem of obtaining reliable evidence during interrogation.
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Group Beliefs

A Conception for Analyzing Group Structure, Processes, and Behavior

by Daniel Bar-Tal
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

"Individuals who live in groups hold common beliefs which define their reality, not only as persons, but also as group members. This reality becomes especially important when group members become aware that they share beliefs and are convinced that these beliefs characterize them as a group....
Cover of Komik und Humor
by Theodor Lipps
Language: German
Release Date: December 13, 2012

Theodor Lipps war ein deutscher Philosoph und Psychologe des späten 19. Jahrhunderts. Er galt als einer der Hauptvertreter des Psychologismus in Deutschland. Diese tiefgründige Analyse beschäftigt sich mit Ursache und Wirkung sowie den Prinzipien hinter Komik und Humor.
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The Sedated Society

The Causes and Harms of our Psychiatric Drug Epidemic

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Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017

This edited volume provides an answer to a rising public health concern: what drives the over prescription of psychiatric medication epidemic? Over 15% of the UK public takes a psychiatric medication on any given day, and the numbers are only set to increase. Placing this figure alongside the emerging...
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A Deleuzian Approach to Curriculum

Essays on a Pedagogical Life

by J. Wallin
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010

This work examines the impoverished image of life presupposed by the legacy of transcendent and representational thinking that continues to frame the limits of curricular thought. Analyzing the ways in which modern institutions colonize desire and overdetermine the life of its subject, this book draws...
Cover of Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014

This book is a first attempt to combine insights from the two perspectives with regard to the question of meaning by examining a collection of theoretical and empirical works. This volume therefore is destined to become an important addition to psychological literature: both from the viewpoint of...
Cover of Handbook of Biobehavioral Approaches to Self-Regulation
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014

​How can people master their own thoughts, feelings, and actions? This question is central to the scientific study of self-regulation. The behavioral side of self-regulation has been extensively investigated over the last decades, but the biological machinery that allows people to self-regulate...
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