The new virtual era is already here. We use the internet every day, to retrieve information, to purchase merchandise, and to connect with others. But do we really understand the psychology of the internet and how it affects our lives?In this book, Dr Haim Weinberg looks at cyber…
In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought?science, religion, and consciousness. Crafted with the same care and insight as her award-winning novels, Absence of Mind ch…
Dels ud fra forskning og dels ud fra livshistorier fortalt til hjemmesiden onlychild.org.uk ser bogen på voksne enebørns sociale identitet. Hvordan har de oplevet et liv uden søskende? Hvad har fraværet af søskende betydet socialt og psykologisk? Påvirkes de af kulturelle stereo…
What is central to our ability to interpret one another? A great deal of work in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, anthropology, developmental psychology and a host of other disciplines assumes that, at root, interpersonal interpretation is accomplished through the employme…
by Jung, C. G., Franz, Marie-Louise von, Jung-Merker, Lilly, Rüf, Phil. Elisabeth
by Jung, C. G., Franz, Marie-Louise von, Jung-Merker, Lilly, Rüf, Phil. Elisabeth
Depression, once a subfield of neurosis, has become the most diagnosed mental disorder in the world. Why and how has depression become such a topical illness and what does it tell us about changing ideas of the individual and society? Alain Ehrenberg investigates the history of …
The idea that one can soak up someone else's depression or anxiety or sense the tension in a room is familiar. Indeed, phrases that capture this notion abound in the popular vernacular: "negative energy", "dumping", "you could cut the tension with a knife". This book deals with …
Cultural theorist Sara Ahmed explores how willfulness is often a charge made by some against others. By following the figure of the willful subject, who wills wrongly or wills too much, Ahmed suggests that willfulness might be required to recover from attempts at its elimination.
