The American family has long been at the centre of the typical Hollywood narrative. But the depiction of the nuclear family within contemporary mainstream US cinema has not yet been closely studied. Home Movies addresses this oversight by assessing recent cinematic representatio…
Emotions are crucial to human agency. But what are emotions? And how do they relate to agency? The aim of this book is to spell out an account of emotions, which is grounded on analogies between emotions and sensory experiences, and to explore the implications of this account fo…
The emotions we experience are crucial to who we are, to what we think and to what we do. But what are emotions, exactly, and how do they relate to agency? This volume spells out an account of emotions, which is grounded on analogies between emotions and sensory experiences and …
The emotions we experience are crucial to who we are, to what we think and to what we do. But what are emotions, exactly, and how do they relate to agency? This volume spells out an account of emotions, which is grounded on analogies between emotions and sensory experiences and …
The emotions we experience are crucial to who we are, to what we think and to what we do. But what are emotions, exactly, and how do they relate to agency? This volume spells out an account of emotions, which is grounded on analogies between emotions and sensory experiences and …
The emotions we experience are crucial to who we are, to what we think and to what we do. But what are emotions, exactly, and how do they relate to agency? This volume spells out an account of emotions, which is grounded on analogies between emotions and sensory experiences and …
The emotions we experience are crucial to who we are, to what we think and to what we do. But what are emotions, exactly, and how do they relate to agency? This volume spells out an account of emotions, which is grounded on analogies between emotions and sensory experiences and …
"My aim in this book is to spell out what I take to be a highly attractive account of emotions, according to which emotions are closely related to values or more precisely to evaluative concepts such as fearsome, disgusting, or admirable and the properties that can be taken to c…
"As Science, Values, and Objectivity reveals, the connections and interactions between values and science are quite complex. The essays in this volume identify the crucial values that play a role in science, distinguish some of the criteria that can be used for value identificat…
With an emphasis on cultivating meaning and vitality in client lives, the values component of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is arguably what draws most clinicians to the treatment model--and yet there are no practical guides available to professionals written from an A…
With an emphasis on cultivating meaning and vitality in client lives, the values component of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is arguably what draws most clinicians to the treatment model--and yet there are no practical guides available to professionals written from an A…
With an emphasis on cultivating meaning and vitality in client lives, the values component of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is arguably what draws most clinicians to the treatment model--and yet there are no practical guides available to professionals written from an A…
Are social sciences that are indigenous to the West necessarily universal for other cultures? This collection of South Asian scholarship draws on the experiences of the region to discuss this question in depth.
What gives our life meaning? What is a good life? How should we treat each other? Disability offers a powerful challenge to long-held philosophical views about the nature of the good life, what provides meaning in our lives, and the centrality of reason, as well as to questions …
