Philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, and psychiatrists examine the will and its pathologies from theoretical and empirical perspectives, offering a conceptual overview and discussing schizophrenia, depression, prefrontal lobe damage, and substanc.
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.
Schopenhauer in context: the "oriental renaissance" -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Hinduism -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Buddhism -- "Representation": Schopenhauer and the reality-status of the world -- The reality-status of the empirical world: the Mādhyamika teaching -…
In this brilliant study, Thomas Pfau argues that the loss of foundational concepts in classical and medieval Aristotelian philosophy caused a fateful separation between reason and will in European thought. Pfau traces the evolution and eventual deterioration of key concepts of h…
One of the world's most esteemed and influential psychologists, Roy F. Baumeister, teams with "New York Times" science writer John Tierney to reveal the secrets of self-control and how to master it. In "Willpower," the pioneering researcher Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with re…
The authors review the latest research to report key findings on willpower and offer practical advice for increasing it.
Motivation
by Schmalt, Heinz-Dieter, Langens, Thomas A.
fromKohlhammer Standards Psychologie