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Book Psychiatric Cultures Compared

Download or read book Psychiatric Cultures Compared written by Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comparative global history of mental health care in the twentieth century remains relatively uncharted territory. Psychiatric Cultures Compared offers an overview of various national psychiatric cultures, comparing, for example, advances in Dutch psychiatry with developments abroad. Wide-ranging essays cover analyses of the field of psychiatric nursing, the changing use of psychotropic medicine, the emergence of in- and outpatient mental health sectors, the rise of the anti-psychiatry movement, and a critical look at modern day deinstitutionalization.

Book The Rise of Mental Health Nursing

Download or read book The Rise of Mental Health Nursing written by Geertje Boschma and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique analysis of psychiatric care and the emerging field of mental health nursing in the Netherlands at the turn of the 19th century.

Book Extending the Boundaries of Care

Download or read book Extending the Boundaries of Care written by Tamara Kohn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is the concept of patient care adapting in response to rapid changes in healthcare delivery and advances in medical technology? How are questions of ethical responsibility and social diversity shaping the definitions of healthcare?In this topical study, scholars in anthropology, nursing theory, law and ethics explore questions involving the changing relationship between patient care and medical ethics. Contributors address issues that challenge the boundaries of patient care, such as: - HIV-related care and research- the impact of new reproductive technologies- preventative healthcare- technological breakthroughs that are changing personal-caring relationships.Chapters range from a consideration of the practicalities of nursing and family healthcare to a debate about ‘universal human needs' and patients' rights.This book is a provocative exploration of the ways in which healthcare models are socially constructed. It will be of interest to policy-makers, medical practitioners and administrators, as well as students of sociology, anthropology and social policy.

Book Caring for the Dying

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Barbato
  • Publisher : McGraw-Hill Europe
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780074712146
  • Pages : 278 pages

Download or read book Caring for the Dying written by Michael Barbato and published by McGraw-Hill Europe. This book was released on 2002 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for the Dyingexplores the extraordinary experience of caring for a lovedone who is dying, looking at the practicalities of everyday and long-term care. Using true, poignant stories gleaned from his many years of experience in the medical profession, Michael Barbato broadens the reader's understanding of death and what it means to the many patients, family and friends he has cared for in his professional and personal life. The author approaches this confronting, sensitive subject with a unique, thoughtful understanding of the carer and of the cared for in this enlightening, insightful book.

Book The Semi Professions and Their Organization

Download or read book The Semi Professions and Their Organization written by Amitai Etzioni and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Writing Contemporary History

Download or read book Writing Contemporary History written by Robert Gildea and published by . This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Contemporary History brings together some of the world's most pre-eminent historians to discuss the core issues confronting students of contemporary history today. Tackling ten key questions of current historiographical debate, each chapter sets in parallel and in opposition the contributions of two scholars. Questions include: Does gender history have a future? When does colonial history end? What is cultural history now about? This volume takes to heart the central rationale of the Writing History series, namely to combine theoretical reflection with the practice of producing historical texts. It introduces the reader to a variety of important theoretical approaches in the field of contemporary history writing and asks how these approaches have shaped historical writing in this important sub-discipline. Writing Contemporary History an invaluable introduction to the central debates that have shaped the field of contemporary history.

Book New Keywords

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tony Bennett
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2013-05-29
  • ISBN : 1118725417
  • Pages : 470 pages

Download or read book New Keywords written by Tony Bennett and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 25 years ago, Raymond Williams’ Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society set the standard for how we understand and use the language of culture and society. Now, three luminaries in the field of cultural studies have assembled a volume that builds on and updates Williams’ classic, reflecting the transformation in culture and society since its publication. New Keywords: A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society is a state-of-the-art reference for students, teachers and culture vultures everywhere. Assembles a stellar team of internationally renowned and interdisciplinary social thinkers and theorists Showcases 142 signed entries – from art, commodity, and fundamentalism to youth, utopia, the virtual, and the West – that capture the practices, institutions, and debates of contemporary society Builds on and updates Raymond Williams’s classic Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, by reflecting the transformation in culture and society over the last 25 years Includes a bibliographic resource to guide research and cross-referencing The book is supported by a website: www.blackwellpublishing.com/newkeywords.

Book Franco Burgersdijk

Download or read book Franco Burgersdijk written by Egbert P. Bos and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philosophy in an Age of Pluralism

Download or read book Philosophy in an Age of Pluralism written by Charles Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-11-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive evaluation of Charles Taylor's work and a major contribution to leading questions in philosophy and the human sciences as they face an increasingly pluralistic age. Charles Taylor is one of the most influential contemporary moral and political philosophers: in an era of specialisation he is one of the few thinkers who has developed a comprehensive philosophy which speaks to the conditions of the modern world in a way that is compelling to specialists in various disciplines. This collection of specially commissioned essays brings together twelve distinguished scholars from a variety of fields to discuss critically Taylor's work. The topics range from the history of philosophy, to truth, modernity and postmodernity, theism, interpretation, the human sciences, liberalism, pluralism and difference. Taylor responds to all the contributions and re-articulates his own views.

Book The Analysis of Ideology

Download or read book The Analysis of Ideology written by Raymond Boudon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, by one of Europe's foremost social theorists, presents a critical history of the concept of ideology. The author's discussion ranges from the early conceptions of ideology to its current usage in the works of Barthes, Foucault, Habermas and others.

Book Emotion  Thought and Therapy

Download or read book Emotion Thought and Therapy written by Jerome Neu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1977, Emotion, Thought and Therapy is a study of Hume and Spinoza and the relationship of philosophical theories of the emotions to psychological theories of therapy. Jerome Neu argues that the Spinozists are closer to the truth; that is, that thoughts are of greater importance than feelings in the classification and discrimination of emotional states. He then contends that if the Spinozists are closer to the truth, we have the beginning of an argument to show that Freudian or analytic therapies make philosophic sense. Throughout the book, careful attention is paid to modern discussions in philosophy of mind and psychology, and materials from anthropology and other relevant disciplines are considered. At the centre of the discussion is the notion of ‘thought-dependence’. Therapies for psychological disorders are placed along a spectrum in accordance with the role they assign to thoughts. The Spinozist view of the emotions can be seen as at the extreme thought end of a corresponding spectrum of theories of the emotions. The book suggests that this stream may help explain the spectrum of therapeutic theories and the possibilities that exist for psychological development and change. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy, psychology and counselling.

Book Not by Reason Alone

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joshua Mitchell
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1996-10
  • ISBN : 9780226532226
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Not by Reason Alone written by Joshua Mitchell and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterfully interweaving political, religious, and historical themes, Not by Reason Alone creates a new interpretation of early modern political thought. Where most accounts assume that modern thought followed a decisive break with Christianity, Joshua Mitchell reveals that the line between the age of faith and that of reason is not quite so clear. Instead, he shows that the ideas of Luther, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau draw on history, rather than reason alone, for a sense of political authority. This erudite and ambitious work crosses disciplinary boundaries to expose unsuspected connections between political theory, religion, and history. In doing so, it offers a view of modern political thought undistorted by conventional distinctions between the ancient and the modern, and between the religious and the political. "Original. . . . A delight to read a political philosopher who takes the theologies of Hobbes and Locke seriously." —J. M. Porter, Canadian Journal of History "Mitchell's argument both illuminates and fascinates. . . . An arresting, even stunning, contribution to our study of modern political thought."—William R. Stevenson, Jr., Christian Scholar's Review

Book Postures of the Mind

    Book Details:
  • Author : Annette Baier
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN : 0816613273
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Postures of the Mind written by Annette Baier and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postures of the Mind was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Annette Baier develops, in these essays, a posture in philosophy of mind and in ethics that grows out of her reading of Hume and the later Wittgenstein, and that challenges several Kantian or analytic articles of faith. She questions the assumption that intellect has authority over all human feelings and traditions; that to recognize order we must recognize universal laws—descriptive or prescriptive; that the essential mental activity is representing; and that mental acts can be analyzed into discrete basic elements, combined according to statable rules of synthesis. In the first group of essays—"Varieties of Mental Postures"—Baier evaluates the positions taken by philosophers ranging from Descartes to Dennett and Davidson. Among her topics are remembering, intending, realizing, caring, representing, changing one's mind, justifying one's actions and feelings, and having conflicting reasons for them. The second group of essays—"Varieties of Moral Postures" - explores the sort of morality we get when all of these capacities become reflective and self-corrective. Some deal with particular moral issues—our treatment of animals, our policies regarding risk to human life, our contractual obligations; others, with more general questions on the role of moral philosophers and the place of moral theory. These essays respond to the theories of Hobbes, Kant, Rawls, and MacIntyre, but Baier's most positive reaction is to David Hume; Postures of the Mind affirms and cultivates his version of a moral reflection that employs feeling and tradition as well as reason.

Book Plain Lives in a Golden Age

Download or read book Plain Lives in a Golden Age written by Arie Theodorus Deursen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-08-22 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of the ordinary working people of Holland in the seventeenth-century, the so-called 'golden age'.

Book Holland and the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

Download or read book Holland and the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century written by J. L. Price and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the politics of the pivotal province of Holland and of its role in the political system of the Dutch Republic as a whole in the seventeenth century. It is an original, scholarly, and challenging analysis, which treats the reality of politics from the ground up. J.L. Price explores the politics of the towns of Holland in detail, examines the province's political system, and assesses the ways in which Holland influenced the policies of the Dutch Republic in its Golden Age. Dr Price's novel approach to a complex and important subject sets politics in its economic and social context, and offers valuable insights into the practical politics of the Dutch during the period when they played a major role on the world stage.

Book Ethical Emotivism

    Book Details:
  • Author : S.A. Satris
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 9400935072
  • Pages : 215 pages

Download or read book Ethical Emotivism written by S.A. Satris and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary contributions of this work are in three overlapping categories: (i) the history of ideas (and in particular the history of the idea of value) and moral philosophy in both continental and Anglo-American traditions, (ii) the identification and interpretation of ethical emotivism as one of the major twentieth-century ethical theories, and (iii) the evolution of a philosophically viable form of ethical emotivism as an alternative to utilitarianism and Kantianism. In addition, along the way, many particular points are touched upon, e. g. , the relation of Hume to Stevenson and emotivism, the facti value distinction, and human emotional and social nature. The work begins by challenging the received account of the development of twentieth-century moral philosophy, i. e. , the account that occurs in all the recognized historical books (such as G. c. Kerner, The Revolution in Ethical Theory, Oxford, 1966; G. 1. Warnock, Contemporary Moral Philosophy, London, 1967; W. D. Hudson, Modern Moral Philosophy, London, 1967; Mary Warnock, Ethics Since 1900, 3rd ed. , Oxford, 1978; and W. D. Hudson, A Century of Moral Philosophy, New York, 1980). This received account is not only the property of scholars of the history of recent moral philosophy but is also generally assumed by philosophers themselves, and is repeated quite uncritically in the literature at large.

Book Aristotle and the Renaissance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles B. Schmitt
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013-10-01
  • ISBN : 9780674432802
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book Aristotle and the Renaissance written by Charles B. Schmitt and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: