Stephen K. Levine’s new book explores the nature of traumatic experience and the therapeutic role of the arts and arts therapies in responding to it. It suggests that by re-imagining painful and tragic experiences through art-making, we may release their fixity and negative hold on our lives and resist the temptation to assume the role of the victim. Among the many concerns that the book addresses is the damage done by the tendency to adopt stock methods of understanding and superficial explanations for the depths, complexities, wonders, and exasperations of human experience. The book explores the chaos and fragmentation inherent in both art and human existence and the ways in which memory and imagination can find meaning by acknowledging this chaos and embodying it in appropriate forms. The book builds on the important theories of Stephen K. Levine’s previous book, Poiesis: The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. It challenges dominant psychological perspectives on trauma and provides a new framework for arts therapists, psychotherapists, psychologists and social scientists to understand the effectiveness of the arts therapies in responding to human suffering.
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Author: Stephen K Levine; Shaun McNiff Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 9780857001931 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: September 2009 208 pages
It may at first seem that the world of subatomic physics is far removed from our every day lives. Isn’t it all just a waste of time and taxpayers’ money? Hopefully, all who read this book will come to a different conclusion. Collider physics is all about our origins, and this aspect alone makes it worthy of our very best attention. The experiments conducted within the vast collider chambers are at the forefront of humanity’s quest to unweave the great tapestry that is the universe. Everything is connected. Within the macrocosm is the microcosm. By knowing how matter is structured, how atoms and elementary particles interact, and what forces control the interactions between the particles, we discover further clues as to why the universe is the way it is, and we uncover glimpses of how everything came into being.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in the process of coming online at CERN, is the world’s largest and most complex machine. It represents the pinnacle of human ingenuity, and its physical characteristics, costs, and workings astound us at every turn.We are literally humbled by the machine that has been produced through a grand international collaboration of scientists. This book is about what those scientists hope to discover with the LHC, for hopes do run high, and there is much at stake. Careers, reputations and prestigious science prizes will be realized, and possibly lost, in the wake of the results that the LHC will produce. And there are risks, real and imagined. The LHC will probe the very fabric of matter and it will help us understand the very weft and the weave of the universe.
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Author: Martin Beech Publisher: Springer New York ISBN: 9781441956682 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: July 2010 244 pages
Jugendliche haben ihre Rechte! In diesem Ratgeber finden Jugendliche, Eltern, Lehrpersonen, Jugendarbeiter und all jene, die in Beruf oder Freizeit mit Jugendlichen Kontakt haben, umfassende Antworten.
Kann ein 17-Jähriger Schulden machen? Müssen Eltern für unbezahlte Rechnungen ihres Sohnes geradestehen? Wer haftet, wenn ihre Teenager-Tochter das Handy des Nachbarn zertrümmert? Was ist im Internet erlaubt? Wie organisiert man eine grosse Party? Was tun, wenn Jugendliche gewalttätig werden? Diese und zahlreiche weitere Fragen sind im Buch beantwortet.
Der Ratgeber bietet einen leicht verständlichen Überblick über die Rechte und Pflichten von Jugendlichen. Er erklärt das neue Jugendstrafrecht, das die Strafen und Schutzmassnahmen bei jugendlichen Straftätern neu regelt. Das Buch zeigt auch, was zu tun ist, wenn Jugendliche mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt geraten.
Dieser Ratgeber ist ein Muss für alle, die über die Rechte von Jugendlichen Bescheid wissen wollen.
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Author: Barblina Töndury; Der Schweizerische Beobachter; Käthi Zeugin; Focus Grafik Publisher: Beobachter-Edition ISBN: 9783855696673 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: January 2013 128 pages
Michel Houellebecq sous la loupe approfondit le profil de l’œuvre de l’auteur le plus controversé du paysage littéraire français actuel et s’attache à dépasser les études sur cet enfant terrible des Lettres françaises parues à ce jour. En effet, force est de reconnaître que l’intérêt suscité par le phénomène s’est surtout, jusque-là, traduit par l’engouement d’un public friand de la petite histoire, exception faite de quelques études d’envergure sur son œuvre.Michel Houellebecq sous la loupe comble la béance du fossé entre l’écrivain et la recherche universitaire. En outre, ce recueil projette sur l’œuvre un nouvel éclairage par rapport aux titres précédents. Ainsi les sujets peu ou prou explorés à ce jour comme l’esthétique générale des écrits, la poésie, la réception et la philosophie sous-jacente aux romans passent-ils dûment la revue dans des approches approfondies après avoir été quelque peu négligés. D’autre part, bien que l’amour, l’exotisme et l’abject aient été précédemment discutés, ces thèmes se teintent aujourd’hui d’un jour nouveau par l’angle original sous lequel ils sont abordés et la perspicacité des réflexions qui leur sont accordées. Enfin, et non des moindres, plusieurs articles interpellent le dernier roman La Possibilité d’une île (Fayard, 2005) ce qui confère à ce recueil un atout supplémentaire.En bref, Michel Houellebecq sous la loupe s’adresse aux houellebecquiens et houellebecquologues tout autant qu’aux houellebecquophiles et houellebecquophobes par la diversité des articles sans complaisance et la sagacité des analyses réunies dans un souci d’authenticité et de clarté car toutes ont en commun de débattre d’une série de points fondamentaux qui font la singularité de la fiction houellebecquienne.
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Author: Murielle Lucie Clement; Sabine Van Wesemael Publisher: Editions Rodopi ISBN: 9789401205160 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: January 2007 406 pages
“A rich and compelling narrative, as taut and suspenseful as good fiction. In places, Stories of Scottsboro is almost heartbreaking, not least because Goodman shows what people felt as well as what they thought.” — Washington Post Book World
To white Southerners, it was “a heinous and unspeakable crime” that flouted a taboo as old as slavery. To the Communist Party, which mounted the defense, the Scottsboro case was an ideal opportunity to unite issues of race and class. To jury after jury, the idea that nine black men had raped two white women on a train traveling through northern Alabama in 1931 was so self-evident that they found the Scottsboro boys guilty even after the U.S. Supreme Court had twice struck down the verdict and one of the “victims” had recanted.
This innovative and grippingly narrated work of history tells the story of a case that marked a watershed in American racial justice. Or, rather, it tells several stories. For out of dozens of period sources, Stories of Scottsboro re-creates not only what happened at Scottsboro, but the dissonant chords it struck in the hearts and minds of an entire nation.
“Extraordinary…. To do justice to the Scottsboro story a book would have to combine edge-of-the-seat reportage and epic narrative sweep. And it is just such a book that James Goodman has given us, a beautifully realized history…written with complete authority, tight emotional control, and brilliant use of archival material.” — Chicago Tribune
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Author: James Goodman Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group ISBN: 9780804151689 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2013 496 pages
Domestic violence and health is one of the first indepth studies within Britain to explore the issue of healthcare professionals' attitudes towards women who are victims of domestic violence. There is a growing interest by healthcare professionals and researchers about the role of healthcare professionals in relation to domestic violence. This book looks at the health experiences of women who are victims of domestic violence and the responses to such injuries by healthcare professionals. The author presents the results of an indepth qualitative study, conducted within Britain, examining domestic violence and health. Women who are treated medically without any acknowledgement of the social, personal and psychological aspects of their condition, are likely to re-present with domestic violence-related injuries.The book includes chapters that look at:current interest both nationally and internationally;why women access health services;an examination of the physical and non-physical effects of domestic violence;the range of treatment options currently favoured by healthcare professionals and the response of patients to them;differentiations in practice between different health professionals;the impact of domestic violence as a social issue on trends in medical training.·[vbTab][vbTab]These issues are considered in light of debates about medicalisation, the function of the sick role, and both biomedical/wound-led, and holistic/person-led approaches to health provision. Key findings are highlighted, and the author provides recommendations for good practice.Domestic violence and health is essential reading for public health administrators and policy makers, healthcare professionals and feminist researchers, activists and advocates.
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Author: Emma Williamson Publisher: Policy Press ISBN: 9781847425218 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: December 2000 227 pages
Ann Grady knew better than anyone that love was complicated. When she’d left her hometown, she thought she was leaving her past heartbreak behind for good, as well. But practically the moment she returned to care for her injured parents, she stumbled headlong into their confidanther first love, Jack Lightfoot.
Jack had been unable to deny his feelings for Annie when he was a teenager dating her best friend, and he certainly couldn’t muffle the spark twisting between them noweven if memories of the past kept threatening to push them apart. This time Jack wasn’t going to let history repeat itselfhe was going to show Annie that the two of them were meant to be much more than best friends!
What if you had a hidden inner self you never knew about? This key to your horoscope is the moon sign!
Many people understand their sun sign, but few realise that the key to their astrological insight is unlocked by a deeper truth: the moon sign. Your moon sign is a reflection of your secret inner self, and has important messages to aid you in your career, love life and ultimately your destiny.
Understanding the secret power of your moon sign is now easier than ever with this short guide. Specially aligned for your individual moon sign of Cancer, this book has been carefully charted and prepared by astrology expert David Wells, whose advice will help you quickly understand:
Your overall astrological outlook for 2014
How your moon sign co-operates, or interferes with, your sun sign in 2014
How your moon sign affects your romantic life, your work life and your spiritual life.
You won't want to overlook this important part of your astrological make up in the coming year with this brilliant new series! Visit moon-sign-calculator.com to calculate your moon sign and find out yours today!
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Author: David Wells Publisher: Hay House ISBN: 9781781803684 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: January 2014 40 pages
An in-depth and fascinating study of one of Hollywood’s most popular icons – fully updated and including previously unreleased pictures.
Doris Day is almost always portrayed as the sunny, squeaky-clean girl next door. This wholesome image kept her at the top for twenty-four years and thirty-nine films.
But behind the effervescent, ever-cheerful image that Doris Day portrayed through dozens of classic Hollywood movies was an extraordinary story of private pain. Her dazzling smile hid a tormented personal life that included four marriages, and a terrifying accident that nearly ended her life. And yet for generations of movie-goers Doris Day remained the embodiment of innocent beauty and apple-pie homeliness, and even today she exerts a powerful fascination for millions of fans around the world.
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Author: Eric Braun Publisher: Orion ISBN: 9781409105695 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: December 2010 240 pages
Artificial Intelligence is one of the new technologies that has contributed to the successful development and implementation of powerful and friendly control systems. These systems are more attractive to end-users shortening the gap between control theory applications. The IFAC Symposia on Artificial Intelligence in Real Time Control provides the forum to exchange ideas and results among the leading researchers and practitioners in the field. This publication brings together the papers presented at the latest in the series and provides a key evaluation of present and future developments of Artificial Intelligence in Real Time Control system technologies.
Author: A. Crespo Publisher: Elsevier Science ISBN: 9781483296937 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 2014 399 pages
