Psychology

Shortlisted for the NASEN/TES 2007 Book AwardIncreased partnership between professionals, particularly through the integration of services, indicat...

Making Sense of Lifelong Learning looks beyond the rhetoric about lifelong learning (LLL), and asks long overdue questions such as, Who is actually...

A feminist and psychoanalytic investigation of the contemporary fascination with impersonation. The questions raised by female impersonations in a ...

This unique and up-to-date book provides a comprehensive history and critical account of sleep mentation research since the introduction of electro...

Professionals striving for accident reduction must deal with systems in which both technical and human elements play equal and complementary roles....

Have you ever wondered how the internal space of our brain connects with the external space of society? Drawing on hermeneutics and neuroscience St...

In this second edition of her groundbreaking book, Dr. Joan Lachkar addresses the ever-changing faces and phases of narcissism within the context o...

First published in 2004. Therapy Culture explores the powerful influence of therapeutic imperative in Anglo-American societies. In recent decades ...

Konrad Lorenz was the author of some of the most popular books ever published about animals, including the best-selling Man Meets Dog and King Solo...

More than an academic critique, Performing Psychology offers a new methodology for understanding human life. Arguing that both psychological activi...

Offering a critique of the humanist paradigm in contemporary social theory, Qualitative Complexity is the first comprehensive sociological analysis...

When he was 26, the great psychoanalyst and philosopher Erich Fromm abandoned Judaism, though he himself was descended from a long line of rabbis a...

Weaving personal narrative with a synthesis of feminist mothering theory and psychoanalytic theories of narcissism, Isaac D. Balbus describes his e...

Is there such a thing as an 'entrepreneurial personality'? What makes someone an entrepreneur is a question that has intrigued the lay person and t...

What do skydiving, rock climbing, and downhill skiing have in common with stock-trading, unprotected sex, and sadomasochism? All are high risk purs...

The importance and value of music in the care and education of very young children is increasingly recognised. This book looks closely at early mus...

Culture, Ethnicity and Personal Relationship Processes reviews new theory and research on personal relationships among African, Latina/o and Asian ...

Woman's Relationship with Herself explores the relationship women have with themselves and demonstrates how this relationship is often dominated by...

More than an academic critique, Performing Psychology offers a new methodology for understanding human life. Arguing that both psychological activi...

Managing the Monstrous Feminine takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and ...

This book, in bringing together some of the leading international scholars on electoral behaviour and communication studies, provides the first eve...

The Spirit in Man, Art and Literature offers unique and penetrating insights into the lives and opinions of some of the most significant players in...

Avery explores the psychology of altered states among the early Sufis. It examines samâ` - listening to ritual recitation, music and certain other ...

Écrits is Lacan's most important work, bringing together twenty-seven articles and lectures originally published between 1936 and 1966. This is the...