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  • The Politics of the Family

    by R.D. Laing ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In his 1968 CBC Massey Lectures R. D. Laing discusses how and why we value society's notions of family over our own. Using concepts of schizophrenia, R.D. Laing demonstrates that we tend to invalidate the subjective and experiential and accept the proper societal view of what should occur within the family. A psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, Laing worked at the Tavistock Institute of Human ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Divided Self

    An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness

    by R. D. Laing ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    The Divided Self, R.D. Laing's groundbreaking exploration of the nature of madness, illuminated the nature of mental illness and made the mysteries of the mind comprehensible to a wide audience.First published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients he had worked with, ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Knots: Selected Works of RD Laing: Vol 7

    by RD Laing ...
    Series series Selected Works of R D Laing
    Originally published in 1970*, Knots* consists of a series of dialogue-scenarios that can be read as poems or brief plays, each complete in itself. Each chapter describes a different kind of relationship: the "knots" of the title: bonds of love, dependency, uncertainty, jealousy. The dialogues could be those between lovers, between parents and children, between analysts and patients or all of ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Sanity, Madness and the Family

    by R.D Laing, Aaron Esterson ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    In the late 1950s the psychiatrist R.D.Laing and psychoanalyst Aaron Esterson spent five years interviewing eleven families of female patients diagnosed as 'schizophrenic'. Sanity, Madness and the Family is the result of their work. Eleven vivid case studies, often dramatic and disturbing, reveal patterns of affection and fear, manipulation and indifference within the family. But it was the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Dialectics of Liberation

    by David Cooper, Stokely Carmichael, R.D. Laing, Herbert Marcuse, Paul Goodman ...
    Series series Radical Thinkers
    A revolutionary compilation of speeches which produced a political groundwork for many of the radical movements in the following decadesThe now legendary Dialectics of Liberation congress, held in London in 1967, was a unique expression of the politics of dissent. Existential psychiatrists, Marxist intellectuals, anarchists, and political leaders met to discuss key social issues. Edited by David ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Politics of the Family and Other Essays

    by R. D. Laing ...
    Series series Selected Works of R D Laing
    Originally published in 1969, based on the talks R. D. Laing gave in 1967 and 68, this book was intended by the author to evoke questions rather than provide answers. Using concepts of schizophrenia, R.D. Laing demonstrates that we tend to invalidate the subjective and experiential and accept the proper societal view of what should occur within the family. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Self and Others: Selected Works of R D Laing Vol 2

    by R D Laing ...
    Series series Selected Works of R D Laing
    Originally published in 1961 this book is divided into two parts. In the first Laing critiques the Kleinian view of unconsciou phantasy, as developed by Susan Sutherland Isaacs. He emphasizes the overwhelming presence of social phantasy systems. In Part 2, Laing discusses the extent to which an individual is or is not invested in their own actions, using ideas drawn from Martin Buber and Sartre ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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    by Wade Davis ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures.In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In ... Read more

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  • History's People

    Personalities and the Past

    by Margaret MacMillan ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    Part of the CBC Massey Lectures SeriesIn History’s People internationally acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of figures of the past, women and men, some famous and some little-known, who stand out for her. Some have changed the course of history and even directed the currents of their times. Others are memorable for being risk-takers, adventurers, or observers. ... Read more

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  • An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

    What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

    by Chris Hadfield ...
    Travel to space and back with astronaut Chris Hadfield's enthralling bestseller as your eye-opening guide."Hadfield proves himself to be not only a fierce explorer of the universe, but also a deeply thoughtful explorer of the human condition." —Maria Popova, Brain PickingsColonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time ... Read more

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  • Experiences in Groups

    and Other Papers

    by W.R. Bion ...
    A classic study which, by synthesizing the approaches of psychoanalysis and group dynamics, has added a new dimension to the understanding of group phenomena. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Psychic Retreats

    Pathological Organizations in Psychotic, Neurotic and Borderline Patients

    by John Steiner ...
    Series series The New Library of Psychoanalysis
    Essentially clinical in its approach, Psychic Retreats discusses the problem of patients who are 'stuck' and with whom it is difficult to make meaningful contact. John Steiner, an experienced psychoanalyst, uses new developments in Kleinian theory to explain how this happens.He examines the way object relationships and defences can be organized into complex structures which lead to a personality ... Read more

    $57.99 USD