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  • Life Choices

    Understanding Dilemmas And Decisions

    de Tod Sloan ...
    Through readings of 15 life-history interviews, this book creates a framework for the interpretation of dilemmas and decisions. As each individual recounts a specific instance when a life choice was necessary, the supporting analysis reveals the framework that triggered the sense that a turning point had been reached. The author's basic premise is that common sense and mainstream psychology fail ... Leer más

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  • Damaged Life

    The Crisis of the Modern Psyche

    de Tod Sloan ...
    Series series Psychology Revivals
    What are the psychological problems caused by modernization? How can we minimize its negative effects?Modernization has brought many material benefits to us, yet we are constantly told how unhappy we are: crime, divorce, suicide, depression and anxiety are rampant. How can this contradiction be reconciled?Damaged Life, originally published in 1996, presents a powerful and progressive analysis of ... Leer más

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  • Psychology from the Standpoint of the Subject

    Selected Writings of Klaus Holzkamp

    Series series Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences
    This book introduces the groundbreaking work of the German critical psychologist Klaus Holzkamp. In contrast to contemporary psychology's worldlessness, the writings present a concept of psychology based on the individual's relations to the world and open up new perspectives on human subjectivity, agency and the conduct of everyday life. ... Leer más

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  • Beyond Learning

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  • Essays in Sociological Theory

    Talcott Parsons needs little introduction to anyone acquainted with the literature of sociology. Few men have dominated their fields so much as Dr. Parsons does his.In this collection of nineteen essays, Dr. Parsons focuses his attention on subjects ranging from the social structure of Japan to propaganda and social control, from sociological aspects of Fascist movements to the place of ... Leer más

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  • Social Theory of International Politics

    Series Libro 67 - Cambridge Studies in International Relations
    Drawing upon philosophy and social theory, Social Theory of International Politics develops a theory of the international system as a social construction. Alexander Wendt clarifies the central claims of the constructivist approach, presenting a structural and idealist worldview which contrasts with the individualism and materialism which underpins much mainstream international relations theory. He ... Leer más

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