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paperback. Useful for those interested in science and human nature. The author warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. He demonstrates that theorist explanations do not work and that if taken seriously their theories tend to have dangerous social consequences. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JM; KCA; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034150
ISBN
9780199265503
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. The idea of "insanity" pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Here, Szasz contends that the term actually functions as a euphemism for problems in living, as an excuse for crime and misbehaviour, as a stigma for invalidating adversaries - and, generally, as a metaphor and legal fiction. Num Pages: 436 pages, notes. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815604600
ISBN
9780815604600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.54

paperback. Best-selling author David Bohm suggests that collective thought and knowledge have become so automated that we are in large part controlled by them, with a subsequent loss of authenticity, freedom and order. Series: Key Ideas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034005
ISBN
9780415110303
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. A study of the psychological ideas of Galen (AD 129-c.210, the most important medical writer in antiquity) and Stoicism (a major philosophical theory in the Hellenistic and Roman periods), which Galen discussed extensively. Christopher Gill argues that the two theories are complementary, and still of value to the modern reader. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JMA; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 646. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033930
ISBN
9780199556793
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Calling upon metaphors, vignettes, jokes, innuendos, and certain other "right-hemispheric" language games, Paul Watzlawick shows how we can (and do) make everyday life miserable. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JMAL; JMM; JMS; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
WW Norton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033876
ISBN
9780393310214
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Carl Gustav Jung was an enigmatic psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, the founder of analytical psychology and a one-time disciple of Freud. Introducing Jung explains his key theories that still inform our thinking on psychology and personality, describing the events that led to his creation of The Red Book. Illustrator(s): McGuiness, Michael; Pugh, Oliver. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAJ; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848318557
ISBN
9781848318557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

paperback. INTRODUCING guide to the pioneering child psychoanalyst Illustrator(s): Zarate, Oscar. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848312135
ISBN
9781848312135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

paperback. A guide to the state of consciousness studies. It presents the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and covers the scientific attempts to explain consciousness in terms of neural mechanisms, cerebral computation and quantum mechanics. It also introduces readers to zombies, ghosts in machines and Schrodinger's cat. Illustrator(s): Selina, Howard. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMTC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 120 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848311718
ISBN
9781848311718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JMH; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pocket Essentials
Condition
New
SKU
9781842433478
ISBN
9781842433478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

paperback. Demystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. This book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-century Vienna, his early medical career and his encounter with cocaine, to the gradual evolution of his theories on the unconscious, dreams and sexuality. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 119 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781840468519
ISBN
9781840468519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

hardcover. Examines Plato's insightful analysis of pleasure and explores its intimate connections with his discussions of value, happiness and human psychology. This book offers a fresh perspective on how good things bear on happiness in Plato's ethics. It presents a discussion of the topic for fifty years, and shows its relevance to contemporary debates. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033636
ISBN
9780199282845
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Examines the practice of permanent sexual renunciation that developed among the early Christians. This book evokes the preoccupations of an era, and contributes to our understanding of sexuality and the family in the ancient world. Num Pages: 528 pages, map. BIC Classification: HRCC1; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033591
ISBN
9780571143986
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Hendrik Lorenz presents a comprehensive study of Plato's and Aristotle's conceptions of non-rational desire, which they see as something that humans share with animals. Lorenz sheds fresh light, not only on both philosophers' theories of motivation, but also on how they conceive of the mind, both in itself and in relation to the body Series: Oxford Philosophical Monographs. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPM; JMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033312
ISBN
9780199561698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. This treatise on the question of knowledge challenges readers to re-examine the protective barriers built to isolate "science" from other forms of enquiry. The author shows her concern with the plight of education and institutionalized knowledge, and the fate of learning in the future. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033293
ISBN
9780415028301
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Paperback. With an ethnologist's understanding of construct and practice, Marc Auge proves age is unrelated to the development of consciousness, desire, and representations of the self. In bold, eye-opening strokes, he isolates age as a physical marker and casts one's youthful approach to the world as the true measure of life's value. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; JHMC; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175890
ISBN
9780231175890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

paperback. Drawing on a wealth of examples including the Holocaust and attempts to deny it, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the taking of children of mixed blood from Aboriginal parents in Australia, and the works of Primo Levi and Simone Weil, Raimond Gaita sets out a new picture of our common humanity. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMA; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033151
ISBN
9780415241144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Theories, Technologies, Instrumentalities of Color is the outcome of a workshop, held in Leuven, Belgium, in May 2000. Editor(s): Saunders, Barbara; Brakel, Jaap van. Num Pages: 418 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JMM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of America
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033128
ISBN
9780761822653
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. In this major new work, John Searle launches a formidable attack on current orthodoxies in the philosophy of mind. Series: Representation and Mind Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, notes, bibliography, subject index, name index. BIC Classification: HPM; JMA; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
MIT Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032332
ISBN
9780262691543
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JMD; MBDP; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academic Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780124201323
ISBN
9780124201323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.56

paperback. The author presents a passionate argument for a therapeutic practice based on the physician's love for the deeply deprived patient. Ian Suttie, a psychiatrist of the Tavistock clinic in the 1930s, advocates a more optimistic view of human nature than traditional Freudian psychology. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Free Association Books United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853430138
ISBN
9781853430138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.95

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