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Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality
This book integrates the findings of group research emphasizing
"Madness of the Crowd" versus collective intelligence that
highlights "Wisdom of the Crowd." Thus it provides an overview of
psychological research on group processes and collective
intelligence, analyzing cognitive, social, and structural factors.
Chapters address applications of this research to contexts such as
organizations and online behavior, and offer guidelines and
hands-on demonstrations of psychological principles. The book is
highly relevant to students and instructors in personality and
social psychology.
Charting a genealogy of the modern idea of the self, Felix O
Murchadha explores the accounts of self-identity expounded by key
Early Modern philosophers, Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Spinoza,
Hume and Kant. The question of the self as we would discuss it
today only came to the forefront of philosophical concern with
Modernity, beginning with an appeal to the inherited models of the
self found in Stoicism, Scepticism, Augustinianism and Pelagianism,
before continuing to develop as a subject of philosophical debate.
Exploring this trajectory, The Formation of the Modern Self pursues
a number of themes central to the Early Modern development of
selfhood, including, amongst others, grace and passion. It examines
on the one hand the deep-rooted dependence on the divine and the
longing for happiness and salvation and, on the other hand, the
distancing from the Stoic ideal of apatheia, as philosophers from
Descartes to Spinoza recognised the passions as essential to human
agency. Fundamental to the new question of the self was the
relation of faith and reason. Uncovering commonalities and
differences amongst Early Modern philosophers, O Murchadha traces
how the voluntarism of Modernity led to the sceptical approach to
the self in Montaigne and Hume and how this sceptical strand, in
turn, culminated in Kant's rational faith. More than a history of
the self in philosophy, The Formation of the Modern Self inspires a
fresh look at self-identity, uncovering not only how our modern
idea of selfhood developed but just how embedded the concept of
self is in external considerations: from ethics, to reason, to
religion.
This book takes James Gilligan's theory of shame and violence as a
starting point for an application of the model across disciplines
(psychology, sociology, philosophy, political science, cultural
studies, history, architecture and urban studies) and levels of
analysis (from the individual to the global). It critically engages
with shame theory, exploring the existential origins, the
emotional, linguistic, cognitive and cultural manifestations and
symptoms of shame-in the mind, in the body, in public space and in
the civic culture-and its relationship with other emotions, such as
anger, guilt and pride. It also examines the role of shame in
communities that are at the fault lines of current affairs,
identity politics and "culture wars", such as Brexit, trans rights,
and racial equality. The book contributes to the literature on
political psychology and psychosocial studies by facilitating an
innovative application of the concept of shame: blending theory and
practice, focusing on gender as a key lever of the mechanism of
shame, and exploring the mechanics of shame and shame awareness, so
as to seek and propose a range of guiding principles, practical
models and possible solutions for the future.
This book provides fresh insight into the creative practice
developed by Paul McCartney over his extended career as a
songwriter, record producer and performing musician. It frames its
examination of McCartney's work through the lens of the systems
model of creativity developed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and
combines this with the research work of Pierre Bourdieu. This
systems approach is built around the basic structures of
idiosyncratic agents, like McCartney himself, and the choices he
has made as a creative individual. It also locates his work within
social fields and cultural domains, all crucial aspects of the
creative system that McCartney continues to be immersed in. Using
this tripartite system, the book includes analysis of McCartney's
creative collaborations with musicians, producers, artists and
filmmakers and provides a critical analysis of the Romantic myth
which forms a central tenet of popular music. This engaging work
will have interdisciplinary appeal to students and scholars of the
psychology of creativity, popular music, sociology and cultural
studies.
A study of man's destructive nature that utilizes evidence from
psychoanalysis, neurophysiology, animal psychology, paleontology,
and anthropology and is documented with clinical examples.
This book analyses the clinical interaction between depression and
personality dysfunction to help clinicians better understand and
treat patients with complex depression. It proposes an innovative
perspective to clinical work that moves away from a
disorder-centered approach to a person-centered approach by
analysing complex depression through the lens of functional domains
related to personality functioning and applying Research Domain
Criteria to diagnosis and treatment planning. By doing so, it aims
to contribute to the development of precision psychotherapy by
applying the principles of precision medicine to mental health
care. The book is divided in two parts. Chapters in the first part
review problems in five domains of personality dysfunction that
drive complex depressive presentations - identity, affect
regulation, self-other regulation, social dysfunction and
self-criticism - and the neurobiological findings underlying them.
In the second part, authors present integrative models of
depression and personality dysfunction and their implications for
diagnosis and treatment. Depression and Personality Dysfunction: An
Integrative Functional Domains Perspective is a scientific and
clinical guide for the understanding and treatment of patients with
depression complicated by personality dysfunction. It will be a
useful tool for clinicians looking for resources to develop a more
person-centered and evidence-based approach to mental health care.
The powerful and long-anticipated companion to The Skin I'm In,
Sharon Flake's bestselling modern classic, presents the unflinching
story of Char, a young woman trapped in the underworld of human
trafficking. My feet are heavy as stones when I walk up the block
wondering why I can't find my old self. Char has always had to be
tough. But now the hard edges that have always driven people away
are all the protection she has against the world. When Char is
turned out of her home, she falls prey to human trafficking. While
she's frightened, she remains smart and strong, determined to bring
herself and fellow victims out of the dark. The Skin I'm In was a
game changer that redefined young adult literature by presenting
characters, voices, and real world experiences that had not been
fully seen. Now Sharon Flake offers readers another timely and
radical story of a girl on the brink and how her choices will lead
her to either fall or fly.
This volume brings together the world's leading experts on disgust
to fully explore this understudied behavior. Disgust is unique
among emotions. It is, at once, perhaps the most "basic" and
visceral of feelings while also being profoundly shaped by learning
and culture. Evident from the earliest months of life, disgust
influences individual behavior and shapes societies across
political, social, economic, legal, ecological, and health
contexts. As an emotion that evolved to prevent our eating
contaminated foods, disgust is now known to motivate wider
behaviors, social processes, and customs. On a global scale,
disgust finds a place in population health initiatives, from hand
hygiene to tobacco warning labels, and may underlie aversions to
globalization and other progressive agendas, such as those
regarding sustainable consumption and gay marriage. This
comprehensive work provides cutting-edge, timely, and succinct
theoretical and empirical contributions illustrating the breadth,
rigor, relevance, and increasing maturity of disgust research to
modern life. It is relevant to a wide range of psychological
research and is particularly important to behavior viewed through
an evolutionary lens, As such, it will stimulate further research
and clinical applications that allow for a broader
conceptualization of human behavior. The reader will find: Succinct
and accessible summaries of key perspectives Highlights of new
scientific developments A rich blend of theoretical and empirical
chapters
Significant progress has been made in the study of human psychology
in recent years. However, certain aspects of personality, such as
electrophysiological attributes, have yet to be fully examined.
Measuring the Psychological and Electrophysiological Attributes of
Human Personality: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a
detailed scholarly resource that presents the latest findings in
psychology as in relation to electrophysiology. Featuring coverage
on relevant topics including personality theories, temperament
analysis, and evoked brain potentials, this is an important
reference publication that would be useful to psychologists,
medical professionals, academicians, graduate students, and
researchers that must keep abreast of the latest personality
research in the psychological field.
"I'd been an activist for years. I'd marched, protested, blocked
the road, been arrested. I'd exposed how banks and tax havens fuel
corruption, poverty and environmental destruction. I'd launched a
campaign that rewrote the laws on secret company ownership in
dozens of countries. My research had contributed to the cluster
munitions ban and a treaty to control the arms trade. But despite
these efforts, my discomfort about activism was growing. Was I part
of the problem too?" The Entangled Activist is the story of how
activism is entangled in the problems it seeks to solve, told by a
hard-hitting campaigner who through personal experience -- as well
as extensively researched psycho-social enquiry -- comes to look at
activism very differently. After years of thinking that her task
was to 'get the bastards,' campaigner, writer and reporter Anthea
Lawson came to see that activism often emerges from the same
troubles it is trying to fix, and that its demons, including
hypocrisy, saviourism, burnout and treating other people badly, can
be a gateway to understanding the depth of what really needs to
change. Drawing on her own experience, critical analysis and
interviews with leading activists, Lawson looks under the surface
of our attempts to change the world to offer a timely and
eye-opening vision for transformative work. By considering how
unexamined shadows and assumptions get in the way of
well-intentioned activist goals, and how those at the forefront of
sociopolitical change are often caught up in the very systems and
ideologies they seek to change, Lawson dismantles hierarchies that
have shaped the field for too long. The Entangled Activist is a
profound call to acknowledge our entanglement with the world. To
those who are worried about the state of things but are skeptical
of 'activism', it offers possibilities for action that go beyond
righteousness and reactivity. And to activists who so want to help,
it mindfully unearths a different starting place, one where
transforming ourselves is unwaveringly part of transforming the
world.
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