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Posthuman Community Psychology is an exploration of mainstream
psychology through a critical posthumanity perspective, examining
psychology’s place in the world and its relationship with
marginalised people, with a focus on people with disabilities. The
book argues that the history of modern psychology is underpinned by
reductionism and individualism, which is embedded within the
contemporary psychology that we know today despite the challenges
from critical and community psychologists who seek a more
empowering, inclusive, and activist psychology. The posthuman
community psychology ideas that emerge in this book examine and
intersect with mainstream psychology, critical and community
psychologies, critical posthumanities and disability studies to
propose an imaginative, reflective, and relational new psychology
that represents a collection of possibilities that do not remain
entrenched in older ways of thinking about humans and human
connections. Richards proposes that psychology has the potential to
evolve and make a powerful and profound difference for marginalised
people, but a genuine desire for change from psychologists is
essential for this to happen. Illustrating the important
considerations needed when examining the relationship between the
discipline of psychology and marginalised people, this book is
fascinating reading for community psychology students and
academics, aspiring professional psychologists, community workers,
and policy makers.
* This handbook offers a unique critical, and cross-disciplinary
approach to the study of community psychology. * It shows how it
can address the systemic challenges arising from multiple crises
facing people across the world. * Addressing some of the most
pressing issues of our times, the text shows how community
psychology can contribute to principled social change, giving
voice, enabling civic participation, and supporting the realignment
of social and economic power within planetary boundaries. *
Featuring a collaboration of contributions from world-leading
academics, early career researchers and community leaders, each
chapter gives theory and context with practical examples of working
with those living in precarious situations, on matters that concern
them most, and highlights positive ways to contribute to
progressive change. * The editors examine economic, ecological,
demographic, gender, violence, energy, social and cultural, and
political crises in relation to psychological theories, as well as
public policy and lived experiences, presenting an approach
situated at the intersection of public policy and lived
experiences. * Viewed through four different perspectives or
lenses: a critical lens; a praxis lens; an ecological lens; and a
reflective lens, this compendium of critical explorations into
community psychology shows how it can contribute to a fairer, more
just, resilient, and sustainable world. * It examines the lessons
learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic about the pervading nature of
social inequality.
Posthuman Community Psychology is an exploration of mainstream
psychology through a critical posthumanity perspective, examining
psychology’s place in the world and its relationship with
marginalised people, with a focus on people with disabilities. The
book argues that the history of modern psychology is underpinned by
reductionism and individualism, which is embedded within the
contemporary psychology that we know today despite the challenges
from critical and community psychologists who seek a more
empowering, inclusive, and activist psychology. The posthuman
community psychology ideas that emerge in this book examine and
intersect with mainstream psychology, critical and community
psychologies, critical posthumanities and disability studies to
propose an imaginative, reflective, and relational new psychology
that represents a collection of possibilities that do not remain
entrenched in older ways of thinking about humans and human
connections. Richards proposes that psychology has the potential to
evolve and make a powerful and profound difference for marginalised
people, but a genuine desire for change from psychologists is
essential for this to happen. Illustrating the important
considerations needed when examining the relationship between the
discipline of psychology and marginalised people, this book is
fascinating reading for community psychology students and
academics, aspiring professional psychologists, community workers,
and policy makers.
The years 1936-1945 in Spain saw catastrophic civil war followed by fierce repression and economic misery. Families were torn apart and social relations were disrupted by death, exile and defeat. This study attempts to show how the Civil War was understood and absorbed, particularly by those who could claim themselves as "the victors," during and in the immediate aftermath of the conflict, taking as its main focus the repression and violence of the period, and the role of Catholic and Fascist ideology.
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Absolute Deception (DVD)
Cuba Gooding Jr, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Evert McQueen, Ty Hungerford, Jeff Gannon, …
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Cuba Gooding Jr and Emmanuelle Vaugier star in this action thriller
directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. When Rebecca Scott (Vaugier)
gets a visit from FBI agent John Nelson (Gooding Jr) informing her
that her husband has been murdered, her first reaction is one of
shock when she reveals that he died two years ago in a car
accident. While John and Rebecca pool resources to find out why and
how her husband would have faked his own death two years
previously, the pair unintentionally become the target of an angry
billionaire and his well-equipped army.
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Tactical Force (DVD)
Michael Jai White, Steve Austin, Michael Shanks, Lexa Doig, Darren Shahlavi, …
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Direct-to-video action thriller starring former WWE wrestler Steve
'Stone Cold' Austin. When LAPD officer Tate (Austin) leads a
wayward SWAT team in a disciplinary training exercise at an
abandoned warehouse, the exercise turns into a fight for survival
as the team finds itself pitted against two rival gangs and armed
only with blanks.
Freysdal is a peculiar place for more reasons than one. Besides
manufacturing radiant items for non-Light-Twisters, it's also the
only place in Thadren where thralls and freemen work side by side.
Jaren knows that he's no more than a small piece in the effort to
overthrow Thralldom, but he's comfortable with that role. That
comfort is shattered, though, when he learns that he can control
radiant energy. Now, instead of working to be reunited with his
sisters, Jaren must resist the burden that drives Light-Twisters to
cruelty and survive an abusive radiance instructor long enough to
figure out who's trying to kill Freysdal's founder. The stress
ramps up with growing rumors of an impending attack on Freysdal,
and Jaren must decide whether he's willing to give up the Peace of
Freysdal and become the Sword that defends it.
* This handbook offers a unique critical, and cross-disciplinary
approach to the study of community psychology. * It shows how it
can address the systemic challenges arising from multiple crises
facing people across the world. * Addressing some of the most
pressing issues of our times, the text shows how community
psychology can contribute to principled social change, giving
voice, enabling civic participation, and supporting the realignment
of social and economic power within planetary boundaries. *
Featuring a collaboration of contributions from world-leading
academics, early career researchers and community leaders, each
chapter gives theory and context with practical examples of working
with those living in precarious situations, on matters that concern
them most, and highlights positive ways to contribute to
progressive change. * The editors examine economic, ecological,
demographic, gender, violence, energy, social and cultural, and
political crises in relation to psychological theories, as well as
public policy and lived experiences, presenting an approach
situated at the intersection of public policy and lived
experiences. * Viewed through four different perspectives or
lenses: a critical lens; a praxis lens; an ecological lens; and a
reflective lens, this compendium of critical explorations into
community psychology shows how it can contribute to a fairer, more
just, resilient, and sustainable world. * It examines the lessons
learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic about the pervading nature of
social inequality.
The Spanish civil war was fought not only on the streets and
battlefields from 1936 to 1939 but also through memory and trauma
in the decades that followed. This fascinating book re-assesses the
eras of war, dictatorship and transition to democracy in light of
the memory boom in Spain since the late 1990s. It explores how the
civil war and its repressive aftermath have been remembered and
represented from 1939 to the present through the interweaving of
war memories, political power, and changing social relations.
Acknowledgement and remembrance were circumscribed during the war's
immediate aftermath and only the victors were free to remember
collectively during the long Franco era. Michael Richards recasts
social memory as a profoundly historical product of migration,
political events and evolving forms of collective identity through
the 1950s, the transition to democracy in the 1970s, and in the
bitterly contested politics of memory since the 1990s.
This 2005 book explores the ideas and culture surrounding the
cataclysmic civil war that engulfed Spain from 1936 to 1939. It
features specially commissioned articles from leading historians in
Spain, Britain and the US which examine the complex interaction of
national and local factors, contributing to the shape and course of
the war. They argue that the 'splintering of Spain' resulted from
the myriad cultural cleavages of society in the 1930s that are
investigated here at both local and national levels. Thus, this
book tends to see the civil war less as a single great conflict
between two easily identifiable sets of ideas, social classes or
ways of life than historians have previously done. The Spanish
tragedy, at the level of everyday life, was shaped by many
tensions, both those that were formally political and those that
were to do with people's perceptions and understanding of the
society around them.
This 1996 book presents Edwardian entertainment and the Edwardian
entertainment industry as parts of a vital, turbulent era whose
preoccupations and paranoias echo those of our own day. Responding
to recent shifts of attitude towards the Edwardians and their
world, the essays in this collection take as their provenance broad
patterns of theatrical production and consumption, focusing upon
the economics of theatre management, the creation of new audiences,
the politics of playgoing, and the meteoric rise of popular forms
of mass entertainment, including musical comedy, variety theatre,
and the cinema. Individual chapters also offer fresh insights into
key aspects of the Edwardian stage such as a definition of the
theatre of the time, gender play and role reversal in the Edwardian
music hall, as well as issues related to politics and the suffrage
movement.
The years 1936-1945 in Spain saw catastrophic civil war followed by
fierce repression and economic misery. Families were torn apart and
social relations were disrupted by death, exile and defeat. Society
became traumatized so deeply that people avoided talking openly of
these years for decades. This study attempts to show how the Civil
War was understood and absorbed, particularly by those who could
claim themselves as 'the victors', during and in the immediate
aftermath of the conflict. It does so by exploring the interchanges
between violence, ideas and economics during a period in which
liberalism was seen as foreign contagion that infected carriers of
impurities such as freemasons, regional nationalists, the working
class, non-Catholics and women. This was the context of the
internal colonization that confirmed Franco's victory, concentrated
economic power, and left executions and starvation in its wake.
This 2005 book explores the ideas and culture surrounding the
cataclysmic civil war that engulfed Spain from 1936 to 1939. It
features specially commissioned articles from leading historians in
Spain, Britain and the US which examine the complex interaction of
national and local factors, contributing to the shape and course of
the war. They argue that the 'splintering of Spain' resulted from
the myriad cultural cleavages of society in the 1930s that are
investigated here at both local and national levels. Thus, this
book tends to see the civil war less as a single great conflict
between two easily identifiable sets of ideas, social classes or
ways of life than historians have previously done. The Spanish
tragedy, at the level of everyday life, was shaped by many
tensions, both those that were formally political and those that
were to do with people's perceptions and understanding of the
society around them.
This 1996 book presents Edwardian entertainment and the Edwardian
entertainment industry as parts of a vital, turbulent era whose
preoccupations and paranoias echo those of our own day. Responding
to recent shifts of attitude towards the Edwardians and their
world, the essays in this collection take as their provenance broad
patterns of theatrical production and consumption, focusing upon
the economics of theatre management, the creation of new audiences,
the politics of playgoing, and the meteoric rise of popular forms
of mass entertainment, including musical comedy, variety theatre,
and the cinema. Individual chapters also offer fresh insights into
key aspects of the Edwardian stage such as a definition of the
theatre of the time, gender play and role reversal in the Edwardian
music hall, as well as issues related to politics and the suffrage
movement.
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis Key Papers Series
brings together the most important psychoanalytic papers in the
journal's eighty-year history in a series of accessible monographs.
Approaching the IJP's intellectual rsources from a variety of
perspectives, the monographs highlight important domains of
psychoanalytic enquirry. 'The papers in this volume were
commissioned with a view to describing the current views of
countertransference, and thier historical evolution, in four
intellectual communities of psychoanalysis: North America, Britain,
France and Latin America. 'Psychoanalysis is still sometimes
described as a monolithic and unchanging theory and practice. These
papers vividly contradict such a view through their close study of
the evolution of the concept of countertransference from the
periphery of psychoanalysis to its current position of central
importance in most analytic communities. In doing so, they provide
a window of the development of a living and evolving discipline
during its first one hundred years.'- From the Introduction by
Richard Rusbridger
With the Almanach de Gotha's return in 1998, after a hiatus of more
than 50 years, Sir Stephen Runciman wrote in the Spectator "In this
present age, which we are often told sees the twilight of royalty,
it is comforting to be able to welcome the reappearance of the most
distinguished of genealogical almanacs." The 250th Anniversary 2013
edition follows the successful format of previous editions with
family listings including births, marriages and deaths of all
living members. Volume II lists the non-sovereign Princely and
Ducal Houses of Europe and has been fully updated to include
additional families and to note those houses that are now extinct.
A number of houses are included for the first time. This is the
official and authorised publication. The most comprehensive listing
of its kind, with an impeccable pedigree, the book remains an
essential reference for genealogists, libraries and scholars. There
is and never has been a comparable source, a book once described as
"the second most important ever published."
Action thriller starring Steven Seagal and Steve Austin as two
ex-special forces operatives fighting against the odds. Charged
with delivering two high-priority female detainees to a top secret
military prison, Cross (Seagal) and Manning (Austin) find
themselves under fire from a group of heavily armed mercenaries
intent on eliminating the women. As they stand their ground against
seemingly insurmountable odds, and with the body count steadily
rising, the discovery of the two womens' real identities soon gives
the agents even greater cause for concern.
The Spanish civil war was fought not only on the streets and
battlefields from 1936 to 1939 but also through memory and trauma
in the decades that followed. This fascinating book re-assesses the
eras of war, dictatorship and transition to democracy in light of
the memory boom in Spain since the late 1990s. It explores how the
civil war and its repressive aftermath have been remembered and
represented from 1939 to the present through the interweaving of
war memories, political power, and changing social relations.
Acknowledgement and remembrance were circumscribed during the war's
immediate aftermath and only the victors were free to remember
collectively during the long Franco era. Michael Richards recasts
social memory as a profoundly historical product of migration,
political events and evolving forms of collective identity through
the 1950s, the transition to democracy in the 1970s, and in the
bitterly contested politics of memory since the 1990s.
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Dear Dracula (DVD)
Ray Liotta, Emilio Estevez, Ariel Winter, Isaac Wilson, Troy Baker, …
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Children's animated film featuring the vocal talents of Ray Liotta
and Emilio Estevez. Sam (voice of Nathan Gamble), a young movie
buff and loner, wants a new Dracula toy as a present. When he asks
his grandmother (Marion Ross) she suggests that he write to Santa
to request one for Christmas, but now that Halloween is right
around the corner he decides to write to Dracula (Liotta) instead.
Dracula, who has been made redundant after a new breed of younger
vampires have grown in popularity, is so pleased to hear from Sam
that he chooses to visit his young fan. But when Sam learns of
Dracula's lack of self-belief, he embarks on a mission to help his
friend regain his confidence and in doing so finds some of his
own...
This book examines all major aspects of theater practice and dramatic literature of the Victorian period. Michael Booth's comprehensive survey explores the social and cultural context of the theater including theater management, the audience, architecture and production methods, acting and the job of the actor, as well as the drama itself. Within this framework, Booth discusses such topics as the effect on theater of population growth and the spread of the railway system, the typical organization of a Victorian theater company, the contribution to theater of several important actor-managers, the use of stage machinery and lighting instruments, and the stock company and rehearsal system. The volume also includes a chapter on sources, numerous previously unpublished illustrations, and a chronology. The result is a lively and informative account of the diversity, energy, and color of the Victorian stage, the whole period comprising one of the most fascinating and vigorous eras in the history of the English theater.
Photobiomodulation for the Brain: Photobiomodulation Therapy in
Neurology and Neuropsychiatry collects scientific evidence
covering a broad range of topics, including the optimum dosimetry,
treatment regimens, irradiation sites, irradiance and fluence,
treatment times, and possible side effects of this neuromodulation
therapy. Over the past two decades, brain photobiomodulation
(PBM) therapy has been introduced as an innovative modality for
stimulating neural activity to improve brain function and is
predicted to become a promising strategy for neurorehabilitation in
the coming years. This book introduces PBM therapy to the worldwide
medical community, providing worthwhile scientific insights and
promoting the acceptance of this field among neurologists,
psychiatrists, neurorehabilitation practitioners, and
physiotherapists, as well as neuroscience clinicians and
researchers. From a physics point of view, scientists in the
photonics, medical physics, and light-dosimetry fields will also
benefit from the book.
Regreening the Built Environment examines the relationship between
the built environment and nature and demonstrates how rethinking
the role and design of infrastructure can environmentally,
economically, and socially sustain the earth. In the past,
infrastructure and green or park spaces have been regarded as two
opposing factors and placed in conflict with one another through
irresponsible patterns of development. This book attempts to change
this paradigm and create a new notion that greenspace, parks, and
infrastructure can indeed be one in the same. The case studies will
demonstrate how existing "gray" infrastructure can be retrofitted
with green infrastructure and low impact development techniques. It
is quite plausible that a building can be designed that actually
creates greenspace or generates energy; likewise, a roadway can be
a park, an alley can be a wildlife corridor, and a parking surface
can be a garden. In addition to examining sustainability in the
near future, the book also explores such alternatives in the
distant and very distant future, questioning the notion of
sustainability in the event of an earth-altering, cataclysmic
disaster. The strategies presented in this book aim to stimulate
discussions within the design profession and will be of great
interest to students and practitioners of environmental studies,
architecture, and urban design.
Regreening the Built Environment examines the relationship between
the built environment and nature and demonstrates how rethinking
the role and design of infrastructure can environmentally,
economically, and socially sustain the earth. In the past,
infrastructure and green or park spaces have been regarded as two
opposing factors and placed in conflict with one another through
irresponsible patterns of development. This book attempts to change
this paradigm and create a new notion that greenspace, parks, and
infrastructure can indeed be one in the same. The case studies will
demonstrate how existing "gray" infrastructure can be retrofitted
with green infrastructure and low impact development techniques. It
is quite plausible that a building can be designed that actually
creates greenspace or generates energy; likewise, a roadway can be
a park, an alley can be a wildlife corridor, and a parking surface
can be a garden. In addition to examining sustainability in the
near future, the book also explores such alternatives in the
distant and very distant future, questioning the notion of
sustainability in the event of an earth-altering, cataclysmic
disaster. The strategies presented in this book aim to stimulate
discussions within the design profession and will be of great
interest to students and practitioners of environmental studies,
architecture, and urban design.
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