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Published in the year 1977, Inflation and Wages in Underdeveloped
Countries is a valuable contribution to the field of Economics.
Since its formulation by George Kelly in the mid-1950s Personal
Construct Psychology has been distinguished by its links with
general philosophy and by the philosophical richness of its
fundamental postulates. Personal Construct Psychology recognizes
that any attempt to understand why we behave as we do must begin
with an understanding of how we create meaning. After a brief
general introduction Bill Warren traces the philosophical history
of Personal Construct Psychology through the broad and complex
tradition of phenomenology and thinkers such as Spinoza, Hegel and
Heidegger. He also gives credit to the influence of general
creative and dramatic literature across a variety of cultures.
Specific issues addressed in depth include the position of Personal
Construct Psychology with regard to philosophy of science,
cognitive science, clinical psychology, concepts of mental illness
and the implications for social and political philosophy. The text
should provide counsellors, therapists and students of Personal
Construct Psychology with a broader appreciation of its historical
and philosophical context and its importance to contemporary
psychology.
This book traces the philosophical history of Personal Construct
Psychology through the broad and complex tradition of phenomenology
and thinkers such as Spinoza, Hegel and Heidegger. The author also
gives credit to the influence of general creative and dramatic
literature across a variety of cultures. Specific issues addressed
in depth include the position of Personal Construct Psychology with
regard to philosophy of science, determinism and free will,
concepts of mental illness and the implications for social and
political philosophy.
Published in the year 1977, Inflation and Wages in Underdeveloped
Countries is a valuable contribution to the field of Economics.
Ever since the First World War, socialists have considered
imperialism a calamity: responsible for militarism, economic
stagnation, and assaults on democracy in the metropolitan
countries, an impediment to economic and cultural development in
the Third World. So widespread has this view become that it is
shared, in its essentials, not only by Marxists but also by an
entire school of liberal development economists. Bill Warren breaks
with this traditional outlook, arguing that the theory of
imperialism, one of Marxism's most influential concepts, is not
only contradicted by the facts, but has diluted and distorted
Marxism itself.
In particular, Warren disputes the claim that "monopoly capitalism"
represents the ultimate stage of senile capitalism and sets out to
refute the notion that imperialism is a regressive force impeding
or distorting economic development in the Third World. The book
argues on the contrary that direct colonialism powerfully impelled
social change in Asia and Africa, laying the foundation for a
vibrant indigenous capitalism. Finally, it takes issue with the
conventional view that postwar economic performance in the Third
World has been disastrous, presenting a powerful empirical case
that the gap between rich and poor countries is actually narrowing.
Closely argued, clearly written, original and iconoclastic,
"Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism" is a compelling challenge to
one of the chief tenets of contemporary socialist politics.
Long recognized as the definitive reference work on the hundreds of
science fiction movies that from 1950 through 1962 terrified and
fascinated a generation with zombified teenagers, robots, invading
aliens and monsters of every kind, Bill Warren's Keep Watching the
Skies! is greatly expanded in this 21st Century Edition. With new
entries on several films, it also revisits, revises and expands the
commentary on every film in the 1982 and 1986 two-volume edition.
In addition to a detailed plot synopsis, cast and credit listings,
and an overview of each film's critical reception, Warren delivers
richly informative assessments of the films and a wealth of
insights and anecdotes about their making, often drawing on remarks
by the filmmakers that have emerged in the quarter century since
the original edition. The book is arranged by film title, contains
273 photographs, has seven useful appendices, and concludes with an
enormous index.
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