Father-son relationships can be notoriously difficult. Often fractious, sometimes hostile, and occasionally destructive, the issue of authority is negotiated by fathers and sons in a range of styles. In this fascinating new book, John Crosby describes the filial relationships of 20 historical figures to illustrate the different ways they related to their fathers, and what this can tell us about love, authority and the wider family context. Sons and Fathers is an approach to understanding this son-father conflict based on early life experience rather than upon psycho-historian or psycho-biographical material and theorizing. Each vignette is designed to be read as a biographical account, but is bookended by a section reflecting on how each man's relationship to his father can be understood in the context of key developmental theories, in particular those of Eric Erikson and Murray Bowen's family system theory. The book also includes an extended introduction to both theorists for those unfamiliar with their work, as well as a discussion of the role of corporal punishment as a method of disciplining children. From Michael Jackson to Bing Crosby, Joseph Stalin to John F Kennedy, this is a uniquely accessible but insightful book that will appeal to both general readers as well as students of Developmental Psychology across the lifespan, Family Studies, Marriage and Family therapy, and related subjects. It will also appeal to professionals working in the area, including social workers, counsellors and therapists.

Father-son relationships can be notoriously difficult. Often fractious, sometimes hostile, and occasionally destructive, the issue of authority is negotiated by fathers and sons in a range of styles. In this fascinating new book, John Crosby describes the filial relationships of 20 historical figures to illustrate the different ways they related to their fathers, and what this can tell us about love, authority and the wider family context. Sons and Fathers is an approach to understanding this son-father conflict based on early life experience rather than upon psycho-historian or psycho-biographical material and theorizing. Each vignette is designed to be read as a biographical account, but is bookended by a section reflecting on how each man's relationship to his father can be understood in the context of key developmental theories, in particular those of Eric Erikson and Murray Bowen's family system theory. The book also includes an extended introduction to both theorists for those unfamiliar with their work, as well as a discussion of the role of corporal punishment as a method of disciplining children. From Michael Jackson to Bing Crosby, Joseph Stalin to John F Kennedy, this is a uniquely accessible but insightful book that will appeal to both general readers as well as students of Developmental Psychology across the lifespan, Family Studies, Marriage and Family therapy, and related subjects. It will also appeal to professionals working in the area, including social workers, counsellors and therapists.

The phenomenologists were concerned to show that essential structures of being, knowable by rational insight, are found far more abundantly than is commonly thought. In his great monograph Reinach shows that in the civil law, where one usually thinks that there are only legal structures of human devising, there are in fact many essential structures, such as the structure of promising or of owning. These pre-positive structures, which are something different from the moral norms relevant to the positive law, provide the civil law with a foundation that can be known by philosophical insight. Though the enactments of the civil law are changeable, these essential foundations are not changeable. Of particular significance and originality is Reinach's concept of a social act, that is, of an act that addresses another and has to be heard by the other in order to be complete. Reinach shows that the essence of legally relevant acts such as promising, comes to evidence when they are understood as social acts. The concept of a social act, in fact, has significance far beyond the part of legal philosophy in which Reinach first discovers it.

The X's and O's of Relationships takes Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 13 and gives you the opportunity to apply each element to your relationships with individual team members, family members, and friends. It addresses the question: Do you care about me? And, it equips you to answer the question well. The straightforward format will help you identify and close the gap between your feelings and your behavior. This book is meant to be taken personally and it encourages the reflective, heart-changing work that occurs when you choose to put God first in life and leadership. The great coaches will tell you that fundamentals make or break you; this book will address the biblical fundamentals for deepening your relationships and growing your influence. John Crosby serves as the Area Director for Coastal GA Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is the founder of Priority Insight, a leadership focused workplace ministry. John has served as Administrator and Teaching Pastor for a large church, in several roles for smaller churches, and as the General Manager of a $50+ million beverage distributor. John has a passion for Christ and for leadership development. He has authored three leadership-oriented devotional books: Called to Coach, Called to Lead, and Called to Shepherd. Jo Crosby is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over twenty years of clinical experience. She leads professional workshops on various topics as part of her ongoing commitment to helping people build strong, healthy relationships with God and each other. As a communicator, she has a passion for revealing God's extraordinary love through the ordinary of life. Jo has authored an inspirational devotional book entitled, Wherein the Lilies Grow. John and Jo love teaching together, combining their unique and complimentary approaches to Scripture and teaching. They have three children and live near Savannah, Georgia.

The X's and O's of Relationships takes Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 13 and gives you the opportunity to apply each element to your relationships with individual team members, family members, and friends. It addresses the question: Do you care about me? And, it equips you to answer the question well. The straightforward format will help you identify and close the gap between your feelings and your behavior. This book is meant to be taken personally and it encourages the reflective, heart-changing work that occurs when you choose to put God first in life and leadership. The great coaches will tell you that fundamentals make or break you; this book will address the biblical fundamentals for deepening your relationships and growing your influenceJohn Crosby serves as the Area Director for Coastal GA Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is the founder of Priority Insight, a leadership focused workplace ministry. John has served as Administrator and Teaching Pastor for a large church, in several roles for smaller churches, and as the General Manager of a $50+ million beverage distributor. John has a passion for Christ and for leadership development. He has authored three leadership-oriented devotional books: Called to Coach, Called to Lead, and Called to Shepherd. Jo Crosby is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over twenty years of clinical experience. She leads professional workshops on various topics as part of her ongoing commitment to helping people build strong, healthy relationships with God and each other. As a communicator, she has a passion for revealing God's extraordinary love through the ordinary of life. Jo has authored an inspirational devotional book entitled, Wherein the Lilies Grow. John and Jo love teaching together, combining their unique and complimentary approaches to Scripture and teaching. They have three children and live near Savannah, Georgia.

Aletheia, an international yearbook of philosophy, is devoted to the systematic inquiry into the central themes of Western philosophy, such as the nature and kinds of knowledge, the foundations of morality, the nature of substance, of causality, value, the person, beauty, and religion. The yearbook seeks to continue the philosophical tradition of the early phenomenological realists (e.g. the early Husserl, Adolf Reinach, Alexander Pfander, Max Scheler, Roman Ingarden, and Dietrich von Hildebrand) who, in opposing historicism and Kantianism, turned « back to things themselves. In overcoming the relativization of truth and being to individual minds, to language, economic or historical processes, or to transcendental consciousness, Aletheia seeks to provide a phenomenological foundation for classical realism. Aletheia also maintains a close and vital relationship with the Polish school of personalism and ethics (e.g. Roman Ingarden, Tadeusz Styczeń , and Karol Wojtyla), and it is hoped that the relatively recent interest of analytic philosophers in the work of Husserl, Reinach, Ingarden and others will provide new opportunities for exchange.