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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Western philosophical orthodoxy places many aspects of other
people's lives outside the scope of our knowledge. Demonstrating an
alternative to this view, however, this book argues that Jean-Paul
Sartre's application of his unique psychoanalytic method to Gustave
Flaubert is the culmination of his project to show that it is
possible to know everything there is to know about another person.
It examines how Sartre aims to revolutionize our way of thinking
about others by presenting his existential psychoanalysis as the
means to knowledge of both ourselves and others. By so doing, it
highlights how his determination to solve the longstanding
philosophical conundrum about other minds drives him not only to
incorporate insights from Descartes, Hegel, Husserl, Freud, Marx,
and Beauvoir into his philosophy, but also to supplement and
enhance his philosophy through the development and application of a
new form of psychoanalysis. Sartre's Existential Psychoanalysis
integrates, for the first time, Sartre's psychoanalysis into his
overarching philosophical project. By offering a critical
interrogation of the role his psychoanalytical studies played in
the development of his existentialism, Mary Edwards uncovers the
overlooked philosophical significance of his existential
psychoanalysis and brings it into a new and productive dialogue
with current research in the fields of philosophy, psychology, and
psychotherapy.
The only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for her
service during the Civil War, Dr. Mary E. Walker (1832-1919) was a
surgeon, a public lecturer, and an outspoken champion of women's
rights. One of the first women in the country to be awarded a
medical degree, she served as an assistant surgeon for the 52nd
Ohio Infantry and was cited for valor in going behind enemy lines
to attend to the sick. Though her early career was highly
distinguished, her subsequent life became controversial and, in
some respects, tragic. Always a woman of great independence, she
publicly expressed strong opinions about the need for women's
rights and harshly criticized prevailing patriarchal attitudes and
the enforced subservience of women. After the war she published
Hit, an enigmatically titled book in which she advanced her radical
ideas on topics from love and marriage and dress reform to woman's
suffrage and religion. With an insightful foreword by Walker
specialist Mercedes Graf (professor of psychology, Governors State
University, University Park, Illinois), this new edition of a
little-known work by a pioneering feminist will be of great
interest to anyone concerned about women's rights.
The only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for her
service during the Civil War, Dr. Mary E. Walker (1832-1919) was a
surgeon, a public lecturer, and an outspoken champion of women's
rights. One of the first women in the country to be awarded a
medical degree, she served as an assistant surgeon for the 52nd
Ohio Infantry and was cited for valor in going behind enemy lines
to attend to the sick. Though her early career was highly
distinguished, her subsequent life became controversial and, in
some respects, tragic. Always a woman of great independence, she
publicly expressed strong opinions about the need for women's
rights and harshly criticized prevailing patriarchal attitudes and
the enforced subservience of women. After the war she published
Hit, an enigmatically titled book in which she advanced her radical
ideas on topics from love and marriage and dress reform to woman's
suffrage and religion. With an insightful foreword by Walker
specialist Mercedes Graf (professor of psychology, Governors State
University, University Park, Illinois), this new edition of a
little-known work by a pioneering feminist will be of great
interest to anyone concerned about women's rights.
Why are there so many Italian hairdressers and Chinese restaurants
in Glasgow? Who's more Glaswegian: an Irishman, a Highlander or a
Pole? Who's city is this anyway? For the past 200 years, immigrants
to Glasgow have found prosperity and poverty in its streets and
closes. Mary Edward investigates their history, and the
contribution they have brought to the city. With clear-sighted
social analysis and an impressive assembly of historical evidence,
Edward weaves a vivid tapestry of the many peoples and cultures
that have created contemporary Glasgow. The staggering diversity of
languages, religions and ethnicities is no new phenomenon in this
city on the Clyde. Today's Glasweigans are the children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren of yesterday's incomers, all
of whom have chosen this great Scottish melting pot as their own.
This book will be an education and a delight to generations of
Glasweigans - and all those proud to belong to Glasgow.
This is an engaging account of Austen's life and work, arranged as
a series of walking tours through the towns and countryside she
knew and loved - the settings for her novels. The 15 circular walks
in the book describe the country houses, churches, great estates
and elegant cities Austen knew and introduce the reader to the
real-life people she met, many of whom gave her hints for the
characters in her novels. The walks include Godmersham House, the
inspiration for Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice and the view from
Box Hill, scene of the 'exploring party' in Emma. This remains the
only guide to Austen's England.
Dorset, with its glorious coastline and gentle rolling hills, is a
walker's county. The twenty circular walks in this book vary in
length from 2 to 6 miles and are enjoyable all year round. The
author has divided the routes into seasons to show each at its very
best. In spring, Hod Hill is golden with cowslips and Abbot Street
Copse near Pamphill is a sea of bluebells. On a fine day in summer
there are wonderful views west over Dorset's Jurassic coast and the
heathland near Bere Regis is purple with heather. Autumn brings
colour to Beaminster woods and Stanpit Marsh Nature Reserve is a
splendid place to see migrant birds. To appreciate the special
atmosphere of Eggardon Hill you should walk the ramparts in winter!
Each walk is described in detail, with numbered route map and
details of the terrain. There are also points of interest that are
likely to be seen along the way and local pubs and cafes,
recommended for their food, for each route. The countryside is
infinitely varied and often spectacular. It is said that after a
tour of the Dorset you will have seen three-quarters of England!
Anne-Marie Edwards is a member of the Ramblers' Association and is
the author of many popular walking guides, including Pub Walks in
Dorset and Pocket Pub Walks in The New Forest
A startling, groundbreaking exploration, Military Brats is the
first book to identify a cultural group--children of the
military--that had been completely below the societal radar. Based
on five years of research, including in-depth interviews with
eighty military brats from all the armed services as well as
physicians, teachers, psychologists, social workers, and others,
this book finds the patterns that link all military children to a
common cultural identity. Wertsch employs extensive research to
probe the consequences-both positive and negative-of being raised
in a family characterized by rigid discipline, nomadic
rootlessness, dedication to military mission, and the threat of war
and personal loss. With its clear-eyed, sometimes shocking
depictions of alcoholism and domestic violence, and its empathy for
military parents caught up in an extremely demanding way of life,
Military Brats provides catharsis, insight, and a path toward
healing. Mary Wertsch not only defines America's most invisible
minority for the very first time, she also passionately exhorts the
children of warriors to come to terms with their native Fortress
legacies so that they might take full advantage of the positive
endowment that is also their birthright. Civilians will find this
book eye-opening. Military parents will find it at once challenging
and sympathetic. And military brats will know in their hearts that
this is the book they've been waiting for. This new edition retains
the same content as the original, with only minor changes. This
edition is now labelled Volume 1; a Volume 2 is in the works.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
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