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This comprehensive Handbook illuminates the objectives and
economics behind competition law. It takes a global comparative
approach to explore competition law and policy in a range of
jurisdictions with differing political economies, legal systems and
stages of development. A set of expert international contributors
examine the operation and enforcement of competition law around the
world in order to globalize discussions surrounding the
foundational issues of this topic. In doing so, they not only
reveal the range of approaches to competition law, but also
identify certain basic economic concepts and types of
anticompetitive conduct that are at the core of competition law.
Taking a forward-thinking perspective, the Handbook also analyses
the challenges to the assessment methodology of anticompetitive
conduct that are posed by the growth of the digital environment and
changing views on economic approaches. This Handbook's detailed
analytical and comparative approach to economics and competition
law will be valuable for academics and students of these subjects.
Its focus on policy and key case studies from across the globe will
also be beneficial for legal practitioners and competition
regulators.
Collected for the first time in a new translation: two of the most
important and far-reaching biographies of an artist ever written,
and our principal sources for the life of Velazquez. Diego
Velazquez (1599-1660) is for many the greatest painter ever to have
lived. His astonishing naturalism had an immediate and lasting
impact on his contemporaries, inspiring both awe and fierce debate.
Most of what we know about Velazquez' life and incomparably
successful career comes from these two biographies. Francisco
Pacheco, a second rank painter, was Velazquez' teacher and
eventually father-in-law - possibly the closest relationship
between a painter and his biographer in all art. This Life, part of
Pacheco's theoretical work, the Art of Painting, has never been
translated before, and it reveals the scale of the challenge to
traditional painting presented by Velazquez' insurmountable talent.
Antonio Palomino, the Spanish Vasari, was born just after Velazquez
died, but knew many of the painter's friends and colleagues. His
biography, precise and detailed, is an incomparable source, but
like Pacheco's text, also tackles the aesthetic debate engendered
by Velazquez' choice of subject matter and style. Together these
biographies give an excitingly close insight into the mind and
world of a great painter. The introduction by Michael Jacobs
situates these biographies in the context of Spain's Golden Age,
and the intellectual ferment in painting and in the theatre that
lie behind Velazquez' magic. The translations are by Nina Ayala
Mallory, the leading scholar of Spanish artistic biographies. The
volume is richly illustrated with 30 plates illustrating the full
gamut of Velazquez' work.
The subject of this work is controversial, but its message is
simple: the study of UFOs merits the serious attention of the
intellectual establishment. Advocating credibility for this
much-maligned field of research, historian David Jacobs and his
coauthors highlight some of the key events, issues, themes and
theories surrounding this elusive and complex subject. Whether
interplanetary tourists, interlopers from a parallel universe, or
mere misfirings in the brain, UFOs and ""aliens"" permeate popular
culture. They have made the covers of ""Time"", ""Life"", and the
""New York Times Book Review""; garnered CNN coverage; turned up on
""Larry King Live"" and other high-profile talk shows; attracted
large audiences for TV's ""X-Files"" and ""Roswell"", and for films
like ""ET"", ""Independence Day"", ""Men in Black"" and ""Close
Encounters of the Third Kind""; and swamped the Internet with
thousands of websites and discussion groups. Despite this pervasive
presense, few scholars have been willing to study the perplexing
phenomena behind these cultural signifiers. Wary of a field that
seems tainted by suspect methods and outlandish theories, many have
logically stayed away. The relative lack of academic participation,
however, creates a vicious circle that prevents the development of
standards that would attract greater academic participation and,
thus, credibility and funding for the field. Meanwhile, the
phenomenon, rather than fading from public awareness, continues to
grow and evolve. In response, this volume provides a kind of primer
for scholars, skeptics and others uneasy about investigating this
field. Its authors examine the nature of UFO ""evidence""; discuss
the methodological debates; incorporate research from science,
history, mythology and psychology; and highlight the reactions of
the government and military from the Cold War to the present. It
also brings together three bestselling authors - Jacobs, Budd
Hopkins and Pulitzer Prize-winner John Mack - widely known for
their writings on the highly controversial ""alien abduction""
phenomenon.
Michael Jacobs is a pioneer in the development of psychodynamic
counselling. While his writing is praised for its lucidity in
explaining difficult concepts, and it is well illustrated with case
examples from his own work, he has rarely said much about his own
history as a psychodynamic psychotherapist and counsellor. In this
personal account, concerned mainly with both his professional life
as a therapist, writer and teacher and with the developments of
counselling generally in Britain, in which he has played a major
part, Jacobs presents his own past. It is one that surprisingly for
so experienced a therapist, started with no formal training, but
which has gone on to be an influence on the training of hundreds of
counsellors and therapists. Jacobs traces the development of BACP
and UKCP and his part in the formation of both organizations, the
development of training in counselling in Britain, much of which
with regard to psychodynamic counselling was pioneered by him, and
finally his writing and teaching career. The book concludes with a
critique of the present state of counselling and psychotherapy in
Britain today. "A delight to read! Everyone benefits from a lovely
memoir like this: students, experienced colleagues, and the author
himself. Michael has built a deserved reputation as an outstanding
authority and innovator in the counselling field, in practice as
well as in training. His restlessness and his challenging nature
are still needed as the sense of crisis in depth and relational
therapy work intensifies. The account of his experiences, whether
entirely fortuitous and haphazard or fuelled by an individuating
sense of vocation, will stimulate thought, feeling and a profound
questioning of where our field is heading." Professor Andrew
Samuels, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies,
University of Essex, UK "This is the moving and revelatory account
of the personal and professional evolution of one of Britain's most
prominent pioneering counsellors. In telling his own story, Michael
Jacobs also illuminates the development of the counselling movement
during the past fifty years and younger readers will discover much
to inform and surprise them. This deceptively passionate book
inspires and challenges on almost every beautifully written page."
Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East
Anglia, Norwich, UK; Co-founder, The Norwich Centre for Personal,
Professional and Spiritual Development "Michael Jacobs's new memoir
kept me wide-awake for most of the night, because I simply could
not put this book down! Written with consummate story-telling
skills, Jacobs has created an inspiring and enthralling portrait of
his remarkable career in the fields of psychotherapy and
counselling. A true pioneer of mental health in Great Britain,
Jacobs has much to teach us all, and I recommend this new volume
most heartily!" Professor Brett Kahr, Institute of Medical
Psychology, London, and Senior Clinical Research Fellow in
Psychotherapy and Mental Health at the Centre for Child Mental
Health, London, UK
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Allen and Michelle have been living together for eighteen months.
It is the first real relationship for both of them. Michelle thinks
they should marry; Allen isn't sure. His hesitancy drives her home
to her parents for advice. Michelle's Father isn't aware that it is
Allen's mother he has been seeing for the last six months and would
now like to get rid of, nor does Michelle's mother know that it is
Allen's father she has just spent the night with and would like to
see more of. The pieces fall uproariously into place when the
parents decide to meet the young lovers over dinner to lend their
maturity and experience for the benefit of their children's
relationship. It's suddenly everyone for himself in this wild,
rollicking look at love and romance.
Drawing upon a vast literature in psychoanalytic journals and
either upon Shakespeare's characters themselves or alluding to
those characters in the course of other topics, this book discusses
eight of Shakespeare's plays and the relationships between the main
characters in them. Psychoanalytic and literary approaches
sometimes diverge, but they ca
This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes
an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship,
substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling
and reflections on the influence of other modalities and shared
aspects of practice across approaches. Each chapter now includes an
annotated Further Reading section to help deepen knowledge and
reinforce learning of key aspects of the counselling process.
Drawing upon a vast literature in psychoanalytic journals either
upon Shakespeare's characters themselves or alluding to those
characters in the course of other topics, this book discusses eight
of Shakespeare's plays and the relationships between the
maincharacters within them. Psychoanalytic and literary approaches
sometimes diverge, but they can also concur in seeing characters
either as true examples of different psychological states and types
of relating or as symbolic of aspects of the personality. The
chapters contain many references to psychoanalytic interpretations
from Freud onwards.The importance of this book lies in its drawing
together from a large number of disparate sources, many of which
will be inaccessible to those who do not have access to the
journals or psychoanalytic databases. It is relevant for counselors
and therapists, as well as for those interested in literature,
particularly in Shakespearean studies. It is written for the
thinking lay reader, and does not blind the ordinary reader with
psychoanalytic terminology and concepts. Readers who are therapists
may gain some insights into aspects of some of their clients;
everyone should be encouraged through these ideas and theories to
muse upon aspects of his or her own personality, thoughts,
fantasies and behaviors.
Michael Jacobs was haunted by Velazquez's enigmatic masterpiece Las
Meninas from first encountering it in the Prado as a teenager. In
Everything is Happening Jacobs searches for the ultimate
significance of the painting by following the trails of
associations from each individual character in the picture, as well
as his own memories of and relationship to this extraordinary work.
From Jacobs' first trip to Spain to the complex politics of Golden
Age Madrid, to his meeting with the man who saved Las Meninas
during the Spanish Civil war, via Jacobs' experiences of the
sunless world of the art history academy, Jacobs' dissolves the
barriers between the past and the present, the real and the
illusory. Cut short by Jacobs' death in 2014, and completed with an
introduction and coda of great sensitivity and insight by his
friend and fellow lover of art, the journalist Ed Vulliamy, this
visionary, meditative and often very funny book is a passionate,
personal manifesto for the liberation of how we look at painting.
Prize-winning Spanish author Juan Pedro Aparicio follows the route
of the old narrow guage railway that runs between Bilbao and Leon,
through the provinces of Vizcaya, Santander, Burgos, Palencia and
Leon. The description of the train journey is illuminated by the
watercolours of Jose S. Carralero and Maribol Fraguas."
Provence is a land apart, a territory of outstanding beauty and
distinction that has fascinated outsiders since earliest times. It
is in its smaller communities that the true Provencal spirit can be
found. Hugh Palmer's radiant photographs and Michael Jacobs'
evocative accounts of the most beautiful villages of Provence opens
with the villages of Vaucluse and the Bouches-du-Rhone, then moves
east through the Var to the mountains of the Alpine departments and
its fortified hill villages, drawing together the special
characteristics of the region. In the brilliant sunlight falling
across the tightly grouped terracotta roofs and the velvety shade
beneath great plane trees in an ancient square, the authors
encounter the country of Marcel Pagnol and Jean de Florette, the
best-loved of all French provinces. `The photographs of simple
churches, fountains, shady squares and cobbled lanes demand
leisurely observation ... beautiful. Highly recommended for travel
and architecture collections' - Library Journal
Foundations of Human Memory provides an introduction to the
scientific study of human memory with an emphasis on both the major
theories of memory and the laboratory studies that have been used
to test those theories and inspire their further development.
Written with the undergraduate student in mind, the text assumes no
specific background in the subject, but a general familiarity with
scientific method and quantitative approaches to the treatment of
data. Foundations of human memory is organized around the major
empirical paradigms used to study memory in the laboratory and the
theories used to explain data obtained using those paradigms. The
text begins with a focus on memory for individual items, building
up to memory for associations between items, and finally to memory
for entire sequences of items and the problem of memory search.
Several major theories of memory are considered in detail,
including strength theory, summed-similarity theory, neural network
based theories, retrieved-context theory, and theories based on the
division of memory into separate short-term and long-term storage
systems. The text emphasizes basic research over applied problems,
but brings in real-world examples and neuroscientific evidence as
appropriate.
"Most therapists, regardless of theoretical approach, intuitively
recognize that their sense of self intimately influences their
work. Using this elemental truth as a launching pad, Rowan and
Jacobs articulate the different avenues through which the self
informs therapy, and how each can be used to improve therapeutic
effectiveness. Along the way the authors provide a masterful
exposition of transference, countertransference, and projective
identification, throwing much needed light on topics that have long
been mired in controversy and confusion.The book is a priceless
resource for experienced therapists and those just beginning the
journey."
- Professor Sheldon Cashadan, author of Object Relations Therapy
and The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales
"Outstandingly in the current literature, this book meets the
conditions for integrative psychotherapy to fulfil its undoubted
potential as the therapy pathway of the future. Much has to change
in our field. First, people have to become better informed and more
respectful of other traditions than their own, engaging with all
kinds of taboo topics. Next, vigorous but contained dispute has to
take place without having a bland synthesis as its goal. Finally,
the current situation in which 'integration' runs in one direction
only - humanistic and transpersonal therapists learning from
psychoanalysis - has to be altered. Rowan and Jacobs, each a master
in his own field, have done a wonderful collaborative job. The
book's focus on what different ways of being a therapist really
mean in practice guarantees its relevance for therapists of all
schools (or none) and at every level."
- Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of
Essex and Visiting Professor of Psychoanalytic Studies, Goldsmith's
College, University of London
"There is no question in psychotherapy more important than the
degree to which the practitioner should be natural and spontaneous.
Would it be sensible to leave one's ordinary, everyday personality
behind when entering the consulting room and adopt a stance based
on learned techniques? This is the question addressed by Rowan
& Jacobs in The Therapist's Use of Self, approaching it from
various angles and discussing the relevant ideas of different
schools of thought. The authors are very well-infomred and write
with admirable clarity, directness and wisdom and have made an
impressive contribution to a problem to which there is no easy
solution."
- Dr. Peter Lomas, author of Doing Good? Psychotherapy Out of Its
Depth.
This book deals with what is perhaps the central question in
therapy - who is the therapist? And how does that actually come
across and manifest itself in the therapeutic relationship? A good
deal of the thinking about this in psychoanalysis has come under
the heading of countertransference. Much of the thinking in the
humanistic approaches has come under such headings as empathy,
genuineness, nonpossessive warmth, presence, personhood. These two
streams of thinking about the therapist's own self provide much
material for the bulk of the book - but other aspects of the
therapist also enter the picture, including the way a therapist is
trained, and uses supervision, in order to make fuller use of her
or his own reactions, responses and experience in working with any
one client.
The book is aimed primarily at counsellors and psychotherapists, or
trainees in these disciplines. It has been written in a way that is
accessible to students at all levels, but it is also of particular
value to existing practitioners with an interest in the problems of
integration.
Das Buch vermittelt dem Leser nach einer Einleitung (Kapitel 1)
zunachst einen systematischen Uberblick zu den aktuell
existierenden Anlageklassen (Kapitel 2). Darauf aufbauend geht der
Verfasser auf die Subjekte ein (Kapitel 3). Die Zusammenfuhrung von
Anlageobjekten und Subjekten fuhrt zum Preis bzw. Wert eines
Anlageobjektes (Kapitel 4). Zielgruppe des vorliegenden Buchs sind
zunachst Studierende der Betriebswirtschaftslehre oder anderer
Disziplinen, die sich mit Fragen der Kapitalanlage beschaftigen.
Aber auch Anlageberater und andere Praktiker kommen als Leser in
Frage."
This best-selling volume has been fully revised and updated to take
account of the latest thinking about the theory and practice of
pastoral counselling. As reviews of the original edition
demonstrate, this is a book that no Christian minister or lay
counsellor can afford to be without. 'Michael Jacobs has written a
book which in terms of realistic and sound understanding, of
sensitivity to the real needs of people, of a proper encouragement
and humility, could not be improved upon. I can think of no better
book to recommend to those who are beginning to take the
counselling task seriously. They will be given an excellent
grounding, and will be spared many obvious and less obvious
pitfalls' Theology. 'It is lucid, persuasive and practical, firmly
insisting that all those who dare to help others must start by
seeking to understand - and love - themselves. The illustrative
dialogue and events scattered across the pages offer fresh insights
into what must be familiar ground for many readers feeling alone in
the pastoral work they do. The chapters on beliefs and values and
on endings are particularly valuable' Epworth Review.
All forms of psychotherapy deal with the limitations of our
awareness. We have limited knowledge of our creative potential, of
the details of our own behaviour, of our everyday emotional states,
of what motivates us, and of the many factors within and around us
which influence the decisions we make and the ways we act. Some
therapists, especially those influenced by Freud and Jung, speak of
the 'unconscious', giving the unintended impression that it is a
kind of realm or domain of activity. Others, reacting against the
specifics of Freudian theory, shun the word 'unconscious'
altogether. However, so limited is the reach of everyday awareness
and such is the range of unconscious factors, that one way or
another these limitations must somehow be spoken about, sometimes
in metaphor, sometimes more explicitly. This book offers a broad
survey of psychotherapy discourses, including: The psychoanalytic
The interpersonal The experiential The cognitive-behavioural The
transpersonalThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the ways
in which these discourses employ a rich variety of concepts to
address the limits of our everyday consciousness.Conscious and
Unconscious is invaluable reading for all those interested in
counselling and psychotherapy, including those in training, as well
as for experienced therapists.
Foundations of Human Memory provides an introduction to the
scientific study of human memory with an emphasis on both the major
theories of memory and the laboratory studies that have been used
to test those theories and inspire their further development.
Written with the undergraduate student in mind, the text assumes no
specific background in the subject, but a general familiarity with
scientific method and quantitative approaches to the treatment of
data. Foundations of human memory is organized around the major
empirical paradigms used to study memory in the laboratory and the
theories used to explain data obtained using those paradigms. The
text begins with a focus on memory for individual items, building
up to memory for associations between items, and finally to memory
for entire sequences of items and the problem of memory search.
Several major theories of memory are considered in detail,
including strength theory, summed-similarity theory, neural network
based theories, retrieved-context theory, and theories based on the
division of memory into separate short-term and long-term storage
systems. The text emphasizes basic research over applied problems,
but brings in real-world examples and neuroscientific evidence as
appropriate.
The title of this book, "Autofocus Retina" means a configuration of
four diamond shaped mirrors connoting the inner mechanics of a
camera lens: the photographic eye. Lothar Baumgarten (b. Germany
1944, living and working in Berlin/New York) presents a personal
selection of photographs, sculpture, drawings and film, from the
late 1960s to the present day. The book follows the creative
trajectory of an artist who does not comply with the aesthetic
vision of art but who continually questions the logic structuring
Western thought and systems of representation. It features essays
on Baumgarten's work by Hal Foster, Michael Jakob, Craig Owens,
Anne Rorimer and Friedrich Wolfram Heubach. Each text has been
chosen by the artist himself along with special graphic
illustrations and images.
This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes
an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship,
substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling
and reflections on the influence of other modalities and shared
aspects of practice across approaches. Each chapter now includes an
annotated Further Reading section to help deepen knowledge and
reinforce learning of key aspects of the counselling process.
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