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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.
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.
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Absolute Deception (DVD)
Cuba Gooding Jr, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Evert McQueen, Ty Hungerford, Jeff Gannon, …
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R49
Discovery Miles 490
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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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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R55
Discovery Miles 550
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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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.
* 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.
This book presents an interdisciplinary collection of expert
analyses and views of existing verification systems. It provides
guidelines and advice for the improvement of those systems as well
as for new challenges in the field.
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."
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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Curse of the Pharaohs (DVD)
Dina Meyer, Lochlyn Munro, Mackenzie Gray, Donnelly Rhodes, Emily Tennant, …
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R63
Discovery Miles 630
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Made-for-TV sci-fi feature. High school history teacher Robert Parr
(Lochlyn Munro) is joined by his teenage daughter Karen (Emily
Tennant) as he ventures to Egypt on a mission to find out who
murdered his father. Joined in their quest by government agent
Jessica Thrace (Dina Meyer), the trio discover a deadly Sphinx has
been released from its ancient tomb and in order to stop it they
must solve a series of its most complex and life-threatening
riddles.
Biometrische Erkennung statt PINs und Passwort als einfache und
sichere Alternative? Mit dem vorliegenden Buch werden erstmals im
deutschsprachigen Raum Grundlagen, Verfahren und Perspektiven
biometrischer Identifikation zusammenhangend dargelegt. Die
Beitrage von Ingenieuren, Juristen, Mathematikern, Medizinern,
Philosophen und Sozialwissenschaftlern zeigen die Vielschichtigkeit
der Thematik, sinnvolle Einsatzmoglichkeiten und
Business-Perspektiven einer faszinierenden Technologie."
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