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This book explores ways in which common metaphors can play a
detrimental role in everyday life; how they can grow in outsized
importance to dominate their respective terrains and push out
alternative perspectives; and how forms of resistance might act to
contain their dominance. The volume begins by unpacking the
dynamics of metaphors, their power and influence and the ways in
which they are bolstered by other rhetorical devices. Adams draws
on four case studies to illustrate their destructive impact when
they eclipse other points of view—the metaphor of mental illness;
the metaphor of free-flowing markets; the metaphor of the mind as a
mirror and the metaphor of men as naturally superior. Taken
together, these examples prompt further reflection on the
beneficiaries of these "monster metaphors" and how they promote
such metaphors to serve their own interests but also on ways
forward for challenging their dominance, strategies for preventing
their rise and ways of creating space for alternatives. This book
will be of interest to scholars interested in the study of
metaphor, across such fields as linguistics, rhetoric and media
studies.
This book explores ways in which common metaphors can play a
detrimental role in everyday life; how they can grow in outsized
importance to dominate their respective terrains and push out
alternative perspectives; and how forms of resistance might act to
contain their dominance. The volume begins by unpacking the
dynamics of metaphors, their power and influence and the ways in
which they are bolstered by other rhetorical devices. Adams draws
on four case studies to illustrate their destructive impact when
they eclipse other points of view—the metaphor of mental illness;
the metaphor of free-flowing markets; the metaphor of the mind as a
mirror and the metaphor of men as naturally superior. Taken
together, these examples prompt further reflection on the
beneficiaries of these "monster metaphors" and how they promote
such metaphors to serve their own interests but also on ways
forward for challenging their dominance, strategies for preventing
their rise and ways of creating space for alternatives. This book
will be of interest to scholars interested in the study of
metaphor, across such fields as linguistics, rhetoric and media
studies.
As a consequence of the rapid proliferation of commercial gambling
in Western-style democracies, governments and communities are
encountering a complex array of economic, social and cultural harms
associated with this expansion. This book focuses specifically on
harms to democratic systems. It examines how people with key roles
in democratic structures are vulnerable to subtle influence from
the burgeoning profits of gambling. It focuses particularly on the
Western-style democracies of North America, Europe and Australasia.
It argues that governments have a duty of care to protect their own
democratic processes from subtle degradations and that independence
from the gambling industries needs to be proactively built into
public sector structures and processes. It outlines how a public
health approach, harm minimisation strategies and international
conventions can provide the base for protecting the integrity of
democratic systems.
As a consequence of the rapid proliferation of commercial
gambling in Western-style democracies, governments and communities
are encountering a complex array of economic, social and cultural
harms associated with this expansion. This book focuses
specifically on harms to democratic systems. It examines how people
with key roles in democratic structures are vulnerable to subtle
influence from the burgeoning profits of gambling. It focuses
particularly on the Western-style democracies of North America,
Europe and Australasia. It argues that governments have a duty of
care to protect their own democratic processes from subtle
degradations and that independence from the gambling industries
needs to be proactively built into public sector structures and
processes. It outlines how a public health approach, harm
minimisation strategies and international conventions can provide
the base for protecting the integrity of democratic systems.
This book develops a new and innovative way of understanding how
language is used when people describe their spiritual and mystical
encounters. Early chapters provide overviews of the nature of
spiritual encounters, how commonly they occur, and the role of
language. The book then develops a unique way of understanding the
dynamics of talking about spirituality, using original research to
support this perspective. In particular, Peter J. Adams explores
how this characteristically vague way of speaking can be viewed as
an intentional and not an incidental aspect of such communications
because certain types of vagueness have the capacity to engage the
imaginative participation of receptive listeners. This expressive
vagueness is achieved by embedding missing bits, or "gaps," in the
flow of what is described and these in turn provide sites for
listeners to insert their own content. Later chapters focus on
practical ways people (including helping professionals) can improve
their skills in talking about their spiritual encounters. All
content is situated in cafe conversations between four people each
of whom is, in their own way, concerned with the challenges they
face in converting the content of their encounters into words.
Here is the first major work that examines the benefits of
applying social understanding to addiction. The author demonstrates
how a social perspective shifts the paradigm from viewing a person
in terms of "particles" to viewing a person in terms of
relationships. This reorientation creates promising new
opportunities for intervention. The book discusses recent advances
in theories on community capacity building, resilience, and social
ecology alongside their practical applications. Written in an
engaging style, the book features numerous vignettes, key points,
and illustrations that help you apply the material in your own
practice.
Here is the first major work that examines the benefits of applying
social understanding to addiction. The author demonstrates how a
social perspective shifts the paradigm from viewing a person in
terms of "particles" to viewing a person in terms of relationships.
This reorientation creates promising new opportunities for
intervention. The book discusses recent advances in theories on
community capacity building, resilience, and social ecology
alongside their practical applications. Written in an engaging
style, the book features numerous vignettes, key points, and
illustrations that help you apply the material in your own
practice.
This book develops a new and innovative way of understanding how
language is used when people describe their spiritual and mystical
encounters. Early chapters provide overviews of the nature of
spiritual encounters, how commonly they occur, and the role of
language. The book then develops a unique way of understanding the
dynamics of talking about spirituality, using original research to
support this perspective. In particular, Peter J. Adams explores
how this characteristically vague way of speaking can be viewed as
an intentional and not an incidental aspect of such communications
because certain types of vagueness have the capacity to engage the
imaginative participation of receptive listeners. This expressive
vagueness is achieved by embedding missing bits, or "gaps," in the
flow of what is described and these in turn provide sites for
listeners to insert their own content. Later chapters focus on
practical ways people (including helping professionals) can improve
their skills in talking about their spiritual encounters. All
content is situated in cafe conversations between four people each
of whom is, in their own way, concerned with the challenges they
face in converting the content of their encounters into words.
Navigating Everyday Life explores the special moments, big and
small, that rupture the surface of everyday life and that can help
readers adjust to the disrupting effects of major life crises.
Peter Adams delves into the two forces, finitude (the aspects that
constrain a person to a situation) and transcendence (those aspects
that enable movement beyond such constraints). Building on this
framework, Adams looks at the processes and circumstances that both
facilitate and block the tensions between finitude and
transcendence. He then illustrates how these tensions function in
the personal and existential challenges faced by five members of a
modern suburban family. Their stories traverse life transitions
such as separation, depression, chronic illness, injury, violence,
addiction, aging, death, and forgiveness. This book is recommended
for scholars and others interested in the intersections between
psychology and philosophy.
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