Tag: Perspectives

The African American Experience Psychoanalytic Perspectives


Free Download The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives By Salman Akhtar, Salman Akhtar, Jan Wright, Shawn Blue, Jennifer, Bonovitz, David Campbell, Christin Drake, Forrest Hamer, Dorothy Holmes, Kimberlyn Leary Ph.D, Carlotta Miles, LaShawnDa Pittman, Dionne Powell, Cheryl Thompson, Clarence Watson, Glenda
2012 | 478 Pages | ISBN: 0765708353 | PDF | 3 MB
The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives edited by Salman Akhtar brings together the contributions of distinguished mental health professionals and scholars of humanities to offer a multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of slavery, the hardship of single parent families, the ruthlessness of anti-black racism, and the crushing burden of poverty and social disenfranchisement on the African American individual. The book also sheds light on the resilience of spirit, the dignity of perseverance, and the glow of talent that is widespread in this group. It contains penetrating and informative biographical essays on Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Mohammad Ali, Barack Obama, and Oprah Winfrey. Such discourse on human greatness is balanced by the considerations of daily joy and anguish on clinical and societal levels. This wide-ranging and nuanced volume on the history, culture, and psychosocial struggles of African American people fills an important gap in the literature on psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

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Political Psychology Perspectives on Populism


Free Download Political Psychology Perspectives on Populism: Interpretations in Political Psychology
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031440722 | 494 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 8 MB
This book explores the different forms of populism in European countries. Starting from a theoretical point of view, the authors outline the various psychosocial precursors of populisms that have emerged from empirical investigations. Using both mainstream and critical perspectives, the book shows how the field has driven multiple research programmes and methodologies. The authors draw on questionnaires and political communication via social media to analyse the opinions, attitudes, and representations of laypeople and populist leaders. The volume is aimed at researchers, students, and readers with expertise on the subject. It collects contributions from scholars of social psychology, proposing an innovative reading of the social-cognitive, motivational, and emotional processes that can fuel populism.

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Play Across Childhood International Perspectives on Diverse Contexts of Play


Free Download Pete King, "Play Across Childhood: International Perspectives on Diverse Contexts of Play"
English | ISBN: 3030724603 | 2021 | 261 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book explores how play is perceived and practiced through the lens of various different professional and international contexts. Children’s experiences of play will vary according to the different institutions and organisations they are involved in across their lifespan during childhood. The chapters cover play from pre-school to adolescence that includes education, playwork and the new developing area of intergenerational play. This wide variety of contexts and cultures raises questions about universal concepts and notions of ‘play’. The editors and contributors explore how policy, practice and research can identify both differences and commonalities between the way that play is perceived and experienced by children and adults across different types of provision.

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Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Leadership in Higher Education


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English | ISBN: 1032418427 | 2023 | 100 pages | EPUB, PDF | 303 KB + 3 MB
Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Leadership in Higher Education has been designed to bring together case studies to facilitate the development of effective and well-equipped leaders within the higher education sector.

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Perspectives on Socio-environmental Transformations in Ancient Europe


Free Download Johannes Müller, "Perspectives on Socio-environmental Transformations in Ancient Europe "
English | ISBN: 3031533135 | 2024 | 388 pages | PDF | 20 MB
This open access book brings together key issues from transformative processes and events across Europe (and in some cases beyond) from 15,000 to 1 BCE. This volume covers the research output produced by the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1266 "Scales of Transformation" – the first interdisciplinary centre to diachronically investigate transformations in past societies with a summary of their individual aspects from the Late Palaeolithic to the Roman Period.

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