Madness in the Family traces the history of how family became crucial in the care of those considered mad, as well as in creating gendered explanations of madness, in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Japan. As women and families navigated a shifting therapeutic landscape of madness, they produced their own understandings and approaches to madness that, like elsewhere in the world, would take precedence over the claims of psychiatry, the law, and the state ineveryday life.
The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity is designed to demonstrate how Orthodox Christian, namely, Eastern (Greek, Slavic, Romanian, Antiochene) and Oriental (Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopian and Armenian) communities have received, shaped, and interpreted the Christian Bible. The basic hallmark of Orthodox Christianity, a unique mix of strictness (tradition) and flexibility (innovation, modernity), is detectable at the level of text, canon,Scripture-Tradition relationship, and mostly in the area of biblical hermeneutics.
Leading scholars of Central America offer critical analyses of major themes in the historiography of this seven-country region of Latin America. Chapters engage both the novice's search for basic orientation and context, and the experienced scholar's interest in evaluative critiques of the historical literature.
In this edited collection, prominent philosophers and critics explore a number of themes in Proust's In Search of Lost Time, illuminating why this enduring story continues to fascinate.
In this edited collection, prominent philosophers and critics explore a number of themes in Proust's In Search of Lost Time, illuminating why this enduring story continues to fascinate.
Frances Willard (1839-1898) was one of the most famous American women of the late nineteenth century. As president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Willard built the largest women's rights organization in the world, campaigning for prohibition, women's suffrage, economic justice, and for women's broader political participation. As the first new biography of Willard published in over thirty-five years, this book provides readers a fascinating lookinto one of the most important women's rights leaders of her era. The book also closely examines Willard's religious faith-which galvanized her activism-and assesses her importance for our time.
Adolescent Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders is a comprehensive and clinically-oriented resource aimed at students seeking a degree or certificate as an addiction counselor, as well as early-career professionals. The text is broken into three sections: adolescent development (covering physical and psychosocial development), comorbid disorders (such as externalizing and internalizing disorders and addictions), and interventions andtreatment (featuring cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectic behavior therapy, and motivational enhancement therapy, among others).
Musical Genre and Romantic Ideology charts the workings and legacies of Romantic artistic values such as originality and anti-commercialism in relation to musical genre. In case studies from across nineteenth-century Europe, author Matthew Gelbart explores the processes through which composers, performers, critics, and listeners gave sounds, and themselves, a sense of belonging.
Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration explores how incarceration undermines the health of people currently and formerly in prison. The book uses years of empirical research to show the intricate web of pathways through which mass incarceration also weakens the health and well-being of families, communities, and health care systems. It explores the social and legal forces that have made these connections possible, as well as the implications ofthe incarceration-health relationship for understanding and reforming about the justice system.
Neglected Classics of Philosophy Volume 2 consists of twelve newly written chapters by top scholars on unjustly neglected philosophical texts that they argue deserve fresh attention today. Many of the contributors discuss the meta-philosophical features of the works discussed and how these can be salient today, and they also reflect on the gendered, racial, and cultural patterns of exclusion in the development of the contemporary philosophical canon. As hedid with the predecessor 2016 volume, editor Eric Schliesser contributes a substantive introduction also commenting on these issues.
Neglected Classics of Philosophy Volume 2 consists of twelve newly written chapters by top scholars on unjustly neglected philosophical texts that they argue deserve fresh attention today. Many of the contributors discuss the meta-philosophical features of the works discussed and how these can be salient today, and they also reflect on the gendered, racial, and cultural patterns of exclusion in the development of the contemporary philosophical canon. As hedid with the predecessor 2016 volume, editor Eric Schliesser contributes a substantive introduction also commenting on these issues.
In Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds, author Jerry Zolten portrays one of the most influential gospel groups of the 20th century, from 1920s South Carolina to 1940s New York, through the Civil Rights era and beyond.
Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic traces the tensions between presidential power and the depth of the American state back through the decades and forward through the various settlements arrived at in previous eras. Skowronek, Dearborn, and King provide a richly historical perspective on the conflicts that rocked Trump's presidency. Now, in this expanded paperback edition, they address the tumultuous Trump-Biden transition and reflect more broadly on theproblems of presidential democracy in America today.
The first comprehensive empirical analysis of Christian nationalism in the United States, the award-winning Taking America Back for God illustrates the influence of Christian nationalism on today's most contentious social and political issues.
Translating the vast amount of information in the field of international relations into knowledge requires a greater emphasis on communication beyond the use of text. Given the challenges posed by existing and intensifying information overload, Patrick James calls for a new vision of progress with a solid foundation in the philosophy of inquiry and through graphic representation of cause and effect. In his new book Realism and International Relations,Patrick James gives us the most comprehensive reassessment of realism since the classic works of Vasquez. When translated into a graphic format that facilitates comparative analysis, realist theories collectively have much to contribute to scientific progress.
My Fellow Americans compiles the inaugural addresses of all US presidents and offers incisive and accessible interpretations of each by the nation's leading presidential historians.
Longtime physician and public health advocate Michael Stein reveals the true differences between public health and medicine-and how we can bridge the divide to solve our most pressing health crises.
Many therapists conduct supportive therapy, but that can mean all kinds of things. Brief Supportive Psychotherapy: A Treatment Manual and Clinical Approach describes Brief Supportive Psychotherapy (BSP), the first and only research-defined and proven therapy for depression and anxiety disorders. This book guides therapists in helping patients pay attention to, tolerate, and manage their often painful inner emotional life rather than having to avoid it. Research has shown that this helps most people feel much better. It's a relatively simple and powerful intervention for mood and anxiety problems.
In this workbook, expert authors guide readers step by step along the path of healing from trauma, and offer specific exercises to practice daily that will help trauma survivors feel safer and develop a grounded, worthy sense of self. This book includes the Information Sheets and Exercises that are the foundation for the Finding Solid Ground program.
Most Americans are aware that evangelicals consider themselves to be the most faithful Americans and yet, at the same time, see themselves as victims of persecution. Analysis of these claims has tended to focus on whether the claims are true, on how they shape voting preferences, or on their historical roots. Embattled America takes a different perspective: these claims have grown louder in the decades of democracy's discontents. Jason C. Bivins argues thatthe claims of Martyrs and Whistleblowers are symptoms of America's larger failings to strengthen the conditions for democratic life, and thus that rather than engaging their claims on the merits, concerned citizens should reassess fundamental democratic norms as part of a broader challenge to emboldenAmerican citizenship and institutions.
In this text, the study of thermodynamics is manipulated against the normal course of study. While students and academics will learn the concepts, formulas, and laws of thermodynamics, they will also begin to understand the historical circumstance behind it all.
Part of The Humanities and Human Flourishing series, Philosophy and Human Flourishing draws on and charts new directions for philosophy and humanistic thought aimed at human flourishing. In light of new developments in positive psychology, psychiatry, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and behavioral economics, questions that address the meaning of a flourishing human life can be addressed with fresh insight rooted in theory and practice. This cohesiveand engaging volume includes a diverse range of contributors with expertise in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, evolutionary theory, cognitive science, ethics, political theory, social epistemology, education, and the arts.
Part of The Humanities and Human Flourishing series, Philosophy and Human Flourishing draws on and charts new directions for philosophy and humanistic thought aimed at human flourishing. In light of new developments in positive psychology, psychiatry, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and behavioral economics, questions that address the meaning of a flourishing human life can be addressed with fresh insight rooted in theory and practice. This cohesiveand engaging volume includes a diverse range of contributors with expertise in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, evolutionary theory, cognitive science, ethics, political theory, social epistemology, education, and the arts.
Victims' State is the first integrated account of how Imperial Austria and the successor Austrian Republic responded to the needs of citizen-soldiers and their families in the age of mass politics and the First World War. It shows that compulsory military service and war mobilization changed the mission of the Austrian state and citizens' understanding of what they were entitled to, thus showing how war victim welfare was central to shaping modern Europeanwelfare state.
In this sweeping and innovative study, Gash and Tichenor place young people at the heart of pivotal conflicts, decisions and transformations in American politics. From the March for Our Lives and Black Lives Matter, to Gay Straight Alliances and the Dreamer and Sunrise movements, they show how the prominence of young people as agents of change are unmistakable in contemporary political life. In a lively narrative that's at once highly accessible and sharplyanalytical, Democracy's Child reveals why the control, leveraging, and agency of young people shapes and defines our political landscape.
This book is the definitive short biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, especially his most important Great Society laws and his involvement in the Vietnam War, by a master presidential biographer.
Written by leading experts in their fields, Behavioral Health Services with High-Risk Infants & Families is a practical guide for clinicians working with infants born with medical complications and their families. Spanning from pregnancy through early childhood, this comprehensive text covers the behavioral health needs of infants and families in multiple care settings, including fetal care centers, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), and neonatalfollow-up care settings. Each section of the book includes an overview of common medical conditions, prevalence, and symptoms of behavioral health challenges, as well as specific considerations for assessment and intervention.
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