This book explores the human psyche (‘soul’) and its usefulness in a techno-scientific revolution that is often blind to its subject: the human being. It makes a strong intellectual case for the soul by examining consciousness, synchronicity, suffering, and death.
A positive link exists between religiosity and well-being. This book brings together in one volume scattered empirical studies on the topic from different Arab, mainly Muslim, countries, exploring the connection to mental health, happiness, and quality of life.
Voices of the Chronically Ill
This book describes what it is like to embody the chaos of chronic illness and the related loss and remaking of one’s sense of self. Through first-person narratives, it reveals vulnerability, suffering, and brokenness, yet also endurance and fortitude.
A New Perspective on Sexual Orientation
Common perspectives on sexual orientation are inaccurate. This book establishes criteria for a robust theory, evaluates major perspectives, and proposes the first novel theory in decades: a four-component approach that explains many fascinating sexual orientation occurrences.
The discovery of Claude Vincendon’s lost novel, *Golden Silence*, opens a window into her world. These essays explore her life with Lawrence Durrell, the novel’s tale of a cursed mute girl, and the profound themes of silence, fate, and the Evil Eye in her final work.
This book uncovers the forgotten battle over eugenic sterilization in New Jersey. Between 1910 and 1942, reform-minded feminists clashed with a powerful Catholic bloc that skillfully rendered the controversial legislation political suicide for any who dared to support it.
Modernist Group Dynamics
Modernist scholarship has moved beyond solitary figures to the group formations that fostered these movements. The essays in Modernist Group Dynamics explore how artists worked in concert and conflict, reconsidering well-known figures and recovering groups worldwide.
Researching the Self
Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and computer science unite to explore the self. What are its neural correlates? Can individuals have multiple selves? How do selves depend on others? Will engineers ever construct artificial selves?
Intersecting Identities and Interculturality
This volume adopts a fluid approach to identity, exploring its development in intercultural contexts. With international contributions from diverse fields, it provides empirical research into identification processes for scholars, students, and all interested in diversity.
Environmental Psychology
This book contains research papers in environment-behaviour studies that address a recurring debate: how can research findings be put into real-world practice? It outlines current views and suggestions on how to more effectively address this ‘research-practice’ relationship.
Saylan covers a selection of Yeats’s poems from 1889 to 1939, discussing them within the frame of the quest to find oneself and its gyroscopic transformation. In doing so, she illustrates that self is not a single entity, but has multiple layers.
The Carer’s Role in Recovery
After a disabling stroke left Karin Cox dependent on full-time care, she and her husband investigated the world of social care. This book combines their experiences with wider research to highlight their belief that person-centred care is fundamental to recovery.
Personality and its Disorders
To understand a disordered personality, we must first understand normal personality. This book re-frames personality disorders not as an inner pathology, but as aberrant variations of the normal, derailed by injuries and shaped by social and cultural environments.
Unifying the Field of Psychosexual Therapy
This groundbreaking book gathers insights on psychosexual therapy from leading experts. What distinguishes this volume is its dedication to diversity, offering a rich mosaic of perspectives on the psychological, cultural, and ethical dimensions of sex therapy. An essential read.
Near-death experiences, mystical states, and lucid dreaming have long been dismissed as dysfunctional phenomena. This book presents a transdisciplinary scientific approach, revealing them as meaningful states with potential for healing, Self-knowledge, and spiritual development.
Most textbooks on marriage and family therapy are Eurocentric. This timely book bridges African and Western traditions, presenting a valuable addition to the literature tailored to the needs of students and scholars in global Africa and the wider world.