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Body Imageby Sarah Grogan
Routledge 1998; US$ 32.50Sarah Grogan presents original data from interviews with men, women and children to complement existing research, and provides a comprehensive investigation of cultural influences on body image. more...
Cultural Psychology of Selfby Ciaran Benson
Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95The Cultural Psychology of Self brings together studies by philosophers and psychologists in an exploration of the self and its function. It will be of interest to those involved in the fields of philosophy, psychology and sociology. more...
Self and Identityby Terry Honess; Krysia M. Yardley
Routledge 1987; US$ 62.95This volume reflects the renewal of interest in `Self' and `Identity' among social scientists. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach to explore different perspectives across the lifespan, from the neonate to the elderly adult. more...
Perspectives on Embodimentby Honi Fern Haber; Gail Weiss
Routledge 1999; US$ 38.95This collection of essays defy arbitrary distinctions between nature and culture and reveal the complex ways in which nature and culture interact to produce embodied subjects. more...
Self-Knowledge and the Selfby David A Jopling
Routledge 2000; US$ 31.95In this clear and reasoned discussion of self- knowledge and the self, the author asks whether it is possible truly to know ourselves. He looks at issues of great importance in moral psychology, epistemology, literary criticism more...
Remaking the Bodyby Wendy Seymour
Routledge 1998; US$ 59.95In this major new contribution to the field of the sociology of the body, Wendy Seymour interviews people who have suffered profound bodily paralysis and explores their sense of an embodied self. Essential reading for rehabilitation professionals more...
Heinz Kohut and the Psychology of the Selfby Allen Siegel
Routledge 1996; US$ 39.95Kohut believed that narcissistic vulnerabilites play a significant part in the suffering that brings people for treatment. Siegel uses examples from his own practice to show how Kohut's theories can be applied to other forms of treatment. more...
Sometimes I Act Crazyby Jerold J. Kreisman; Hal Straus
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 14.95A source of hope, expert advice, and guidance for people with borderline personality disorder and those who love them Do you experience frightening, often violent mood swings that make you fear for your sanity? Are you often depressed? Do you engage in self-destructive behaviors such as drug or alcohol abuse, anorexia, compulsive eating, self-cutting, and hair pulling? Do you feel empty inside, or as if you don't know who you are? Do you dread being alone and fear abandonment? Do you have trouble finishing projects, keeping a job, or forming lasting relationships? If you or someone you love answered yes to the majority of these questions, there's a good chance that you or that person suffers from borderline personality disorder, a commonly... more...
Body's Recollection of Beingby David Michael Levin
Routledge 1985; US$ 47.95Expands our understanding of the human potential of spiritual self-realization by interpreting it as the developing of a bodily-felt awareness informing our behaviour. more...
Body Workby Sylvia K. Blood
Routledge 2005; US$ 29.95Experimental psychology formulates and resolves research questions about 'body image' in terms of the pathology of particular women. What it does not focus on, however, are the discursive practices at work in its own assumptions. more...