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  • Reclaiming the Disabled Subject

    Representing Disability in Short Fiction (Volume 1)

    by Someshwar Sati, GJV Prasad, Ritwick Bhattacharjee ...
    Mired inside its rather archaic comprehension as a medical phenomenon, disability, for a long time now, has been ignored as a marker of identity. The world has only been busy in rectifying the absences that have, ostensibly “dis-abled”, rather than accepting such impaired existences as human beings themselves. The volume intends to reclaim the representations of disability and present narratives ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Narrative Universes of Disability

    Global Perspectives

    Edited by Someshwar Sati, Shilpa Das, Banibrata Mahanta ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume explores and critically examines how disability is communicated to and comprehended by individuals and societies, focussing on the shaping of these narratives within diverse disciplinary environments, and their interrelation with institutions like academia. It delves into the intersection between disability and several new areas of study, such as translation studies, citizenship, ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Retrieving the Crip Outsider

    Representations of Disability in Literature and Culture

    Edited by Someshwar Sati ...
    Why are abnormal figures at the heart of literary canon and what do they tell us about the society that writes and circulates these stories? This book studies the constitution of disability and discusses concepts of corporeal difference that are socio-historically rooted in the Indian cultural milieu.The volume aims at looking at the central issue of the various aspects of disability ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Disability in Translation

    The Indian Experience

    Edited by Someshwar Sati, G.J.V. Prasad ...
    This volume explores how disability is seen, written about, read and understood through literature and translation. Foregrounding the asymmetrical world of power relations, it delves into the act of translation to exhibit how disability is constructed and deployed in language and culture.The essays in the volume reflect and theorise on experiences of translating various Indian-language stories ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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    A Multidisciplinary Study

    by Adam J. Rock, Stanley Krippner ...
    Shamanism can be described as a group of techniques by which its practitioners enter the "spirit world," purportedly obtaining information that is used to help and to heal members of their social group. Despite a resurgence of interest in shamanism and shamanic states of consciousness, these phenomena are neither well-defined nor sufficiently understood. This multi-disciplinary study draws on the ... Read more

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  • Psychotherapy and Religion in Japan

    The Japanese Introspection Practice of Naikan

    by Chikako Ozawa-de Silva ...
    Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
    Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to bring about healing and a changed notion of the self.Based on original anthropological fieldwork, this fascinating book provides a detailed ethnography of Naikan in practice. In addition, it discusses key issues such as ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • In Search of Self in India and Japan

    Toward a Cross-Cultural Psychology

    by Alan Roland ...
    Drawing on work with Indian and Japanese patients, a prominent American psychoanalyst explores inner worlds that are markedly different from the Western psyche. A series of fascinating case studies illustrates Alan Roland's argument: the "familial self," rooted in the subtle emotional hierarchical relationships of the family and group, predominates in Indian and Japanese psyches and contrasts ... Read more

    $51.89 USD

  • A Cultural History of Disability in the Modern Age

    Edited by Professor David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    If eugenics -- the science of eliminating kinds of undesirable human beings from the species record -- came to overdetermine the late 19th century in relation to disability, the 20th century may be best characterized as managing the repercussions for variable human populations. A Cultural History of Disability in the Modern Age provides an interdisciplinary overview of disability as an outpouring ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Dramatherapy

    The Nature of Interruption

    Edited by Richard Hougham, Bryn Jones ...
    This book investigates the nature and phenomena of interruption in ways that have relevance for contemporary dramatherapy practice. It is a timely contribution amidst an ‘age of interruption’ and examines how dramatherapists might respond with agency and discernment in personal, professional and cultural contexts.The writing gathers fresh ideas on how to conceptualise and utilise interruptions ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Waking Up

    A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

    by Sam Harris ...
    For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Sway

    Unravelling Unconscious Bias

    by Dr Pragya Agarwal ...
    'Passionate and urgent.' Guardian, Book of the Week'A must-read for all.' Stylist, best new books for 2020'Cogently argued and intensely persuasive. Groundbreaking Work.' Waterstones, best new books of April'Impressive and much-needed.' Financial Times, Best Business Books April to June'Admirably detailed.' Prospect Magazine'Pra... ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

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  • Zen and Therapy

    Heretical Perspectives

    by Manu Bazzano ...
    Zen and Therapy brings together aspects of the Buddhist tradition, contemporary western therapy and western philosophy. By combining insightful anecdotes from the Zen tradition with clinical studies, discussions of current psychotherapy theory and forays into art, film, literature and philosophy, Manu Bazzano integrates Zen Buddhist practice with psychotherapy and psychology.This book successfully ... Read more

    $54.99 USD