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Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counseling

Author : Inna R. Semetsky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351970178
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counseling written by Inna R. Semetsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counseling demonstrates the importance of addressing the concept of the unconscious in learning. Exploring the innovative concept of edusemiotics, it challenges the received notion of learning as solely academic and linguistic, instead offering an ethico-aesthetic paradigm that draws on transdisciplinary research in the context of this new direction in educational theory. The chapters explore the production of subjectivity within the process of semiosis as the action and transformation of signs. An unorthodox pedagogy of the unconscious blends with the therapeutic dimension and produces subjectivities that emerge in the midst of the relational dynamics of experience. The book argues for holistic education that rejects the schism between matter and spirit pervading Western thinking and represents a shift in rethinking spirituality while never separating it from logic and reason. Giving voice to the unconscious contributes to learning and changing our habits as an important objective in educative and counseling practices. The book critically examines the legacy of Charles S. Peirce, Lev S. Vygotsky and other forerunners of edusemiotics. It will be essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students across the fields of educational philosophy, educational psychology and counseling as well as science studies.

Emoji in Higher Education

Author : Omonpee W. Petcoff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009253980
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Emoji in Higher Education written by Omonpee W. Petcoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emoji are a significant development in contemporary communication, deserving serious attention for their impact on both language use and society. Based on original mixed-methods research, this timely book focuses on emoji literacy across the healthcare landscape, with emphasis on how they are employed in healthcare worker and patient education. It situates emoji within a semioliteracy theoretical framework and presents the findings of a mixed methods study of emoji use as a literacy tool in a health professions course. Drawing on real-life case studies, it explores emoji literacy across a range of public health education contexts including doctor-to-industry, patient-to doctor, doctor-to-patient, and healthcare providers/CDC to global audience. It also advances a broader argument about the role of emoji in a paradigm shift of communication in education. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Jung, Deleuze, and the Problematic Whole

Author : Roderick Main
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000171345
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Jung, Deleuze, and the Problematic Whole written by Roderick Main and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of expert essays explores the concept of the whole as it operates within the psychology of Jung, the philosophy of Deleuze, and selected areas of wider twentieth-century Western culture, which provided the context within which these two seminal thinkers worked. Addressing this topic from a variety of perspectives and disciplines and with an eye to contemporary social, political, and environmental crises, the contributors aim to clarify some of the epistemological and ethical issues surrounding attempts, such as those of Jung and Deleuze, to think in terms of the whole, whether the whole in question is a particular bounded system (such as an organism, person, society, or ecosystem) or, most broadly, reality as a whole. Jung, Deleuze, and the Problematic Whole will contribute to enhancing critical self-reflection among the many contemporary theorists and practitioners in whose work thinking in terms of the whole plays a significant role.

The Importance of Philosophy in Teacher Education

Author : Andrew Colgan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429762143
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book The Importance of Philosophy in Teacher Education written by Andrew Colgan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Importance of Philosophy in Teacher Education maps the gradual decline of philosophy as a central, integrated part of educational studies. Chapters consider how this decline has impacted teacher education and practice, offering new directions for the reintegration of philosophical thinking in teacher preparation and development. Touching on key points in history, this valuable collection of chapters accurately appraises the global decline of philosophy of education in teacher education programs and seeks to understand the external and endemic causes of changed attitudes towards a discipline which was once assigned such a central place in teacher education. Chapters illustrate how a grounding in the theoretical and ethical dimensions of teaching, learning, and education systems contribute in meaningful ways to being a good teacher, and trace the consequences of a decline in philosophy on individuals’ professional development and on the evolution of the teaching profession more broadly. With this in mind, the text focusses on the future of teacher education and considers how we can ensure that philosophy of education feeds into the excellence of teaching today. This book will be of great interest to graduate, postgraduate students as well as research scholars in the field of educational philosophy and history of education. In addition, it will be useful for those involved in teacher education, and in particular, course, module and program development.

Confucian Philosophy for Contemporary Education

Author : Charlene Tan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000094790
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confucian Philosophy for Contemporary Education written by Charlene Tan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people would not associate Confucian philosophy with contemporary education. After all, the former is an ancient Chinese tradition, and the latter is a modern phenomenon. But this book shows otherwise, by explaining how millennia-old Confucian ideas and practices can inform, inspire and improve school administration, teaching and learning today. Drawing upon major Confucian texts such as the Analects and Mencius , as well as influential thinkers such as Confucius, Zhu Xi and Empress Xu, the various chapters address current educational issues and challenges such as the following: • What roles do schools play in fighting the coronavirus pandemic? • How can humanity resolve the climate emergency? • What (more) should school leaders do to promote education for girls? • Is there more to lifelong learning than just skills upgrading? • What is missing in the existing frameworks on 21st century competencies? • What new initiatives are needed to champion sustainable development? Confucian Philosophy for Contemporary Education answers the above questions and more by presenting a Confucian model of education. The author proposes a Confucian school where Dao – a shared vision of human excellence – is realised through a mindful, learning-centred, action-oriented and ultimately humanising form of education. This book is a useful resource for academic researchers, educators, students and general readers on Confucian philosophy and its continual relevance for present-day education.

Virtues as Integral to Science Education

Author : Wayne Melville
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000175812
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Virtues as Integral to Science Education written by Wayne Melville and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By investigating the re-emergence of intellectual, moral, and civic virtues in the practice and teaching of science, this text challenges the increasing professionalization of science; questions the view of scientific knowledge as objective; and highlights the relationship between democracy and science. Written by a range of experts in science, the history of science, education and philosophy, the text establishes the historical relationship between natural philosophy and the Aristotelian virtues before moving to the challenges that the relationship faces, with the emergence, and increasing hegemony, brought about by the professionalization of science. Exploring how virtues relate to citizenship, technology, and politics, the chapters in this work illustrate the ways in which virtues are integral to understanding the values and limitations of science, and its role in informing democratic engagement. The text also demonstrates how the guiding virtues of scientific inquiry can be communicated in the classroom to the benefit of both individuals and wider societies. Scholars in the fields of Philosophy of Science, Ethics and Philosophy of Education, as well as Science Education, will find this book to be highly useful.

Robert Grosseteste and Theories of Education

Author : Jack P. Cunningham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000761312
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Robert Grosseteste and Theories of Education written by Jack P. Cunningham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Robert Grosseteste’s often underrepresented ideas on education. It uniquely brings together academics from the fields of medieval history, modern science and contemporary education to shed new light on a fascinating medieval figure whose work has an enormous amount to offer anyone with an interest in our educational processes. The book locates Grosseteste as a key figure in the intellectual history of medieval Europe and positions him as an important thinker who concerned himself with the science of education and set out to elucidate the processes and purposes of learning. This book offers an important practical contribution to the discussion of the contemporary nature and purpose of many aspects of our education processes. This book will be of interest to students, researchers and academics in the disciplines of educational philosophy, medieval history, philosophy and theology.

Philosophy for Children in Confucian Societies

Author : Chi-Ming Lam
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429647832
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy for Children in Confucian Societies written by Chi-Ming Lam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the theory and practice of Philosophy for Children (P4C), with a special emphasis on theoretical and practical issues confronting researchers and practitioners working in contexts that are strongly influenced by Confucian values and norms. It includes writings by prominent P4C scholars from four Confucian societies, viz., Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. These writings showcase the diversity of the P4C model, providing a platform for researchers and practitioners to tell their stories in their own Confucian cultural contexts. The research stories in the first part of the book are concerned with assessing the impact of traditional Confucian norms, promoting critical thinking, reconstructing the notion of community of inquiry, creating moral winds, integrating philosophy into the school curriculum, and localizing teaching methods and materials. Four issues are discussed in the second part of the book: the tension between Confucianism and powerful thinking; cultural challenges for practitioners; the transformation of harmony; and the conception of family. Taken as a whole, the book provides fresh insights into whether and how P4C’s Westerninfluenced theories and practices are compromised when they are applied in non-Western, or rather Confucian, contexts. A must-read for anyone interested in the theory and practice of P4C and Confucianism in general.

Handbook of Abductive Cognition

Author : Lorenzo Magnani
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031101359
Total Pages : 1921 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Abductive Cognition written by Lorenzo Magnani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 1921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook offers the first comprehensive reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of abductive cognition, providing readers with extensive information on the process of reasoning to hypotheses in humans, animals, and in computational machines. It highlights the role of abduction in both theory practice: in generating and testing hypotheses and explanatory functions for various purposes and as an educational device. It merges logical, cognitive, epistemological and philosophical perspectives with more practical needs relating to the application of abduction across various disciplines and practices, such as in diagnosis, creative reasoning, scientific discovery, diagrammatic and ignorance-based cognition, and adversarial strategies. It also discusses the inferential role of models in hypothetical reasoning, abduction and creativity, including the process of development, implementation and manipulation for different scientific and technological purposes. Written by a group of internationally renowned experts in philosophy, logic, general epistemology, mathematics, cognitive, and computer science, as well as life sciences, engineering, architecture, and economics, the Handbook of Abductive Cognition offers a unique reference guide for readers approaching the process of reasoning to hypotheses from different perspectives and for various theoretical and practical purposes. Numerous diagrams, schemes and other visual representations are included to promote a better understanding of the relevant concepts and to make concepts highly accessible to an audience of scholars and students with different scientific backgrounds.

Correcting the Scholarly Record for Research Integrity

Author : M. V. Dougherty
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319994352
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Correcting the Scholarly Record for Research Integrity written by M. V. Dougherty and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first book-length study on post-publication responses to academic plagiarism in humanities disciplines. It demonstrates that the correction of the scholarly literature for plagiarism is not a task for editors and publishers alone; each member of the research community has an indispensable role in maintaining the integrity of the published literature in the aftermath of plagiarism. If untreated, academic plagiarism damages the integrity of the scholarly record, corrupts the surrounding academic enterprise, and creates inefficiencies across all levels of knowledge production. By providing case studies from the field of philosophy and related disciplines, the volume exhibits that current post-publication responses to academic plagiarism are insufficient. It catalogues how humanities disciplines fall short in comparison with the natural and biomedical sciences for ensuring the integrity of the body of published research. This volume provides clarity about how to conceptualize the scholarly record, surveys the traditional methods for correcting it, and argues for new interventions to improve the reliability of the body of published research. The book is valuable not only to those in the field of philosophy and other humanities disciplines, but also to those interested in research ethics, meta-science, and the sociology of research.

Edusemiotics

Author : Andrew Stables
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317916964
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Edusemiotics written by Andrew Stables and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edusemiotics addresses an emerging field of inquiry, educational semiotics, as a philosophy of and for education. Using "sign" as a unit of analysis, educational semiotics amalgamates philosophy, educational theory and semiotics. Edusemiotics draws on the intellectual legacy of such philosophers as John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, Gilles Deleuze and others across Anglo-American and continental traditions. This volume investigates the specifics of semiotic knowledge structures and processes, exploring current dilemmas and debates regarding self-identity, learning, transformative and lifelong education, leadership and policy-making, and interrogating an important premise that still haunts contemporary educational philosophy: Cartesian dualism. In defiance of substance dualism and the fragmentation of knowledge that still inform education, the book offers a unifying paradigm for education as edusemiotics and emphasises ethical education in compliance with the semiotic unity between knowledge and action. Chapters contain accessible discussions in the context of educational philosophy and theory, crossing the borders between logic, art, and science together with a provocative theoretical critique. Recently awarded a PESA book award for its contribution to the philosophy of education, Edusemiotics will appeal to an academic readership in education, philosophy and cultural studies, while also being an inspiring resource for students.

Learning with the Unconscious

Author : Inna Semetsky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138290211
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Learning with the Unconscious written by Inna Semetsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counselingdemonstrates the importance of addressing the concept of the unconscious in learning. Exploring the innovative theory of edusemiotics, it challenges the received notion of learning as solely academic, cognitive and linguistic, instead offering an ethico-aesthetic paradigm that draws on research in psychology, philosophy and semiotics to offer a new direction in educational theory. The book argues for holistic education throughout life, challenging the widespread approach to lifelong education as merely professional training. This approach rejects the schism between matter and spirit that pervades Western thinking and represents a paradigm shift in rethinking spirituality in education and counseling from psychological, philosophical and semiotic perspectives, while never separating it from logic and reason. Semetsky argues that experiencing, and subsequently giving voice to that which is usually bypassed in silence, contributes to human learning and transforms our habits. Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counselingcombines educational semiotics with moral psychology and existential philosophy, keeping the focus on meaning for experience. As such, it is essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students across the fields of educational philosophy, educational psychology, religion, counselling and cultural studies. usually bypassed in silence, contributes to human learning and transforms our habits. Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counselingcombines educational semiotics with moral psychology and existential philosophy, keeping the focus on meaning for experience. As such, it is essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students across the fields of educational philosophy, educational psychology, religion, counselling and cultural studies.

International Handbook of Semiotics

Author : Peter Pericles Trifonas
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401794049
Total Pages : 1282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book International Handbook of Semiotics written by Peter Pericles Trifonas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an extensive overview and analysis of current work on semiotics that is being pursued globally in the areas of literature, the visual arts, cultural studies, media, the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. Semiotics—also known as structuralism—is one of the major theoretical movements of the 20th century and its influence as a way to conduct analyses of cultural products and human practices has been immense. This is a comprehensive volume that brings together many otherwise fragmented academic disciplines and currents, uniting them in the framework of semiotics. Addressing a longstanding need, it provides a global perspective on recent and ongoing semiotic research across a broad range of disciplines. The handbook is intended for all researchers interested in applying semiotics as a critical lens for inquiry across diverse disciplines.

The Handbook of Visual Analysis

Author : Theo Van Leeuwen
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0761964770
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Visual Analysis written by Theo Van Leeuwen and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-03-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Visual Analysis is a rich methodological resource for students, academics, researchers and professionals interested in investigating the visual representation of socially significant issues. The Handbook: Offers a wide-range of methods for visual analysis: content analysis, historical analysis, structuralist analysis, iconography, psychoanalysis, social semiotic analysis, film analysis and ethnomethodology Shows how each method can be applied for the purposes of specific research projects Exemplifies each approach through detailed analyses of a variety of data, including, newspaper images, family photos, drawings, art works and cartoons Includes examples from the authors' own research and professional practice The Handbook of Visual Analysis, which demonstrates the importance of visual data within the social sciences offers an essential guide to those working in a range of disciplines including: media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology, education, psychoanalysis, and health studies.

The Edusemiotics of Images

Author : Inna Semetsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9462090556
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Edusemiotics of Images written by Inna Semetsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semetsky’s new book offers a bracing account of Tarot semiotics in view of its deep significance for educational experience. Analyzing the symbolic language of Tarot images that express the intimations of the unconscious, she invites readers to explore novel ways of learning about the nature of ourselves and the world we are situated in. Combining thorough research with an accessible style, this groundbreaking book is essential reading for present and future generations of practitioners, academics and students across disciplines. Pia Brînzeu, Professor of English Literature and Vice-Rector of the Universityof Timis ̧oara, Romania; author of Corridors of Mirrors. A sequel to the author’s Re-Symbolization of the Self: Human Development and Tarot Hermeneutic and Semiotics Education Experience, Semetsky’s new book presents the Tarot sign-system as a school of ethical living. Bringing the philosophies of Peirce, Deleuze, Dewey, Whitehead and Gebser in a dialogue with the cutting-edge science of coordination dynamics, she grounds the art of Tarot in the logic of signs acting across nature, culture and human mind. Building on Noddings’ “maternal factor”, Semetsky demonstrates how the lessons embodied in Tarot symbolism recover the feminine value of relations and contribute to Self~Other integration. Such is the message of Tarot images. The Image is the Message. Igor Klyukanov, Professor of Communication, Eastern Washington University, USA; editor, Russian Journal of Communication; author of A Communication Universe: Manifestations of Meaning, Stagings of Significance. Semetsky’s amalgamation of the techniques of visual communication with the emerging field of edusemiotics is an absolute masterpiece in transdisciplinarity. By forging diverse strands of inquiry into an overall model of how images enhance learning, Semetsky’s new book provokes us to take a fresh look at iconic information and is a required reading for everyone who is engaged with the art and science of visual semiotics at the intersection of nature and culture. Marcel Danesi, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada; editor-in-chief, Semiotica; author of The Quest for Meaning: A Guide to Semiotic Theory and Practice. Finally. An in-depth look at Tarot from within the field of semiotics, a perspective that had been inexplicably overlooked until now. As a language of exile from language, Tarot cards are silent words that became images. Here is a book that turns our thirst for symbols into a learning tool. The sign sings in Inna Semetsky’s work. Enrique Enriquez, (con)temporary tarot, www.tarologyfilm.com; author of Tarology.

Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound

Author : Paul Atkinson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761964810
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound written by Paul Atkinson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-06-22 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `This excellent text will introduce advanced students - and remind senior researchers - of the availability of a broad range of techniques available for the systematic analysis of social data that is not numeric. It makes the key point that neither quantitative nor qualitative methods are interpretive and at the same time demonstrates once and for all that neither a constructivist perspective nor a qualitative approach needs to imply abandonment of rigor. That the chapters are written by different authors makes possible a depth of expertise within each that is unusually strong' - Susanna Hornig Priest, Texas A&M University; Author of `Doing Media Research' Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound off

Meaning, Madness and Political Subjectivity

Author : Sadeq Rahimi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317555511
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Meaning, Madness and Political Subjectivity written by Sadeq Rahimi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between subjective experience and the cultural, political and historical paradigms in which the individual is embedded. Providing a deep analysis of three compelling case studies of schizophrenia in Turkey, the book considers the ways in which private experience is shaped by collective structures, offering insights into issues surrounding religion, national and ethnic identity and tensions, modernity and tradition, madness, gender and individuality. Chapters draw from cultural psychiatry, medical anthropology, and political theory to produce a model for understanding the inseparability of private experience and collective processes. The book offers those studying political theory a way for conceptualizing the subjective within the political; it offers mental health clinicians and researchers a model for including political and historical realities in their psychological assessments and treatments; and it provides anthropologists with a model for theorizing culture in which psychological experience and political facts become understandable and explainable in terms of, rather than despite each other. Meaning, Madness, and Political Subjectivity provides an original interpretative methodology for analysing culture and psychosis, offering compelling evidence that not only "normal" human experiences, but also extremely "abnormal" experiences such as psychosis are anchored in and shaped by local cultural and political realities.