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Shades of Loneliness

Author : Richard Stivers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1417503599
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Shades of Loneliness written by Richard Stivers and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2004-02-09 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To varying degrees, loneliness has us all in its grip. In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects the recent emphasis on genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of loneliness. The extreme rationality that governs our institutions and organizations results in abstract and impersonal relationships in much of daily life. Moreover, as common meaning is gradually eroded, our connections to others become vague and tenuous. Our ensuing fear and loneliness, however, can be masked by an outgoing, extroverted personality. In its extreme form, loneliness assumes pathological dimensions in neurosis and schizophrenia. Stivers maintains that even here the causes remain social. The various forms of neuroses and psychoses follow the key contradictions of a technological society. For instance, narcissism and depression reflect the tension between power and meaninglessness that characterizes modern societies. Stivers demonstrates that there is a continuum from the normal 'technological personality' through the various neuroses to full-blown schizophrenia. He argues that all forms of loneliness emanate from the same cause; they likewise share a common dynamic despite their differences. Loneliness, in its many manifestations, seems to be the price we must pay for living in the modern world. Yet nurturing family, friend, and community ties can mitigate its culturally and psychologically disorganizing power. This book is a clarion call for a renewal of moral awareness and custom to combat the fragmentation and depersonalization of our technological civilization.

Shades of Loneliness

Author : Richard Stivers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0742530027
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Shades of Loneliness written by Richard Stivers and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing instead that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of loneliness. In its extreme form, loneliness assumes pathological dimensions in neurosis and schizophrenia, which reflect the contradiction between power and meaninglessness that characterizes modern life. Loneliness, in its many manifestations, seems to be the price we must pay for living in a technological world. Yet nurturing family, friend, and community ties can mitigate its culturally and psychologically disorganizing power. This book is a clarion call for a renewal of moral awareness and custom to combat the fragmentation and depersonalization of our technological civilization. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Shades of Loneliness

Author : Richard Stivers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786613928719
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Shades of Loneliness written by Richard Stivers and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing instead that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of loneliness. In its extreme form, loneliness assumes pathological dimensions in neurosis and schizophrenia, which reflect the contradiction between power and meaninglessness that characterizes modern life. Loneliness, in its many manifestations, seems to be the price we must pay for living in a technological world. Yet nurturing family, friend, and community ties can mitigate i.

Loneliness as a Way of Life

Author : Thomas Dumm
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067403113X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Loneliness as a Way of Life written by Thomas Dumm and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What does it mean to be lonely?” Thomas Dumm asks. His inquiry, documented in this book, takes us beyond social circumstances and into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The modern individual, Dumm suggests, is fundamentally a lonely self. Through reflections on philosophy, political theory, literature, and tragic drama, he proceeds to illuminate a hidden dimension of the human condition. His book shows how loneliness shapes the contemporary division between public and private, our inability to live with each other honestly and in comity, the estranged forms that our intimate relationships assume, and the weakness of our common bonds. A reading of the relationship between Cordelia and her father in Shakespeare’s King Lear points to the most basic dynamic of modern loneliness—how it is a response to the problem of the “missing mother.” Dumm goes on to explore the most important dimensions of lonely experience—Being, Having, Loving, and Grieving. As the book unfolds, he juxtaposes new interpretations of iconic cultural texts—Moby-Dick, Death of a Salesman, the film Paris, Texas, Emerson’s “Experience,” to name a few—with his own experiences of loneliness, as a son, as a father, and as a grieving husband and widower. Written with deceptive simplicity, Loneliness as a Way of Life is something rare—an intellectual study that is passionately personal. It challenges us, not to overcome our loneliness, but to learn how to re-inhabit it in a better way. To fail to do so, this book reveals, will only intensify the power that it holds over us.

The God Of Loneliness

Author : Philip Schultz
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547487347
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book The God Of Loneliness written by Philip Schultz and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2010-04-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Schultz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, has been celebrated for his singular vision of the American immigrant experience and Jewish identity, his alternately fierce and tender portrayal of family life, and his rich and riotous evocation of city streets. His poems have found enthusiastic audiences among readers of Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac, Slate, The New Yorker, and other publications. His willingness to face down the demons of failure and loss, in his previous book particularly, make him a poet for our times, a poet who can write “If I have to believe in something / I believe in despair.” Yet he remains oddly undaunted: “sometimes, late at night / we, my happiness and I, reminisce / lifelong antagonists / enjoying each other’s company.” The God of Loneliness, a major collection of Schultz’s work, includes poems from his five books (Like Wings, Deep Within the Ravine, The Holy Worm of Praise, Living in the Past, Failure) and fourteen new poems. It is a volume to cherish, from “one of the least affected of American poets, and one of the fiercest” (Tony Hoagland), and it will be an essential addition to the history of American poetry.

All the Lonely People

Author : Sam Carr
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1035005530
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book All the Lonely People written by Sam Carr and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Empathetic, enlightening, deeply human' - Michael Harris, author of Solitude An intimate portrait of loneliness, All the Lonely People sees psychologist Dr Sam Carr collect hours of conversations with people young and old, including single parents, carers, teenagers and the bereaved – all shared over countless cups of tea. In stories of love and loss, of trauma and hope, told from care homes, living rooms, classrooms and kitchens, Carr discovers that while each of their stories is utterly unique, they are all born out of the same desire for human connection. As Carr interweaves these touching and powerful tales with his own personal narrative, he opens a window onto the inner lives of regular people – the forgotten, misplaced or misjudged – who all feel isolated in some way. Sparking a profound conversation about a universal emotion, which may simply be an inevitable part of life in an increasingly disjointed world, he questions what we can do to build stronger human relationships, and to be a part of something bigger than ourselves.

A Vision for the Aging Church

Author : James M. Houston
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830869522
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book A Vision for the Aging Church written by James M. Houston and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we ready for the opportunities and challenges facing the aging church? Now is the time for the church to offer ministry to its increasing numbers of seniors and to benefit from ministry they can offer. In this book James M. Houston and Michael Parker issue an urgent call to reconceive the place and part of the elderly and seniors in the local church congregation. Confronting the idea that the aging are mostly a burden on the church, they boldly address the moral issues related to caring for them, provide examples of successful care-giving programs and challenge the church to restore broken connections across the generations. Cowritten by a noted theologian and an expert in the fields of social work and gerontology, this interdisciplinary book assesses our current cultural context and the challenges and opportunities we face. The authors show us that seniors aren't the problem. They are the solution.

Addressing Loneliness

Author : Ami Sha'ked
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317684230
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Addressing Loneliness written by Ami Sha'ked and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a volume on loneliness and what can be done to address its pain. While most books simply describe loneliness from one author’s point of view, this volume includes a comprehensive review of the literature and employs top researchers in the field discuss their own research findings, conclusions and clinical experience. It explores the relationship between loneliness and sexuality, loneliness and optimism, and parental loneliness during pregnancy and childbirth. It also addresses loneliness throughout the life cycle in children, adolescents, the elderly and disabled, leading to a variety of coping and therapeutic modalities aimed at helping those who suffer from loneliness in its various forms.

The Routledge History of Loneliness

Author : Katie Barclay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000839206
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge History of Loneliness written by Katie Barclay and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge History of Loneliness takes a multidisciplinary approach to the history of a modern emotion, exploring its form and development across cultures from the seventeenth century to the present. Bringing together thirty scholars from various disciplines, including history, anthropology, philosophy, literature and art history, the volume considers how loneliness was represented in art and literature, conceptualised by philosophers and writers and described by people in their personal narratives. It considers loneliness as a feeling so often defined in contrast to sociability and affective connections, particularly attending to loneliness in relation to the family, household and community. Acknowledging that loneliness is a relatively novel term in English, the book explores its precedents in ideas about solitude, melancholy and nostalgia, as well as how it might be considered in cross-cultural perspectives. With wide appeal to students and researchers in a variety of subjects, including the history of emotions, social sciences and literature, this volume brings a critical historical perspective to an emotion with contemporary significance.

The Well of Loneliness

Author : Radclyffe Hall
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473374081
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book The Well of Loneliness written by Radclyffe Hall and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Radclyffe Hall was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Well of Loneliness' is a novel that follows an upper-class Englishwoman who falls in love with another woman while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall was born on 12th August 1880, in Bournemouth, England. Hall's first novel The Unlit Lamp (1924) was a lengthy and grim tale that proved hard to sell. It was only published following the success of the much lighter social comedy The Forge (1924), which made the best-seller list of John O'London's Weekly. Hall is a key figure in lesbian literature for her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928). This is her only work with overt lesbian themes and tells the story of the life of a masculine lesbian named Stephen Gordon.

Psychoanalytic Investigations in Philosophy

Author : Dorit Lemberger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000842096
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Psychoanalytic Investigations in Philosophy written by Dorit Lemberger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering volume explores and exemplifies the relevance of psychoanalysis to contemporary philosophical problems. The novelty of the book's viewpoint is the consideration of psychoanalysis as an existentialist mode of thinking that deals with current existential problems such as loneliness, uncertainty, struggling with personal tragedies, and rehabilitation. Each chapter presents classic aspects of psychoanalytic theory based on Greek tragedies, as well as their similarities with interdisciplinary aspects in other areas of study like modern literature, hermeneutics, and philosophy of language. To deepen each subject, each chapter also applies an interdisciplinary methodology that illuminates previously hidden insights arising from the fusion of psychoanalysis and philosophy. Featuring contributions from well-known scholars like Professor Avi Sagi and Professor Dov Schwartz, as well as more up-and-coming writers, the book suggests possible implications of philosophical, hermeneutical, and literary theories to the perception of post-modern issues concerning agency and the subjective emotional world. Psychoanalytic Investigations in Philosophy is of great interest to scholars of psychoanalysis and hermeneutic philosophy, as well as teachers and academics who want to explore new teaching methods in various disciplines, and general-interest readers who wish to expand their horizons around concepts that can be applied to better understand themselves and the age in which we live.

Another Woman who Looks Like Me

Author : Lyn Lifshin
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781574231984
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Another Woman who Looks Like Me written by Lyn Lifshin and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: always women in the dark on porches talking as if in blackness their secrets would be safe --from "Champlain, Branbury, the lakes at night" Lyn Lifshin can make something memorable out of the most familiar words and scenes--something memorable, something fresh and entirely her own. Contents of this collection include Slippery Blisses, A Love of Blueness, Written on the Body of Night, Things Behind the SunDarkness in the Light.

Catalog of Copyright Entries

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1188 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Autism

Author : Valsamma Eapen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9533074930
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Autism written by Valsamma Eapen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers some of the key research developments in autism and brings together the current state of evidence on the neurobiologic understanding of this intriguing disorder. The pathogenetic mechanisms are explored by contributors from diverse perspectives including genetics, neuroimaging, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuroimmunology, neuroendocrinology, functional organization of the brain and clinical applications from the role of diet to vaccines. It is hoped that understanding these interconnected neurobiological systems, the programming of which is genetically modulated during neurodevelopment and mediated through a range of neuropeptides and interacting neurotransmitter systems, would no doubt assist in developing interventions that accommodate the way the brains of individuals with autism function. In keeping with the multimodal and diverse origins of the disorder, a wide range of topics is covered and these include genetic underpinnings and environmental modulation leading to epigenetic changes in the aetiology; neural substrates, potential biomarkers and endophenotypes that underlie clinical characteristics; as well as neurochemical pathways and pathophysiological mechanisms that pave the way for therapeutic interventions.

The Hurting Heart

Author : Robert M. Solomon
Publisher : Armour Publishing Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9789810058180
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book The Hurting Heart written by Robert M. Solomon and published by Armour Publishing Pte Ltd. This book was released on 1994 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Godmaker

Author : Vasile Munteanu
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1608445488
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Godmaker written by Vasile Munteanu and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During nightly prayer a monk falls into a deep and unexpected meditative trance that takes him back and forth in time, forcing him to revisit life, reluctant intentions, and sublimated lusts. The night serves as both personal abyss and universal refuge to longstanding doubts, suppressed anger, and reluctant self-discovery. He is compelled and repelled by a most primal mystery and a most final revelation. Vasile Munteanu was born in Romania and moved to the United States as a teenager. He holds advanced degrees in both Literature and Philosophy from Oakland University in Michigan and State University of New York at Binghamton respectively. He teaches Philosophy and Literature at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Godmaker is his first novel.

How God Grows a Woman of Wisdom

Author : Anita Higman
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1634094239
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book How God Grows a Woman of Wisdom written by Anita Higman and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How God Grows a Woman of Wisdom is designed to enhance your spiritual journey. Featuring two hundred–plus devotional readings complemented by scripture selections and prayers, this lovely collection offers a powerful blend of inspiration, encouragement, and motivation for every area of your life. Touching on topics like beauty, blessings, conversation, joy, patience, prayer, relationships, work, and more, you will find yourself drawn ever closer to your heavenly Father as you meditate on each reading and open your heart and mind to God’s Word.