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Advanced Rail Geotechnology – Ballasted Track

Advanced Rail Geotechnology – Ballasted Track

Ballast plays a vital role in transmitting and distributing the train wheel loads to the underlying track substructure. The load-bearing capacity safe train speed and the levels of noise and vibration as well as passenger comfort depend on the behaviour of ballast through particle interlocking and the corresponding deformation of this granular assembly. Attrition and breakage of ballast occur progressively under heavy and continual cyclic loading causing track deterioration and rail misalignment affecting safety while exacerbating the intensity of track maintenance. In the absence of realistic computational models the track substructure is traditionally designed using mostly empirical approaches. In this book the authors present the detailed information on the strength deformation and degradation aspects of fresh and recycled ballast under monotonic cyclic and impact loading using innovative geotechnical testing devices. A constitutive model for ballast incorporating particle breakage is presented representing a more realistic stress–strain response. The mathematical formulations and numerical models are validated using controlled experimental simulations and fully instrumented field trials. Revised ballast gradation is described to provide greater track resiliency and extended longevity. The book also provides a detailed description of geosynthetics for substructure improvement considering track deterioration caused by particle degradation fouling and impeded drainage. New to this second edition are extensive discussions on subgrade soil stabilisation causes and mechanisms of soil fluidisation (mud pumping) under cyclic loading and preventive and remedial measures to alleviate undue instability of ballast tracks. This book should prove most beneficial for final-year civil engineering students and for postgraduate teaching and learning. It is an ideal supplement for practising railway engineers and researchers engaged in the challenging tasks of future track design for heavier and faster trains. | Advanced Rail Geotechnology – Ballasted Track

GBP 180.00
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On the Write Track A Practical Guide to Teaching Writing in Primary Schools

On the Write Track A Practical Guide to Teaching Writing in Primary Schools

On the Write Track puts teachers’ autonomy and their knowledge of what is right for their pupils at the heart of teaching writing. It explores a set of research-based principles before illustrating these with case studies and examples of classroom practice. Writing is about communication. Learning to write gives children a voice that others will listen to – a voice they can use to share their ideas articulate their feelings amuse and delight their readers and argue for what they believe in. While every child every teacher and every classroom are different approaches to teaching writing can sometimes feel prescriptive whether they are based on a particular curriculum model commercial scheme assessment system or underlying philosophy. This book provides freedom and choice by introducing a series of ‘tracks’ for writing teaching including practical approaches to: Building a community of writers in the classroom Employing a process-led sequence for teaching writing Encouraging children to write for pleasure and share their own interests Exploring the use of rich and diverse texts as fuel for writing Drawing on spoken language and oracy to develop written communication Teaching grammar and punctuation to support writing Utilising feedback to help children develop their writing voice Using drama and play as starting points for writing Through considering these different tracks and thinking about how to weave them together into a coherent whole teachers can help every child to make the journey to being a confident skilled keen writer. | On the Write Track A Practical Guide to Teaching Writing in Primary Schools

GBP 22.99
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Track Two Diplomacy Between India and Pakistan Peace Negotiations and Initiatives

Track Two Diplomacy Between India and Pakistan Peace Negotiations and Initiatives

Track Two Diplomacy between India and Pakistan studies the nature and context of providing an alternative platform for conflict resolution between the two countries. Considered one of the most intractable conflicts in the world the India-Pakistan conflict has been defined by casualties religious extremism and the looming threat of war. With the conflict playing out against the backdrop of many nationalisms official Track One diplomacy remains insufficient. The author analyses the role of Track Two diplomacy when official diplomacy remains confined and sensitive to their respective official positions as well as the contribution of maintaining various communication lines intact when official channels are suspended and inaccessible. In this context this book explores citizen-led diplomatic efforts probing the economic and ideological forms of power that influence this mode of diplomacy outside governmental channels. The book is a general evaluation of the Track Two process in terms of its achievements challenges and failures vis-à-vis India and Pakistan. An original contribution towards the development of a conceptual understanding of Track Two diplomacy this book will be of interest to researchers studying International Relations Foreign Politics South Asian Politics with particular emphasis on India - Pakistan relations. | Track Two Diplomacy Between India and Pakistan Peace Negotiations and Initiatives

GBP 130.00
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Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem The Jerusalem Old City Initiative

Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem The Jerusalem Old City Initiative

‘Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem’ is the first in a series of three books which collectively present the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative or JOCI a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort undertaken between 2003 and 2014. JOCI’s raison d’être was to find sustainable governance solutions for the Old City of Jerusalem arguably the most sensitive and intractable of the final status issues dividing Palestinians and Israelis. ‘Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem’ includes a series of studies that place JOCI within its historical setting and explain the theoretical context of Track Two diplomacy. The book then proceeds to present the Initiative's culminating documents which outline in detail its proposed Special Regime governance model. Until now the proposals have remained unpublished and available only to a limited audience of key stakeholders. Presenting the information in an accessible format this book will contribute positively to the wider conversation on Jerusalem especially with respect to the longstanding conflict over control and governance of this holy city. It will therefore be of value to several audiences from the policy-making community to the various traditions found in academia. | Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem The Jerusalem Old City Initiative

GBP 39.99
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U.S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy Are We on the Right Track?

U.S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy Are We on the Right Track?

The passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry. In the decade following economists documented the effects of the Act on a variety of important economic metrics including prices costs and productivity. Over the preceding years and with the return of the industry to more stable footing attention to the industry by economists faded. The lack of attention however has not been due to a dearth of ongoing economic and policy issues that continue to confront the industry. In this volume we begin to rectify this inattention. Rather than retread older analyses or provide yet another look at the consequences of Staggers we assemble a collection of ten chapters in four sections that collectively provide fresh and up-to-date analyses of the economic issues and policy challenges the industry faces: the first section sets the context through foundational discussion of freight rail; the second section highlights the role of freight rail in an increasingly interrelated economy; the third section examines industry structure and scope in freight rail; and the fourth section assesses current regulatory challenges that confront freight rail. This book will be of great value to researchers academics policymakers and students interested in the fields of freight rail economics and policy transportation business history and regulatory economics. | U. S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy Are We on the Right Track?

GBP 38.99
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Tire Tread and Tire Track Evidence Recovery and Forensic Examination

Tire Tread and Tire Track Evidence Recovery and Forensic Examination

Police success in linking vehicles to the scene of a crime through the impressions and tracks those vehicles leave behind has long served as a successful and reliable forensic tool. The collection and forensic evaluation of that evidence however requires specialized knowledge training and expertise. Drawing from the author’s 34 years of experience first as an FBI examiner and currently as a private consultant in the area of tire evidence Tire and Tire Track Evidence: Recovery and Forensic Examination is the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume available on the subject. Covering all aspects of the field the book begins with general information on the modern pneumatic tire and basic terminology. For both the crime scene technician and the forensic examiner the author addresses information on both how to recover tire track evidence and how to photograph and cast the individual tread detail from those impressions. The book explains and illustrates the necessary information on obtaining known exemplars; tire manufacturing and retreading tires. It explains important aspects of tires including their tread design and dimension noise treatment general wear and individual acquired characteristics. The author instructs on applying that knowledge while conducting a structured examination procedure resulting in the final evaluation of evidence and report writing as well as the presentation of tire evidence in court. He provides information on databases and resources along with case examples including the Oklahoma City bombing. Informative and useful this book gives crime scene technicians and forensic examiners the tools to accurately and reliably collect recover and examine tire evidence. | Tire Tread and Tire Track Evidence Recovery and Forensic Examination

GBP 66.99
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One-Track Mind Capitalism Technology and the Art of the Pop Song

One-Track Mind Capitalism Technology and the Art of the Pop Song

The song remains the most basic unit of modern pop music. Shaped into being by historical forces—cultural aesthetic and technical—the song provides both performer and audience with a world marked off by a short discrete and temporally demarcated experience. One-Track Mind: Capitalism Technology and the Art of the Pop Song brings together 16 writers to weigh in on 16 iconic tracks from the history of modern popular music. Arranged chronologically in order of release of the tracks and spanning nearly five decades these essays zigzag across the cultural landscape to present one possible history of pop music. There are detours through psychedelic rock Afro-pop Latin pop glam rock heavy metal punk postpunk adult contemporary rock techno hip-hop and electro-pop here. More than just deep histories of individual songs these essays all expand far beyond the track itself to offer exciting and often counterintuitive histories of transformative moments in popular culture. Collectively they show the undiminished power of the individual pop song both as distillations of important flashpoints and in their afterlives as ghostly echoes that persist undiminished but transform for succeeding generations. Capitalism and its principal good capital help us frame these stories a fact that should surprise no one given the inextricable relationship between art and capitalism established in the twentieth century. At the root readers will find here a history of pop with unexpected plot twists colorful protagonists and fitting denouements. | One-Track Mind Capitalism Technology and the Art of the Pop Song

GBP 130.00
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US Counterterrorism and the Human Rights of Foreigners Abroad Putting the Gloves Back On?

US Counterterrorism and the Human Rights of Foreigners Abroad Putting the Gloves Back On?

This book examines why the United States has introduced safeguards that are designed to prevent their counterterrorism policies from causing harm to non-US citizens beyond US territory. It investigates what made US policymakers take steps to put the gloves back on through five case studies on the emergence of such safeguards related to the right not to be tortured the right not to be arbitrarily detained the right to life (in connection with targeted killing operations) the right to seek asylum (in connection with refugee resettlement) and the right to privacy (in connection with foreign mass surveillance). The book exposes two mechanisms – coercion and strategic learning – which explain why the United States has introduced what the authors refer to as extraterritorial human rights safeguards thus demonstrating that the emerging norm that states have human rights obligations towards foreigners beyond their borders constrains policy choices. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of human rights counterterrorism US foreign policy human rights law and more broadly to political science and international relations. The Open Access version of this book available at: http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. | US Counterterrorism and the Human Rights of Foreigners Abroad Putting the Gloves Back On?

GBP 130.00
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Social and Emotional Skills Training for Children The Fast Track Friendship Group Manual

Social and Emotional Skills Training for Children The Fast Track Friendship Group Manual

From leading authorities this volume presents a unique evidence-based group intervention for the 10–15% of children who are challenged by peer difficulties in elementary school. The book features 145 engaging full-color reproducible handouts posters and other tools. In addition to teaching core social skills (participation communication cooperation good sportsmanship conflict resolution) Friendship Group promotes emotional understanding and empathy self-control and effective coping with social stressors. Two complete sets of sessions are provided (grades K-2 and 3–5) including step-by-step implementation guidelines. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. See also the authors' Fast Track Program for Children at Risk: Preventing Antisocial Behavior which describes the landmark study that used Friendship Group in tandem with other school- and family-based interventions. | Social and Emotional Skills Training for Children The Fast Track Friendship Group Manual

GBP 34.99
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Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma A Three-Track Psychodynamic Approach

Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma A Three-Track Psychodynamic Approach

Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma offers a contemporary three-track psychodynamic treatment model to mental health professionals working with traumatised children and their caregivers. The book provides a contemporary and comprehensive approach to working with traumatised children by integrating knowledge and skills from traditional psychodynamic child psychotherapy and more contemporary trauma-informed and mentalization-based frameworks. It advocates three tracks of work involving direct work with the child work with the child’s primary caregivers and work with the network. The book is divided into two parts: Part I of the book covers the theoretical background and Part II discusses the core components and phases of the trauma-informed and mentalization-based treatment approach. The authors bring out the specific dynamics of the psychotherapeutic work through four composite cases woven through the book. Written in accessible language this treatment guide is primarily aimed at psychodynamically trained psychotherapists mental health professionals and professional caregivers working with traumatised children. | Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma A Three-Track Psychodynamic Approach

GBP 29.99
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The Meaning of Rehabilitation and its Impact on Parole There and Back Again in California

The Meaning of Rehabilitation and its Impact on Parole There and Back Again in California

This book queries the concept of rehabilitation to determine how on a legislative and policy level the term is defined as a goal of correctional systems. The book explores what rehabilitation is by investigating how at different moments in time its conceptualization has shaped and been shaped by shifting norms practices and institutions of corrections in California. The author calls for a rethinking of theoretical understandings of the corrections system generally and parole system specifically and calls for an expansion in the questions asked in reintegration studies. The book is designed for scholars seeking to better understand the relationship between correctional systems and rehabilitation and the full scope of rehabilitation as a legislative goal and is also suitable for use as teaching tool for historical textual and interviewing methods. | The Meaning of Rehabilitation and its Impact on Parole There and Back Again in California

GBP 46.99
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Inclusive Collegiality and Nontenure-Track Faculty Engaging All Faculty as Colleagues to Promote Healthy Departments and Institutions

Inclusive Collegiality and Nontenure-Track Faculty Engaging All Faculty as Colleagues to Promote Healthy Departments and Institutions

This book focuses on the status and work of full-time non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) whose ranks are increasing as tenure track faculty (TTF) make up a smaller percentage of the professoriate. NTTF experience highly uneven and conditional access to collegiality are often excluded from decision-making spaces and receive limited respect from their TTF colleagues because of outdated notions that link perceived expertise almost exclusively to scholarship. The result is often a sub-class of faculty marginalized in their departments which reduces the inclusion of diverse voices in academic governance professional relationships and student learning. Given these implications the authors ask how can departments institutions and the profession do more to engage NTTF as full and active colleagues? The limited access of NTTF to the rights and responsibilities of collegiality harms institutional success in several ways. Given the full-time nature of their work and the heavy (but not exclusive) focus on instruction NTTF are likely to be on campus as much or more than TTF and thus be engaged with students colleagues and administrators in ways that more closely resemble TTF than part-time faculty. Their limited access to collegial spaces makes it harder for them to do their jobs by restricting access to information and input into decision-making. Moreover since the greatest growth among women faculty and faculty of color is in NTTF roles their exclusion from collegiality and decision-making negates the very diversity the profession claims to seek. Finally colleges and universities face financial curricular and organizational challenges which require broad input although the burden of governance is falling on fewer shoulders as the percentage of TTF declines and NTTF are excluded from these spaces. Ultimately NTTF must be engaged as partners and colleagues in supporting institutional health. This book – the fruit of extensive data collection at two institutions over a five-year period – describes lessons learned from and benefits experienced by departments that have successfully supported and engaged NTTF as colleagues. Drawing on their research data and analysis of “healthy” departments that integrate NTTF the authors identify the practices policies and approaches that support NTTF inclusion shape a more positive workplace environment improve morale satisfaction and commitment and fully leverage the expertise of NTTF and the valuable human capital they represent. The authors argue that this more inclusive collegiality improves governance supports institutional success and serves diverse institutional missions. Though primarily addressed to institutional leaders department chairs tenure-line faculty and leaders in the academic profession it is hoped that the findings will be useful to NTTF who are engaged as advocates for and partners in the change process required to address the evolving structure of the university faculty. | Inclusive Collegiality and Nontenure-Track Faculty Engaging All Faculty as Colleagues to Promote Healthy Departments and Institutions

GBP 27.99
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Focus On Close-Up and Macro Photography Focus on the Fundamentals

Focus On Close-Up and Macro Photography Focus on the Fundamentals

Want to get the best out of your digital camera? Not quite sure how to capture up-close shots? Want easy to follow expert advice on the best ways to creatively capture macro shots you can be proud of? This is your ticket to go beyond a snapshot to create a fine art print that you'll be so proud of. Macro and close-up photography involves a unique skill set in terms of exposure lighting and of course composition in particular. You can take a quick photo of a sunflower in your back yard that will look mundane and typical OR you could learn how to take a picture of just a part of it-up close-and create a work of art. Let this book be your guide! | Focus On Close-Up and Macro Photography Focus on the Fundamentals

GBP 130.00
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Advances in Research on Illicit Networks

Advances in Research on Illicit Networks

Social network analysis finally reached a critical mass of scholars in the field of criminology. The proven track record of network theory and methods in fostering new advances in our understanding of crimes and criminals has extended the web of researchers willing to integrate this approach to their work. It is more than just a fad – once you adopt a network approach it almost inevitably becomes the main lens through which you see crime. The insights learned from analysing matrices of relations among offenders from exploiting the interdependence among actors instead of finding ways to avoid it are simply too great to ignore. This book provides a state of the art assessment into network research currently being conducted in criminology and beyond pushing the field further in multiple ways. A series of contributions tackle themes and offending types that had yet to be previously empirically investigated including political conspiracies steroid distribution methamphetamine production illicit marketplaces on the Internet and small arms trafficking. Advances are also found in the data sources used to extract illicit networks and the methods used to analyse them. This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Crime. | Advances in Research on Illicit Networks

GBP 38.99
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History on Film/Film on History

History on Film/Film on History

History on Film/Film on History has established itself as a classic treatise on the historical film and its role in bringing the past to life. In the fourth edition of this widely acclaimed text Robert A. Rosenstone argues that to leave history films out of the discussion of the meaning of the past is to ignore a major means of understanding historical events. This book examines what history films convey about the past and how they convey it demonstrating the need to learn how to read and understand this new visual world and integrating detailed analysis of films such as Schindler’s List Glory October and Reds. Advocating for the dramatic feature as a legitimate way of doing history this edition includes a new Preface and a new chapter that focuses on films produced in Latin America Africa the Middle East India and East Asia. Examining the codes and conventions of how these films tell us about the past and providing guidance on how to effectively analyse films as historical interpretations this book is an essential introduction to the field for students of history and film.

GBP 32.99
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History on Film/Film on History

History on Film/Film on History

History on Film/Film on History has established itself as a classic treatise on the historical film and its role in bringing the past to life. In the third edition of this widely acclaimed text Robert A. Rosenstone argues that to leave history films out of the discussion of the meaning of the past is to ignore a major means of understanding historical events. This book examines what history films convey about the past and how they convey it demonstrating the need to learn how to read and understand this new visual world and integrating detailed analysis of films such as Schindler’s List Glory October and Reds. Advocating for the dramatic feature as a legitimate way of doing history this edition includes a new introduction a revised final chapter a new epilogue that discusses recent history films such as Selma and The Imitation Game and an extensive and updated guide to further reading. Examining the codes and conventions of how these films tell us about the past and providing guidance on how to effectively analyse films as historical interpretations this book is an essential introduction to the field for students of history and film.

GBP 38.99
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Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers Focus on the Fundamentals

Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers Focus on the Fundamentals

Sharing your kitchen concoctions on your personal food blog has never been as popular as it is right now but if you've ever had trouble getting your tasty temptations to look like pretty plates on camera you know how difficult it can be to take amazing pictures of food. Matt Armendariz of Mattbites food blog fame shares his experiences and best practices for creating wonderful food photos in Focus On Food Photography for Bloggers. Written specifically for you the blogger Matt discusses the ins and outs of equipment lighting composition propping sparking your inspiration and getting creative all with what you have on hand at home! Learn how to avoid common pitfalls with foods that are notoriously camera shy how to successfully snap your dinner at a restaurant as well as on your kitchen table and how to style your food with what you have in your cupboards. He also includes advice on post-processing posting and protecting your prized images. As well as on his blog Matt's photography has been featured in The Skinny Bitch Cookbook on Martha Stewart Paula Deen's Best Dishes and Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen along with numerous food magazines and newspapers. Let this seasoned blogger give your food photography the boost it needs to really make your readers salivate! | Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers Focus on the Fundamentals

GBP 145.00
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On Animation Set

On Animation Set

On Animation: The Director's Perspective is a collection of interviews with 21 animated feature-film directors. These extensive interviews were conducted over the past several years by filmmakers and educators (and peers to the directors interviewd) Tom Sito and Bill Kroyer. Interviews cover in-depth discussion of each director's career - focusing on their creative development their films lesson learned and advice. The interviews were edited and produced by Ron Diamond. Key Features Interviews with the greatest living legends in animation Offers profound insight into the creative process of these giants Grants advice and lessons for inspiring animators | On Animation Set

GBP 82.99
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Leadership on the China Coast

Leadership on the China Coast

Originally published in 1984 Leadership on the China Coast brings together four independent empirical studies of leadership exercised on China’s southern coastland. Written by academics from across several disciplines the book presents a wealth of research on methods of constructing authority in China and on informal politics as a process integrated with formal bureaucratic administrations in which idiosyncratic leadership operates on all levels under shared ideological and legal constraints. Leadership on the China Coast will appeal to those with an interest in the social and political history of China.

GBP 27.99
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The American System Speeches on the Tariff Question and on Internal Improvements

The American System Speeches on the Tariff Question and on Internal Improvements

Andrew Stewart (1791-1872) advocated protectionist policies for nearly two decades in the House of Representatives gaining national renown as Chairman of the House Committees on the Tariff and Internal Improvements in the 1820s. Many of Stewart’s congressional speeches on economic doctrine were reproduced in full by newspapers and he himself collected into one volume reproduced here all his speeches relating to tariffs. They demonstrate his belief in protectionism in the necessity in his eyes of protective tariffs so as to enable American capitalists catch up with their British counterparts. | The American System Speeches on the Tariff Question and on Internal Improvements

GBP 31.99
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Studies on Ancient Christianity

Studies on Ancient Christianity

This third collection of articles by Henry Chadwick brings together a series of studies on Augustine written in light of the new texts now available and on other individual Christian authors of antiquity in other words of the age when Christianity was acquiring its now familiar shape. A number of papers published here appear in print for the first time or make accessible to English readers studies which first saw the light in German. These include a substantial discussion of the idea of conscience important in the highly ethical context of early Christianity and a study of ancient anthologies and are complemented by other essays on general themes in the history of the early Church. | Studies on Ancient Christianity

GBP 28.99
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On Freud’s “The Uncanny”

On Freud’s “The Uncanny”

On Freud’s The Uncanny explores Freud’s 1919 essay of the same name and elaboration of the concept of the uncanny and how others or ‘the Other’ can impact on our selves. Catalina Bronstein and Christian Seulin bring together contributions from renowned psychoanalysts from different theoretical backgrounds revisiting Freud’s ideas 100 years after they were first published and providing new perspectives that can inform clinical practice as well as shape the teaching of psychoanalysis. Covering key topics such as drives clinical work the psychoanalytic frame and the influence of Ferenczi On Freud’s The Uncanny will be useful for anyone wishing to understand the continued importance of the uncanny in contemporary psychoanalysis. | On Freud’s “The Uncanny”

GBP 36.99
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Conversations on Empathy Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Imagination and Radical Othering

Conversations on Empathy Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Imagination and Radical Othering

In the aftermath of a global pandemic amidst new and ongoing wars genocide inequality and staggering ecological collapse some in the public and political arena have argued that we are in desperate need of greater empathy — be this with our neighbours refugees war victims the vulnerable or disappearing animal and plant species. This interdisciplinary volume asks the crucial questions: How does a better understanding of empathy contribute if at all to our understanding of others? How is it implicated in the ways we perceive understand and constitute others as subjects? Conversations on Empathy examines how empathy might be enacted and experienced either as a way to highlight forms of otherness or instead to overcome what might otherwise appear to be irreducible differences. It explores the ways in which empathy enables us to understand imagine and create sameness and otherness in our everyday intersubjective encounters focusing on a varied range of radical others – others who are perceived as being dramatically different from oneself. With a focus on the importance of empathy to understand difference the book contends that the role of empathy is critical now more than ever for thinking about local and global challenges of interconnectedness care and justice. | Conversations on Empathy Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Imagination and Radical Othering

GBP 120.00
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