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Bion’s Theory of Dreams A Visionary Model of the Mind

Bion’s Theory of Dreams A Visionary Model of the Mind

Through a richly detailed close reading of Wilfred R. Bion’s work on dreaming as scattered across multifarious and largely unworked texts this book argues that Bion’s thinking can form a unified theory of dreams which extends and has further implications as a visionary model of the mind. The central quality of Bion's visionary model of the mind is the belief that all that is interesting in the human mind pulsates with an unreadably complex dynamic beyond the unknown the unknowable and the unthinkable. However rather than interpreting this negatively the author understands the inevitable unknowability of the human mind as a call to perplexity and wonder which actively encourages the intuition of fundamental insights into who and what determines our internal lives. A major implication of this belief is that psychoanalysis is itself essentially about the unknown and Monteiro generates informed observations about how this may influence psychoanalytic work. Providing renewed insight into psychoanalytical understandings of dreams this book is essential reading for any psychoanalyst wishing to broaden their knowledge of the importance of Wilfred R. Bion’s dream work. | Bion’s Theory of Dreams A Visionary Model of the Mind

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A Couple State of Mind Psychoanalysis of Couples and the Tavistock Relationships Model

A Couple State of Mind Psychoanalysis of Couples and the Tavistock Relationships Model

A Couple State of Mind is a much anticipated book aimed at an international audience of practitioners students and teachers of psychoanalytic couple therapy describes the Tavistock Relationships model of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy drawing on both historical and contemporary ideas including the author’s own theoretical contributions. The book references contemporary influences of other psychoanalytic approaches to couples particularly from an international perspective. It will be invaluable for all students learning about psychoanalytic work with couples for other psychoanalytic practitioners interested in this field. | A Couple State of Mind Psychoanalysis of Couples and the Tavistock Relationships Model

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The Omnipotent State of Mind Psychoanalytic Perspectives

The Omnipotent State of Mind Psychoanalytic Perspectives

This book presents an examination and exploration of the concept of omnipotence its qualities and expression as a psychic state its origins in the psyche and its appearance in the psychoanalytic process and in society. Linked with narcissism but underdeveloped as a concept in its own right omnipotence is explored in this book from a range of psychoanalytic perspectives including its positive value in normal development through to its potential as a destructive element in the personality. The Omnipotent State of Mind is presented in five parts each exploring a specific theme. The contributors explore omnipotence in infants children adolescents and adults consider why it is so difficult to give up and examine how the omnipotent state of mind is expressed in culture and society. The range of attitudes towards omnipotence within different psychoanalytic traditions is represented by the international selection of contributors. The Omnipotent State of Mind will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training to psychoanalytic psychotherapists and to other professionals interested in omnipotent states of mind. | The Omnipotent State of Mind Psychoanalytic Perspectives

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An Architecture of the Mind A Psychological Foundation for the Science of Everyday Life

An Architecture of the Mind A Psychological Foundation for the Science of Everyday Life

An Architecture of the Mind proposes a mathematically logical and rigorous theory of lived experience and a comprehensive and coherent theory of psychology. It is also remarkably simple. Building on the core proposition that the mind is a network structure it proposes a theory of the psychological process as operating within and upon that structure and a theory of behaviour as determined by that process. The theory presents a view of the mind which reveals a new perspective on the process of reasoning in thinking and how it may coexist with processes more akin to simple rule-following and computation. It allows us to understand the role and influence of social influences in the psychological process by revealing their role in and influence on mental networks. It reveals the place of motivations in the psyche as complexes in mental networks from whence aesthetics preference and value judgements arise and demonstrates their necessity for behaviour. This book is especially useful for the perspective it offers on behavioural change. It reveals the conditions under which traditional economic theories of incentives will be appropriate and the conditions under which they will not be. This book draws on psychology social science cultural science neuroscience and economics to offer an interdisciplinary contribution which resists the tendency for disciplines to become over-specialised and fragmented. It will be of interest to any interested in the functioning of the human mind and the government of human behaviour. | An Architecture of the Mind A Psychological Foundation for the Science of Everyday Life

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The Japanese in the Western Mind A Psychological History of the Cultural Other

The Japanese in the Western Mind A Psychological History of the Cultural Other

This fascinating book is an insightful exploration of Western perceptions and representations of Japanese culture and society drawing on social and cultural psychological ideas around stereotypes and intercultural relations. Hinton considers how the West views the Japanese as an ideologically different “other” and proposes a cultural theory of stereotypes from which to explore Western observations of the Japanese. The book explores Western socio-cultural representations of the Japanese alongside Edward Said’s well-known theory of Orientalism. It examines the West’s intercultural relationship with Japan and how this has changed over time to show how the Japanese have been represented in the Western mind throughout history to the present day. Hinton argues that our view of other cultures is based on our own cultural expectations which involve complex issues of meaning-making and perceived cultural differences. This book foregrounds the research through accounts of Westerners about the Japanese to reveal how cultural representations can influence the ways in which people from different cultures communicate in interaction and how intercultural understanding or misunderstanding can arise. By reflecting on the changing Western representations of the Japanese and how and why these have emerged this book will be of interest to students academics and general readers interested in stereotypes cultural psychology intercultural communication anthropology and Japanese culture and history. | The Japanese in the Western Mind A Psychological History of the Cultural Other

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Psychoanalysis and the Mind-Body Problem

Psychoanalysis and the Mind-Body Problem

Winner of the 2022 NAAP Gradiva Award for Best Edited Book In this volume internationally acclaimed psychoanalysts philosophers and scholars of humanities examine the mind-body problem and provide differing analyses on the nature of mind unconscious structure mental properties qualia and the contours of consciousness. Given that disciplines from the humanities and the social sciences to neuroscience cannot agree upon the nature of consciousness—from what constitutes psychic reality to mental properties psychoanalysis has a unique perspective that is largely ignored by mainstream paradigms. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the mind-body problem in various psychoanalytic schools of thought including philosophical and metapsychological points of view. Psychoanalysis and the Mind-Body Problem will be of interest to psychoanalysts philosophers neuroscientists evolutionary biologists academics and those generally interested in the humanities cognitive science and the philosophy of mind.

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The Biological Mind A Philosophical Introduction

The Biological Mind A Philosophical Introduction

For some biology explains all there is to know about the mind. Yet many big questions remain: Is the mind shaped by genes or the environment? If mental traits are the result of adaptations built up over thousands of years as evolutionary psychologists claim how can such claims be tested? If the mind is a machine as biologists argue how does it allow for something as complex as human thought? Revised and updated to take account of new developments in the field The Biological Mind: A Philosophical Introduction explores these questions and more using the philosophy of biology to introduce and assess the nature of the mind. Justin Garson addresses the following key topics: moral psychology altruism and levels of selection; evolutionary psychology and the adaptationism debate; genes environment and the nature–nurture debate; natural selection and mental representation; psychiatric classification and the maladapted mind. This second edition includes three new chapters on race sex and human nature as well as new sections on group and kin selection psychological altruism and cultural evolution. Including chapter summaries annotated further readings a glossary of terms and examples and case studies throughout this is an indispensable introduction for those teaching philosophy of mind philosophy of psychology and philosophy of biology. It will also be an excellent resource for those in related fields such as biology. | The Biological Mind A Philosophical Introduction

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Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages The History of the Philosophy of Mind Volume 4

Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages The History of the Philosophy of Mind Volume 4

The early modern period is arguably the most pivotal of all in the study of the mind teeming with a variety of conceptions of mind. Some of these posed serious questions for assumptions about the nature of the mind many of which still depended on notions of the soul and God. It is an era that witnessed the emergence of theories and arguments that continue to animate the study of philosophy of mind such as dualism vitalism materialism and idealism. Covering pivotal figures in philosophy such as Descartes Hobbes Kant Leibniz Cavendish and Spinoza Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages provides an outstanding survey of philosophy of mind of the period. Following an introduction by Rebecca Copenhaver sixteen specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors discuss key topics thinkers and debates including:Hobbes Descartes’ philosophy of mind and its early critics consciousness the later Cartesians Malebranche Cavendish Locke Spinoza Descartes and Leibniz perception and sensation desires mental substance and mental activity Hume andKant. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind enlightenment philosophy and the history of philosophy Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages is also a valuable resource for those in related disciplines such as religion history of psychology and history of science. | Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages The History of the Philosophy of Mind Volume 4

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Understanding Mental Disorders A Philosophical Approach to the Medicine of the Mind

Understanding Mental Disorders A Philosophical Approach to the Medicine of the Mind

Understanding Mental Disorders aims to help current and future psychiatrists and those who work with them to think critically about the ethical conceptual and methodological questions that are raised by the theory and practice of psychiatry. It considers questions that concern the mind’s relationship to the brain the origins of our norms for thinking and behavior and the place of psychiatry in medicine and in society more generally. With a focus on the current debates around psychiatry’s diagnostic categories the authors ask where these categories come from if psychiatry should be looking to find new categories that are based more immediately on observations of the brain and whether psychiatrists need to employ any diagnostic categories at all. The book is a unique guide for readers who want to think carefully about the mind mental disorders and the practice of psychiatric medicine. | Understanding Mental Disorders A Philosophical Approach to the Medicine of the Mind

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The Mind of the Qur’ān Chapters in Reflection

The Mind of the Qur’ān Chapters in Reflection

Originally published in 1973 this volume consists of a sequence of essays in religious thinking responsive to the impact of Quranic style and emphasis. It traces the implications of the Qur’ān in the related fields of man and history evil and forgiveness unity and worship wonder and the hallowing of the world. It does so with a critical eye for the classical commentators three of whom are translated here in their exegesis of three important Surahs. The underlying emphasis of this book is inter-religious converse and responsibility in the contemporary world. | The Mind of the Qur’ān Chapters in Reflection

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Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries The History of the Philosophy of Mind Volume 6

Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries The History of the Philosophy of Mind Volume 6

While the philosophical study of mind has always required philosophers to attend to the scientific developments of their day from the twentieth century onwards it has been especially influenced and informed by psychology neuroscience and computer science. Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries provides an outstanding survey of the most prominent themes in twentieth-century and contemporary philosophy of mind. It also looks to the future offering cautious predictions about developments in the field in the years to come. Following an introduction by Amy Kind twelve specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors discuss key topics thinkers and debates including:the phenomenological tradition the mind–body problem theories of consciousness theories of perception theories of personal identity mental causation intentionality Wittgenstein and his legacy cognitive science andfuture directions for philosophy of mind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychology Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries is also a valuable resource for those in related disciplines such as psychology and cognitive science. | Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries The History of the Philosophy of Mind Volume 6

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Madkind The Origin and Development of the Mind

Madkind The Origin and Development of the Mind

First published in 1962 the original blurb reads: ‘This provocative book explores the whole range of human thought conduct and beliefs. Commencing with primitive man and his superstitions it goes on to study our present-day cultural institutions customs ritual and other behaviour upon which we pride ourselves. All of these are shown to have identical primitive mechanisms and to be subjectively determined without reference to scientific knowledge. These delusions are shown to be mostly undesirable and harmful and the author goes on to state that only objective thinking scientifically based can lead to any ultimate good. The later chapters contain an aetiological study of the mind. The author states If we can consider the human mind in the light of its origin and development we may better appreciate its basic nature and its inevitable limitations. The subject matter is amply illustrated with clinical examples in Dr Berg’s usual lively style. This book is one which will affect all readers. None of us is immune from delusions however much we may delude ourselves to the contrary and the presentation of these truths will to some of us seem shocking in the extreme. ’ Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context. | Madkind The Origin and Development of the Mind

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Working in the Dark Understanding the pre-suicide state of mind

Working in the Dark Understanding the pre-suicide state of mind

Working in the Dark focuses on the authors’ understanding of an individual’s pre-suicide state of mind based on their work with many suicidal individuals with special attention to those who attempted suicide while in treatment. The book explores how to listen to a suicidal individual’s history the nature of their primary relationships and their conscious and unconscious communications. Campbell and Hale address the searing emotional impact on relatives friends and those involved with a person who tries to kill themself by offering advice on the management of a suicide attempt and how to follow up in the aftermath. Establishing key concepts such as suicide fantasy and pre-suicidal states in adolescents the book illustrates the pre-suicide state of mind through clinical vignettes case studies reflections from those in recovery and discussions with professionals. Working in the Dark will be of interest to social workers probation officers nurses psychologists counsellors psychotherapists psychoanalysts and doctors who work with those who have attempted suicide or are about to do so. | Working in the Dark Understanding the pre-suicide state of mind

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Neuroscience and Psychology of Meditation in Everyday Life Searching for the Essence of Mind

Neuroscience and Psychology of Meditation in Everyday Life Searching for the Essence of Mind

Neuroscience and Psychology of Meditation in Everyday Life addresses essential and timely questions about the research and practice of meditation as a path to realization of human potential for health and well-being. Balancing practical content and scientific theory the book discusses long-term effects of six meditation practices: mindfulness compassion visualization-based meditation techniques dream yoga insight-based meditation and abiding in the existential ground of experience. Each chapter provides advice on how to embed these techniques into everyday activities together with considerations about underlying changes in the mind and brain based on latest research evidence. This book is essential reading for professionals applying meditation-based techniques in their work and researchers in the emerging field of contemplative science. The book will also be of value to practitioners of meditation seeking to further their practice and understand associated changes in the mind and brain. | Neuroscience and Psychology of Meditation in Everyday Life Searching for the Essence of Mind

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The Elusive Mind

The Elusive Mind

First published in 1969 The Elusive Mind argues that the mental processes are of a quite different nature from physical ones and belong to an entity which is elusive in the sense that it can only be known in the first instance by each person in his own case in the course of having any kind of experience. This ‘elusive’ self is much involved with the body in any conditions we know but it could also survive the dissolution of the body. The views of thinkers like Ryle Hampshire Malcolm Feigl and Ayer are subjected to an exceptionally close and critical scrutiny. In presenting these views the author offers us the substance of the first series of Gifford Lectures he delivered in the University of Edinburgh; and in what he says on such topics as dreaming; mysticism; and the ‘I-Thou’ relation and on Christian Theology. This book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of philosophy philosophy of mind ethics and religion.

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W. R. Bion’s Theories of Mind A Contemporary Introduction

W. R. Bion’s Theories of Mind A Contemporary Introduction

Annie Reiner’s introduction to Wilfred Bion’s theories of mind presents Bion’s intricate ideas in an accessible original way without compromising their complexity. Reiner uses comparisons to painting literature and philosophy and detailed clinical examples to provide an experience of Bion’s work that can be felt as well as thought. The book explores many of Bion’s theoretical and clinical innovations and examines the controversy surrounding his concept of O. Reiner provides evidence of a continuity between Bion’s early ideas and his later more esoteric work. W. R. Bion’s Theories of Mind will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic candidates as well as students of psychoanalytic and psychological history and anyone looking for a readable introduction to Bion’s work. | W. R. Bion’s Theories of Mind A Contemporary Introduction

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Working Memory and Language in the Modular Mind

Working Memory and Language in the Modular Mind

The book explores two fundamental aspects of the human mind and their relation to one another. The first is the way that information is put to use in the mind. When we are doing a mental arithmetic problem for example how do we bring the relevant bits of information to mind and hold them there while carrying out the series of calculations? This is working memory the subject of an enormous research literature in psychology neuroscience and a great many other disciplines. Characterizing the working memory process is now a major part of efforts to understand the human mind. How we characterize this process depends of course on how we characterize the human mind as a whole. In particular is the mind made up of a number of distinct units each carrying out a specialized function? There is considerable reason to say that it is and this modular view of the mind has become prominent in a great deal of academic work notably in cognitive neuroscience with important implications for our understanding of how working memory works. But these implications have received surprisingly little consideration to this point. The aim of the book is to explore this relation between working memory and modularity first in general terms and then using a specific modular view of the mind – the Modular Cognition Framework. The ideas are illustrated and further developed through an application to language and especially second language acquisition and use. | Working Memory and Language in the Modular Mind

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Philosophy of Mind A Contemporary Introduction

Philosophy of Mind A Contemporary Introduction

The book is intended as a reader-friendly introduction to issues in the philosophy of mind including mental–physical causal interaction computational models of thought the relation minds bear to brains and assorted -isms: behaviorism dualism eliminativism emergentism functionalism materialism neutral monism and panpsychism. The Fourth Edition reintroduces a chapter on Donald Davidson and a discussion of ‘Non-Cartesian Dualism’ along with a wholly new chapter on emergence and panpsychism. A concluding chapter draws together material in earlier chapters and offers what the author regards as a plausible account of the mind’s place in nature. Suggested readings at the conclusion of each chapter have been updated with a focus on accessible non-technical material. Key Features of the Fourth Edition Includes a new chapter 'Emergence and Panpsychism' (Chapter 13) reflecting growing interest in these areas Reintroduces and updates a chapter on Donald Davidson 'Radical Interpretation' (Chapter 8) which was excised from the previous edition Updates 'Descartes' Legacy' (Chapter 3) to include a discussion of E. J. Lowe's arresting 'Non-Cartesian Dualism' also removed from the previous edition Includes a highly revised final chapter which draws together much of the previous material and sketches a plausible account of the mind’s place in nature Updated 'Suggested Reading' lists at the end of each chapter | Philosophy of Mind A Contemporary Introduction

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Problems of Mind Descartes to Wittgenstein

Problems of Mind Descartes to Wittgenstein

First published in 1972 Problems of Mind begins with a consideration of the view that the human mind is an immaterial thing that does not require corporeal embodiment for its operations. It takes up the conception that inner experiences are strictly identical with brain processes. The book also deals exclusively with the doctrine called Logical Behaviourism which will always possess a compelling attraction for anyone who is perplexed by the psychological concepts who has become aware of the worthlessness of an appeal to introspection as an account of how we learn those concepts and who has no inclination to identify mind with brain. The three most plausible theories of mind-body dualism mind-brain monism and behaviourism are all rejected and nothing is set forth as the true theory. Norman Malcolm states that this is 'only a drop in the bucket. It will serve its purpose if it leads the reader into the writings of Wittgenstein who is easily the most important figure in the philosophy of mind. ’ Problems of Mind will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of philosophy of mind ethics logic and philosophy in general. | Problems of Mind Descartes to Wittgenstein

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Philosophy of Mind An Introduction

Philosophy of Mind An Introduction

Developments in the philosophy of mind over the last 20 years have dramatically changed the nature of the subject. In this major new introduction Tim Bayne presents an outstanding overview of many of the key topics problems and debates taking account not only of changes in philosophy of mind itself but also of important developments in the scientific study of the mind. The following topics are discussed in depth: What distinguishes a physicalist conception of the mind? Behaviourism the identity theory functionalism and eliminativism as accounts of the mental The nature of perception including the issue of perceptual transparency the admissible contents of perception and the question of unconscious perception The nature of thought including the language of thought hypothesis Searle’s Chinese room argument and the Turing test The basis of intentional content Externalist accounts of content and the ‘extended mind’ thesis Consciousness-based objections to physicalism and illusionist and panpsychist conceptions of consciousness Theories of consciousness including methodological issues in the study of consciousness Mental causation including both philosophical and scientific challenges The problem(s) of other minds including knowledge of non-human minds Self-knowledge Personal identity and the nature of the self The book features a number of boxes that provide a more in-depth look at particular issues. Also included are chapter summaries guides to further reading and a helpful glossary of terms. Written by a leading figure in the field Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction is an invaluable core text for any student coming to philosophy of mind for the first time. | Philosophy of Mind An Introduction

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The Phenomenological Mind

The Phenomenological Mind

The Phenomenological Mind Third Edition introduces fundamental questions about the mind from the perspective of phenomenology. One of the outstanding books in the field now translated into eight languages this highly regarded exploration of phenomenology from a topic-driven standpoint examines the following key questions and issues: what is phenomenology? phenomenology and the cognitive sciences consciousness and self-consciousness time and consciousness intentionality and perception the embodied mind action knowledge of other minds situated and extended minds phenomenology and personal identity. This third edition has been revised and updated throughout. The chapter on phenomenological methodologies has been significantly expanded to cover qualitative research and there are new sections discussing important recent research on topics such as critical phenomenology imagination social cognition race and gender collective intentionality and selfhood. Also included are helpful features such as chapter summaries guides to further reading and boxed explanations of specialized topics making The Phenomenological Mind Third Edition an ideal introduction to key concepts in phenomenology cognitive science and philosophy of mind.

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The Disordered Mind

The Disordered Mind

The Disordered Mind Third Edition is a wide-ranging introduction to the philosophy of mental disorder or illness. It examines and explains from a philosophical standpoint what mental disorder is: Its reality causes consequences compassionate treatment and more. Revised and updated throughout the third edition includes enhanced discussions of the distinction between mental health and illness selfhood and delusions about the self impairments of basic psychological capacities in mental disorder and the distinct roles that mental causation and neural mechanisms play in mental illness. The book is organized around four questions: • What is a mental disorder or illness? • What makes mental disorder something bad? • What are various mental disorders and what do they tell us about the mind? • What is mental health and how may it be restored? Numerous disorders are discussed including addiction agoraphobia delusion depression dissociative identity disorder obsession-compulsion schizophrenia and religious scrupulosity among others. Several neurological disorders are examined. Various problems associated with DSM-5 and with psychiatric diagnosis are explored. Including chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading The Disordered Mind is an ideal text for courses in philosophy and should appeal to not just philosophers but to readers in cognitive science psychology psychiatry and related mental health professions.

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The Foundations of Marketing Practice A history of book marketing in Germany

The Foundations of Marketing Practice A history of book marketing in Germany

Between 1815 and 1890 the German book market experienced phenomenal growth driven by German publishers’ dynamic entrepreneurial attitude towards developing and distributing books. Embracing aggressive marketing on a large scale they developed a growing sense of what their markets wanted. This study based almost entirely upon primary sources including over seventy years of trade newspapers is an in depth account of how and why this market developed—decades before there was any written theory about marketing. This book is therefore about both marketing practice and marketing theory. It provides a uniquely well-researched account of how markets were developed in very sophisticated ways long before there was a formal discipline of marketing: for example German publishers used segmentation at least 150 years before the first US articles on the subject appeared. Much of their experience was also shared by the UK and US book markets through international interactions between booksellers and other businessmen. All scholars of marketing will find this historical account a fascinating insight into markets and marketing This will also be of interest to social historians scholars of German history book trade and book trade historians. | The Foundations of Marketing Practice A history of book marketing in Germany

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