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This book shows how self-improvement culture became so toxic—and why we need both a new concept of the self and a mission... Læs mere
Paul Thagard explores the physiological workings and metaphorical resonance of balance in the brain, the body, and society. Bridging philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, Balance shows how an unheralded concept’s many meanings illuminate the human condition.
The Analyst is an intimate and searching portrait of Milton Wexler, written by his daughter, an acclaimed historian. Alice Wexler illuminates her father’s intense private... Læs mere
Is immersion just another name for enclosure? In this groundbreaking analysis of virtual reality in Japan, Paul Roquet uncovers how the technology is reshaping the politics of labor, gender, home, and nation.
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