In the American mind, state subsidization of writers and artists was long associated with monarchies and, in later years, socialist states
First published in the 1980s, The Political Psychology of Appeasement contains some of the most influential political journalism of the 1970s
This book traces the major stages in the evolution of the sociological concept of marginality, highlighting in particular the contribution made by Gino Germani
This book addresses nothingness as not only the intangible presence of an emotional, cultural, social, or even political void that is felt on an existential level, but has some solid foundations in reality
In this work, originally published in Dutch, Rik Smits theorizes that language could not have developed originally as a system of communication
The Future of Mental Health drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide receive unwarranted "mental disorder diagnoses
Years of Upheaval discusses 'Axial periods' in history; years that witnessed such fundamental reversals in history as to make the world turn upside down and inaugurate a new era. Raphael Israeli sees the post-1989 period as such a period in Islam.
Vladimir Mikhailovitch Bekhterev was a pioneering Russian neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychologist
The Promise of Reconciliation? explores the relationship between violence, nonviolence, and reconciliation in... Læs mere
This is a collection of critical essays that integrate literature and ideas
How would Socrates and Plato react to a modern world where secularism and religious fundamentalism are growing while... Læs mere
The Politics of Energy Research and Development examines and evaluates U