Tracy (psychology, U. of British Columbia, Canada) et al. compile 24 chapters that examine the self-conscious emotions that regulate and motivate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors: embarrassment, guil
Using provocative thought experiments as examples, the author offers an original theory of consciousness, arguing that it cannot be explained by the brain's physiology, and shows how his theory could
What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These que
Metafiction begins by surveying the state of contemporary fiction in Britain and America and explores the complex political, social and economic factors which influence critical judgment of fiction. T
The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurop
The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive science. Synthesizing decades of research,The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neuroph
Pitcher (Latin American studies, Bennington College) believes that contemporary critics of Latin American literature are short sighted and confined to a single frame of reference. He proposes a new me
The exploration of the direct experience of healing and of the divine through the witnessing of movement becoming conscious. ??? Uses sample sessions and descriptive theory to explain the discipline.
"Presents findings from quantum physics, chaos theory, biology, and neuroscience that support a new conception of human potential. It includes practical suggestions for enhancing family, school and so
Anthropology is a discipline very conscious of its history, and Alan Barnard has written a clear, balanced and judicious textbook that surveys the historical contexts of the great debates and traces the genealogies of theories and schools of thought. It also considers the problems involved in assessing these theories. The book covers the precursors of anthropology; evolutionism in all its guises; diffusionism and culture area theories, functionalism and structural-functionalism; action-centred theories; processual and Marxist perspectives; the many faces of relativism, structuralism and post-structuralism; and recent interpretive and postmodernist viewpoints.
