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Man the Hunter

Man the Hunter

Man the Hunter is a collection of papers presented at a symposium on research done among the hunting and gathering peoples of the world. Ethnographic studies increasingly contribute substantial amounts of new data on hunter-gatherers and are rapidly changing our concept of Man the Hunter. Social anthropologists generally have been reappraising the basic concepts of descent fi liation residence and group structure. This book presents new data on hunters and clarifi es a series of conceptual issues among social anthropologists as a necessary background to broader discussions with archaeologists biologists and students of human evolution.

GBP 140.00
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The Man Farthest Down

The Man Farthest Down

The Man Farthest Down represents an early contribution to the study of comparative social systems. Its treatment of life in the East European shtetls is as moving as the analysis of ghetto life in America. In his new introduction to this edition Drake illustrates the intellectual camaraderie shared between Park and Washington in their studies of race. Drake also details their individual observations philosophies and activities in both their academic and political lives.

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Thomas S. Szasz The Man and His Ideas

Thomas S. Szasz The Man and His Ideas

As it entered the 1960s American institutional psychiatry was thriving with a high percentage of medical students choosing the field. But after Thomas S. Szasz published his masterwork in 1961 The Myth of Mental Illness the psychiatric world was thrown into chaos. Szasz enlightened the world about what he called the “myth of mental illness. ” His point was not that no one is mentally ill or that people labeled as mentally ill do not exist. Instead he believed that diagnosing people as mentally ill was inconsistent with the rules governing pathology and the classification of disease. He asserted that the diagnosis of mental illness is a type of social control not medical science. The editors were uniquely close to Szasz and here they gather for the first time a group of their peers—experts on psychiatry psychology rhetoric and semiotics—to elucidate Szasz’s body of work. Thomas S. Szasz: The Man and His Ideas examines his work and legacy including new material on the man himself and the seeds he planted. They discuss Szasz’s impact on their thinking about the distinction between physical and mental illness addiction the insanity plea schizophrenia and implications for individual freedom and responsibility. This important volume offers insight into and understanding of a man whose ideas were far beyond his time. | Thomas S. Szasz The Man and His Ideas

GBP 145.00
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The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

In The End of Economic Man long recognized as a cornerstone work Peter F. Drucker explains and interprets fascism and Nazism as fundamental revolutions. In some ways this book anticipated by more than a decade the existentialism that came to dominate the European political mood in the postwar period. Drucker provides a special addition to the massive literature on existentialism and alienation since World War II. The End of Economic Man is a social and political effort to explain the subjective consequences of the social upheavals caused by warfare. Drucker concentrates on one specific historical event: the breakdown of the social and political structure of Europe which culminated in the rise of Nazi totalitarianism to mastery over Europe. He explains the tragedy of Europe as the loss of political faith resulting from the political alienation of the European masses. The End of Economic Man is a book of great social import. It shows not only what might have helped the older generation avert the catastrophe of Nazism but also how today's generation can prevent another such catastrophe. This work will be of special interest to political scientists intellectual historians and sociologists. The book was singled out for praise on both sides of the Atlantic and is considered by the author to be his most prescient effort in social theory. | The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

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The Man behind the Beard Deneys Schreiner a South African Liberal Life

The Man behind the Beard Deneys Schreiner a South African Liberal Life

Deneys Schreiner was an academic a scientist and a man of strong liberal principles with a good sense of humor and widespread interests in the sciences arts and public affairs. In his steady way he transformed the University of Natal and the community around it. Between the 1960s and 1980s Schreiner supported and initiated several endeavors to promote constitutional futures other than those imposed by the apartheid government. One of the most significant was the Buthelezi Commission which he chaired. This biography sets out the context of the times in which Schreiner lived and his life from his ancestors to his tenure as Vice-Principal. This book is created with extensive archival research supported by interviews with family members former colleagues friends and journalists. Schreiner was a man who made a considerable contribution to the struggle for democracy in South Africa. And then there is the story of his beard once described as a potent symbol of his presence and implacable integrity. Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa. | The Man behind the Beard Deneys Schreiner a South African Liberal Life

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Black Man Emerging Facing the Past and Seizing a Future in America

Black Man Emerging Facing the Past and Seizing a Future in America

In the face of centuries of institutional and interpersonal racism in light of the signals they receive from society and given the choices they must make about what they want from life and how to go about getting it-how can Black men in America realize their full potential? In Black Man Emerging psychologists Joseph L. White and James H. Cones III fashion a moving psychological and social portrait that reflects their personal views on the struggle of Black men against oppression and for self-determination. Using numerous case histories and biographical sketches of Black men who have failed and those who have prevailed the authors describe strategies for responding to racism and entrenched power-underscoring the healing capacity of religion family Black consciousness movements mentorships educational programs paid employment and other positive forces. They also explore the concept of identity as it applies to being Black and male and ithe influence of Black men on American culture. Black Man Emerging is a poignant and personal discussion of the issues facing and felt by Black men in this country and an important commentary on the conflicts born of human diversity. | Black Man Emerging Facing the Past and Seizing a Future in America

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The Social Role of the Man of Knowledge

The Social Role of the Man of Knowledge

In this seminal contribution to the sociology of knowledge first published in 1940 Florian Znaniecki develops a typology of the variety of specific social roles that scholars have played and investigates the normative patterns that govern their behavior. A central tool for the investigation of these problems is the notion of “social circle” the audience to which intellectuals address themselves. Znaniecki shows that thinkers do not speak to the total society but address selected segments and markets. Specific social circles bestow recognition provide material or psychic support and help shape the self-image of the thinker. | The Social Role of the Man of Knowledge

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The Moulding of Modern Man A Psychologist's View of Information Persuasion and Mental Coercion Today

The Moulding of Modern Man A Psychologist's View of Information Persuasion and Mental Coercion Today

First published in 1961 The Moulding of Modern Man discusses views of the nature and boundaries of the Self its relation to the physical world and to human beings real and imagined with reference to procedures training ‘space men’ to travel alone or in company deprived of the assurances of sight sound even weight. It discusses methods of publicity and advertising of overtly or covertly influencing motives subception or subliminal persuasion and techniques of ‘thought reform’ often vaguely termed character training and more confusingly ‘brain-washing’. Other topical subjects are conflicting loyalties with special reference to the moral problems of scientists; the social significance in different countries of intellectuals and anti-intellectuals; the effects of mass culture upon the individual’s beliefs tastes and opinions; the role of the Organization Man in Britain; the concepts of ‘face’ and ‘prestige’ in groups and nations; and conflicting ideas of progress maintained by contemporary thinkers in ‘two cultures’. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy and psychology. | The Moulding of Modern Man A Psychologist's View of Information Persuasion and Mental Coercion Today

GBP 90.00
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The Blind Man Sees Freud's Awakening and Other Essays

The Blind Man Sees Freud's Awakening and Other Essays

The papers in this book have been written over a period of fifteen years and focus in the similarity between psychoanalysis and religion. The author argues that psychoanalysis can be seen as a scientific religion with Freud as the leader of the movement. He examines the various stages of the journey made by a religious leader from blindness to founding an institution and finds counterparts in the development of psychoanalysis while drawing examples from Buddhism Christianity and Islam. He invites the reader on a journey with him - to examine the human mind our society the process of psychoanalysis science and philosophy. He successfully uses examples from the consulting room to illuminate his arguments. The author's honest accounts of the search for answers relevant to all of us encourage the reader to think further and deeper than he or she had intended. 'The psychoanalyst examines scientifically the emotional pattern in himself and the other. | The Blind Man Sees Freud's Awakening and Other Essays

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The Man on Horseback The Role of the Military in Politics

The Man on Horseback The Role of the Military in Politics

The role of the military in a society raises a number of issues: How much separation should there be between a civil government and its army? Should the military be totally subordinate to the polity? Or should the armed forces be allowed autonomy in order to provide national security? Recently the dangers of military dictatorships-as have existed in countries like Panama Chile and Argentina-have become evident. However developing countries often lack the administrative ability and societal unity to keep the state functioning in an orderly and economically feasible manner without military intervention. Societies of course have dealt with the realities of these problems throughout their histories and the action they have taken at any particular point in time has depended on numerous factors. In the first world of democratic countries the civil-military relationship has been thoroughly integrated and indeed by most modern standards this is seen as essential. However several influential Western thinkers have developed theories arguing for the separation of the military from any political or social role. Samuel Huntington emphasized that professionalism would presuppose that the military should intervene as little as possible in the political sphere. Samuel E. Finer in contrast emphasizes that a government can be efficient enough way to keep the civil-military relationship in check ensuring that the need for intervention by the armed forces in society would be minimal. At the time of the book's original publication perhaps as a consequence of a post-World War II Cold War atmosphere this was by no means a universally accepted position. Some considered the military to be a legitimate threat to a free society. Today's post-Cold War environment is an appropriate time to reconsider Finer's classic argument. The Man on Horseback continues to be an important contribution to the study of the military's role in the realm of politics and will be of interest to students of political science government and the military. | The Man on Horseback The Role of the Military in Politics

GBP 145.00
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Masculine Ideals and Alexander the Great An Exemplary Man in the Roman and Medieval World

Masculine Ideals and Alexander the Great An Exemplary Man in the Roman and Medieval World

From premodern societies onward humans have constructed and produced images of ideal masculinity to define the roles available for boys to grow into and images for adult men to imitate. The figure of Alexander the Great has fascinated people both within and outside academia. As a historical character military commander cultural figure and representative of the male gender Alexander’s popularity is beyond dispute. Almost from the moment of his death Alexander’s deeds have had a paradigmatic aspect: for over 2300 years he has been represented as a paragon of manhood – an example to be followed by other men – and through his myth people have negotiated assumptions about masculinity. This work breaks new ground by considering the ancient and medieval reception of Alexander the Great from a gender studies perspective. It explores the masculine ideals of the Greco-Roman and medieval pasts through the figure of Alexander the Great analysing the gendered views of masculinities in those periods and relating them to the ways in which Alexander’s masculinity was presented. It does this by investigating Alexander’s appearance and its relation to definitions of masculinity the way his childhood and adulthood are presented his martial performance and skill proper and improper sexual behaviour and finally through his emotions and mental attributes. Masculine Ideals and Alexander the Great will appeal to students and scholars alike as well as to those more generally interested in the portrayal of masculinity and gender particularly in relation to Alexander the Great and his image throughout history. 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 (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license | Masculine Ideals and Alexander the Great An Exemplary Man in the Roman and Medieval World

GBP 130.00
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Cicero

Cicero

First published in 1965 Cicero contains a number of assessments of Cicero’s life and works made by a group of scholars that includes some of the acknowledged experts in their particular field. Cicero is a man on whom most judgments have been harsh. His political ideals though sincerely held were bypassed by the march of events; his public life was a series of frustrations; his personality was egotistical. However as a speaker and a thinker as a master of the use of language and as a man of cultured interests and human disposition he deserves sympathetic study. The chapters in this volume deal with his political career his character his oratory philosophy and poems and his influence on subsequent literature and scholarship. This book will be of interest to students of literature history and philosophy.

GBP 90.00
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Human Insufficiency Natural Slavery and the Racialization of Vulnerability in Early Modern England

Human Insufficiency Natural Slavery and the Racialization of Vulnerability in Early Modern England

Human Insufficiency argues that early modern writers depict the human political subject as physically vulnerable in order to naturalize slavery. Representations of Man as a weak creature—“poor” and “bare” in King Lear’s words—strategically portrayed English bodies as needing care from people who were imagined to be less fragile. Drawing on Aristotle’s depictions of the natural master and the natural slave in the Politics English writers distinguished the fully human political subject from the sub-human Slave who would care for his feeble body. This justification of a nascent slaving economy reinvents the violence of enslaving Afro-diasporic peoples as a natural system of care. Human Insufficiency’s most important contribution to early modern critical race studies is expanding the scope of the human as a racialized category by demonstrating how depictions of Man as a vulnerable species were part of a discourse racializing slavery. | Human Insufficiency Natural Slavery and the Racialization of Vulnerability in Early Modern England

GBP 130.00
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The Fatal Conceit The Errors of Socialism

The Fatal Conceit The Errors of Socialism

Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the “errors of socialism. ” Hayek argues that socialism has from its origins been mistaken on factual and even on logical grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors. He labels as the “fatal conceit” the idea that “man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes. ” | The Fatal Conceit The Errors of Socialism

GBP 170.00
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Concerning Human Understanding Essays on the Common-sense Background of Philosophy

Concerning Human Understanding Essays on the Common-sense Background of Philosophy

First published in 1958 Concerning Human Understanding treats the chief problems of philosophy. Professor Banerjee’s intention is ‘to separate philosophic thought from effects of sophistication and intellectual pride to which philosophical enquiry is usually prone’. The book pursues a line of thought which calls for the replacement of certain old beliefs that are still dominant in philosophical circles suggests the need for a fresh enquiry into some of the problems of philosophy and brings into prominence others which have generally escaped the serious attention of philosophers in modern times. It offers a restatement of the problems of knowledge attempts a solution of the conflict between science and philosophy and handles the baffling problem: ‘is metaphysics possible?’ In particular this book deals with the problem of religion in its bearing upon the future of civilization and finds the solution in an outlook on life opposed to the surrender of man to Institution and Power and founded upon the feeling of obligation regarded as ‘the most human of the forces that deserve to govern the world of human affairs and to shape the destiny of man’. This is a must read for students of philosophy. | Concerning Human Understanding Essays on the Common-sense Background of Philosophy

GBP 105.00
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Love and Lust On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions

Love and Lust On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions

These selections from Theodor Reik's work concern the love life and sexual activity of men and women. Reik establishes the theme of this work in the following way: The sex urge hunts for lustful pleasure; love is in search of joy and happiness. Over a third of this volume had never been published in book form before it originally appeared half a century ago. Its appearance in paperback for the first time is a welcome addition to current debates liberated from ideological and political constraints. The first part of the book is so far ahead of its time that it is still current. It reveals Reik's departure from Freud's theories and from those of most of his contemporaries in psychology and psychoanalysis. Part Two is a greatly abbreviated version of Masochism in Modern Man retaining those parts with a direct bearing on the subject of this volume. Part Three offers two essays on why people remain single. In the author's usual direct style they deal with the marriage shyness of the male and the psychological fears and resistance of both men and women to acceptance of the marriage bond. Part Four is Reik at his wisest. The first lady whom I asked to read the manuscript said smilingly: 'Many of your impressions about us (women) are correct. No man should read the book!' A few seconds later she said: 'Or rather every man should read the book!'As Paul Roazen noted in contrast to some of Freud's other followers Reik was prescient early on in distinguishing self-love from narcissism. Reik believed that genuine self-regard was the ultimate basis for developing the capacity to love. At times Reik seems to defend women at times to critique them. Yet he writes with sympathy and understanding. He challenges other authorities who have written on the subject but he also agrees with many of them. Love and Lust is civilized writing at its most provocative. Reik is authoritative and his book reflects the glow of a rich personality. It is mellow but uncompromising. | Love and Lust On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions

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Coercion

Coercion

Coercion it seems like poverty and prejudice has always been with us. Political thinkers and philosophers have been arguing its more direct and personal consequences for centuries. Today at a point in history marked by dramatic changes and challenges to the existing military political and social order coercion is more at the forefront of political activity than ever before. While the modern state has no doubt freed man from some of the forms of coercion by which he has traditionally been plagued we hear now from all sectors of society complaints about systematic coerciveness-not only on the national and international levels but on the individual level as well.

GBP 130.00
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Difficulties in the Analytic Encounter

Difficulties in the Analytic Encounter

This book represents an odyssey through the career of a thoughtful and serious psychoanalyst. John Klauber a strong and articulate member of the middle or independent group of the British Institute of Psycho-Analysis was President of the British Psycho-Analytical Society at his untimely death in August 1981. This volume which he fortunately lived to see published turns out to be a legacy of his psychoanalytic and personal thinking and feeling and contains ten papers spanning the tewnty years of the 1960s and 1970s. It conveys in a fashion which compels reading the mind of the author which was the essence of the man. | Difficulties in the Analytic Encounter

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Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire

Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire

This volume explores the role that republican political participation played in forging elite Roman masculinity. It situates familiarly manly traits like militarism aggressive sexuality and the pursuit of power within a political system based on power sharing and cooperation. In deliberations in the Senate at social gatherings and on military campaign displays of consensus with other men greased the wheels of social discourse and built elite comradery. Through literary sources and inscriptions that offer censorious or affirmative appraisal of male behavior from the Middle and Late Republic (ca. 300–31 BCE) to the Principate or Early Empire (ca. 100 CE) this book shows how the vir bonus or good man the Roman persona of male aristocratic excellence modulated imperatives for personal distinction and military and sexual violence with political cooperation and moral exemplarity. While the advent of one-man rule in the Empire transformed political power relations ideals forged in the Republic adapted to the new climate and provided a coherent model of masculinity for emperor and senator alike. Scholars often paint a picture of Republic and Principate as distinct landscapes but enduring ideals of male self-fashioning constitute an important continuity. Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire provides a fascinating insight into the intertwined nature of masculinity and political power for anyone interested in Roman political and social history and those working on gender in the ancient world more broadly.

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