1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461809803321

Titolo

Extreme weather and natural disasters / / edited by Justin Healey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thirroul, : The Spinney Press, 2012

ISBN

9781921507656

1921507659

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 p.)

Collana

Issues in Society: 335 ; ; v.335

Disciplina

551.46

551.6594

613.6/9

Soggetti

Emergency management

Natural disasters

Storms

Weather

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1 - Climate and extreme weather events -- Chapter 2 - Natural disasters in Australia; Exploring issues - worksheets and activities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Australia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature's devastating power. Is global warming increasing the rate of natural disasters? What part do La Niña and El Niño play in the extreme weather cycle? Cyclones, floods, severe storms, bushfires, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis - what are the natural and man-made causes of these phenomena, how predictable are they, and how prepared are we for the impacts of natural dis



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149376103321

Titolo

Unknowable, unspeakable and unsprung : psychoanalytic perspectives on truth, scandal, secrets, and lies / / edited by Jean Petrucelli and Sarah Schoen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-53793-1

1-134-97323-3

1-134-97316-0

9781315537931

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 pages)

Collana

Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series ; ; Volume 31

Altri autori (Persone)

PetrucelliJean

SchoenSarah E

Disciplina

616.8917

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

Psychotherapy

Scandals - Psychological aspects

Self-destructive behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Keynote addresses -- pt. II. The traumatic field : psychoanalytic growth and the growth of psychoanalysis -- pt. III. Utters from the gutters : political loyalties and the clash of deeply held values in the consulting room -- pt. IV. Stuck in the middle with you : encounters with the analyst's subjectivity -- pt. V. Body tyrrany : hyperawareness and hyperdeadness with eating-disordered patients -- pt. VI. On being naked : self-revelation, secrecy, and shifting truths -- pt. VII. Unsafe surprises : evil, mortality, diversity, and other strangers -- pt. VIII. Silence and privacy : negotiating boundaries between public and private - in and out of the consulting room.

Sommario/riassunto

Unknowable, Unspeakable, and Unsprung delves into the mysteries of scandalous behavior- behavior that can seem shocking, unfathomable, or self-destructive-that is outrageous and offensive on the one hand, yet fascinating and exciting on the other. In the process, this anthology



asks fundamental questions about the self: what the self is allowed to be and do, what must be disallowed, and what remains unknown.