1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456422403321

Autore

Doubt Keith

Titolo

Towards a sociology of schizophrenia : humanistic reflections / / Keith Doubt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-281-99741-2

9786611997410

1-4426-8271-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Disciplina

616.8982

Soggetti

Schizophrenia - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Self -- 2. Language -- 3. Role -Taking -- 4. The Individual -- 5. Puns -- 6. Action -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Schizophrenia, at one time considered by many clinicians to be a psychological response to an oppressive upbringing, is now generally accepted as a physical illness. While Keith Doubt does not quarrel with this current view, he does challenge the positivist assumptions that tend to accompany it. Throughout this fascinating survey of the literature on schizophrenia, Doubt presents a critique of society's neglect of the mentally ill and promotes a humanistic understanding of the affected person as a social being.Doubt draws on several disciplines and uses the works of such diverse writers as Vygotsky, Piaget, Deleuze, Laing, and Torrey. While he rebukes medical practitioners for ignoring the social dimensions of schizophrenia, he is equally critical of post-modernism's tendency to valorize the mentally ill. Nor does he sympathize with particular sociological approaches which, he believes, emphasize society's reactions to the illness - often at the expense of the afflicted person. Thus, a major part of Doubt's



project is to place the individual at the centre of sociological theorizing about schizophrenia.This thought-provoking study offers an alternative perspective on schizophrenia to scholars and professionals, as well as to those who live with the disease. Doubt offers practical recommendations, which he hopes will bring some relief to sufferers, and helpful insights to those engaged in treating or assisting people with schizophrenia.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002885559707536

Titolo

The Greek world / edited by Anton Powell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

0415060311

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 622 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Powell, Anton

Disciplina

938

Soggetti

Grecia antica Storia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785574603321

Autore

Rochester J. Martin

Titolo

US foreign policy in the twenty-first century : Gulliver's travails / / J. Martin Rochester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, CO : , : Westview Press, , 2008

ISBN

0-429-98293-3

0-429-97185-0

1-283-09444-4

9786613094445

0-7867-3257-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Dilemmas in world politics

Disciplina

327.73009/05

Soggetti

Problem solving - United States

United States Foreign relations 21st century

United States Foreign relations 1989-

United States Foreign relations Philosophy

United States Foreign relations Decision making Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gulliver's travails : America and the world -- Thinking about foreign policy : analyzing the Iraq war and other decisions -- U.S. foreign policy from George W. to George W. : patterns and determinants -- U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century : the contemporary debate beyond -- Current U.S. foreign policy dilemmas : caese -- US foreign policy and the future.

Sommario/riassunto

""The issues raised by the Iraq War are symptomatic of larger phenomena that will continue to preoccupy American foreign policy makers well into the twenty-first century. The war on terror, the prolifer""