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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782465103321

Titolo

Family interventions in domestic violence [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook of gender-inclusive theory and treatment / / John Hamel, Tonia L. Nicholls, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-281-81291-9

9786611812911

0-8261-0329-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (695 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HamelJohn

NichollsTonia L

Disciplina

362.82

362.82/92

362.8292

Soggetti

Family violence - United States

Family violence - United States - Prevention

Family violence - Treatment - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Authors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. RESEARCH AND THEORY; PART II. ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this exciting new book John Hamel, author of the ground-breaking Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse , and Tonya Nicholls go beyond the traditional intervention theories of domestic violence practiced today. Offering alternative, unbiased and sometimes controversial views, theories, and current research, they, along with renowned contributors in the field, provide new treatment options that encompass a wide range of gender dynamics. Here are just some of the key principles covered:.: Interventions Should Be Based on a Thorough Unbiased Assessment.; Victim/Perpetrator Distin



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784738703321

Autore

Shankman Steven <1947->

Titolo

The siren and the sage [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge and wisdom in ancient Greece and China / / Steven Shankman and Stephen Durrant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Cassell, 2000

ISBN

1-281-29189-7

9786611291891

1-84714-184-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DurrantStephen W. <1944->

Disciplina

880.9001

Soggetti

Greek literature - History and criticism

Chinese literature - To 221 B.C - History and criticism

Comparative literature - Greek and Chinese

Comparative literature - Chinese and Greek

Philosophy, Ancient

Greece Intellectual life

China Intellectual life

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. 234-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Intimations of intentionality: the Classic of Poetry and the Odyssey; Part II: Before and after philosophy: Thucydides and Sima Qian; Part III: The philosopher, the sage, and the experience of participation; Afterwords; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A comparative study of what the most influential writers of Ancient Greece and China thought it meant to have knowledge and whether they distinguished knowledge from other forms of wisdom. It surveys selected works of poetry, history and philosophy from the period of roughly the eighth through to the second century BCE, including Homer's ""Odyssey"", the ancient Chinese ""Classic of Poetry"", Thucydides' ""History of the Peloponnesian War"", Sima Qian's ""Records of the Historian"", Plato's ""Symposium"", and Laozi's ""Dao de Jing and the writings of Zhuangzi"". The intention, through such jux