Author: Anthony Storr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A noted psychiatrist probes the relation netween genius and pathology, offering new and startling insights into the genius of numerous famous historical figures.
Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind
Author: Anthony Storr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A noted psychiatrist probes the relation netween genius and pathology, offering new and startling insights into the genius of numerous famous historical figures.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A noted psychiatrist probes the relation netween genius and pathology, offering new and startling insights into the genius of numerous famous historical figures.
Churchill's Black Dog and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind
Author: Anthony Storr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006375661
Category : Creative ability
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
'Extremely engaging... A book full of good moments and humane insights.' Alan Ryan, Observer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006375661
Category : Creative ability
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
'Extremely engaging... A book full of good moments and humane insights.' Alan Ryan, Observer
The Secret History of Dreaming
Author: Robert Moss
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577318331
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Dreaming is vital to the human story. It is essential to our survival and evolution, to creative endeavors in every field, and, quite simply, to getting us through our daily lives. All of us dream. Now Robert Moss shows us how dreams have shaped world events and why deepening our conscious engagement with dreaming is crucial for our future. He traces the strands of dreams through archival records and well-known writings, weaving remarkable yet true accounts of historical figures who were influenced by their dreams. In this wide-ranging, visionary book, Moss creates a new way to explore history and consciousness, combining the storytelling skills of a bestselling novelist with the research acumen of a scholar of ancient history and the personal experience of an active dreamer.
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577318331
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Dreaming is vital to the human story. It is essential to our survival and evolution, to creative endeavors in every field, and, quite simply, to getting us through our daily lives. All of us dream. Now Robert Moss shows us how dreams have shaped world events and why deepening our conscious engagement with dreaming is crucial for our future. He traces the strands of dreams through archival records and well-known writings, weaving remarkable yet true accounts of historical figures who were influenced by their dreams. In this wide-ranging, visionary book, Moss creates a new way to explore history and consciousness, combining the storytelling skills of a bestselling novelist with the research acumen of a scholar of ancient history and the personal experience of an active dreamer.
Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius
Author: Hans C. Ohanian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393337685
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
“A thought-provoking critique of Einstein’s tantalizing combination of brilliance and blunder.”—Andrew Robinson, New Scientist Never before translated into English, the Manimekhalai is one of the great classics of Indian culture.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393337685
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
“A thought-provoking critique of Einstein’s tantalizing combination of brilliance and blunder.”—Andrew Robinson, New Scientist Never before translated into English, the Manimekhalai is one of the great classics of Indian culture.
The House of Percy
Author: Bertram Wyatt-Brown
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195109821
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Although the novels of Walker Percy represent some of the most prominent work in 20th-century Southern fiction, the Percy family itself has a history that is arguably as compelling as anything he could have created. Behind Percy's prose lurks a legacy of wealth, literary accomplishment, political leadership, depression, and suicide that spans two centuries. In this compelling biography, Wyatt-Brown skilfully combines intensive research and telling insights to produce the unforgettable story of this gifted family. 48 halftones.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195109821
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Although the novels of Walker Percy represent some of the most prominent work in 20th-century Southern fiction, the Percy family itself has a history that is arguably as compelling as anything he could have created. Behind Percy's prose lurks a legacy of wealth, literary accomplishment, political leadership, depression, and suicide that spans two centuries. In this compelling biography, Wyatt-Brown skilfully combines intensive research and telling insights to produce the unforgettable story of this gifted family. 48 halftones.
Idioms of Distress
Author: Lilian R. Furst
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791487598
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This interdisciplinary study examines the enigmatic category of psychosomatic disorders as articulated in medical writings and represented in literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Six key works are analyzed: Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin, Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks, Arthur Miller's Broken Glass, Brian O'Doherty's The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P., and Pat Barker's Regeneration. Each is a case study in detection as the hidden sources of bodily ills are uncovered in intra- or interpersonal conflicts such as guilt, family tensions, and marital discord. The book fosters a better understanding of these puzzling disorders by revealing how they function simultaneously as masks and as manifestations of inner suffering.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791487598
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This interdisciplinary study examines the enigmatic category of psychosomatic disorders as articulated in medical writings and represented in literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Six key works are analyzed: Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin, Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks, Arthur Miller's Broken Glass, Brian O'Doherty's The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P., and Pat Barker's Regeneration. Each is a case study in detection as the hidden sources of bodily ills are uncovered in intra- or interpersonal conflicts such as guilt, family tensions, and marital discord. The book fosters a better understanding of these puzzling disorders by revealing how they function simultaneously as masks and as manifestations of inner suffering.
An Emotional History of the United States
Author: Peter N. Stearns
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814780886
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Emotions lie at our very core as human beings. How we process and grapple with our emotions, how and what we emote, and how we respond to the emotions of others, constitute the essence of our social universe. In a very real sense, we exist only through the prism of our emotions. And yet the profound effect of human emotion on history, politics, religion, and culture, remains underexamined. While the influence of emotion in such realms as American foreign policy has been well-documented, other emotional aspects of American history have escaped notice. What role, for instance, does emotion have in the practice of African American religion? How do shame and self- hatred influence American conceptions of identity? How does our emotional life change as we age? To what degree is American consumerism driven by basic human emotion? With this landmark anthology, historians Peter N. Stearns and Jan Lewis provide a road map of the American emotional landscape. From the emotional world of working-class Massachusetts to the prayers of evangelical and pentecostal women and the gendered nature of black rage, these essays provide a multicultural snapshot of the unique nature, and evolution, of American emotions.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814780886
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Emotions lie at our very core as human beings. How we process and grapple with our emotions, how and what we emote, and how we respond to the emotions of others, constitute the essence of our social universe. In a very real sense, we exist only through the prism of our emotions. And yet the profound effect of human emotion on history, politics, religion, and culture, remains underexamined. While the influence of emotion in such realms as American foreign policy has been well-documented, other emotional aspects of American history have escaped notice. What role, for instance, does emotion have in the practice of African American religion? How do shame and self- hatred influence American conceptions of identity? How does our emotional life change as we age? To what degree is American consumerism driven by basic human emotion? With this landmark anthology, historians Peter N. Stearns and Jan Lewis provide a road map of the American emotional landscape. From the emotional world of working-class Massachusetts to the prayers of evangelical and pentecostal women and the gendered nature of black rage, these essays provide a multicultural snapshot of the unique nature, and evolution, of American emotions.
Mad Muse
Author: Jeffrey Berman
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1789738091
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Many of the well-respected scholarly studies of autobiographical writing have little or nothing to say about mental illness. This book uncovers the mysterious relationship between mood disorders and creativity through the lives of seven writers, demonstrating how mental illness is sometimes the driving force behind creativity.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1789738091
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Many of the well-respected scholarly studies of autobiographical writing have little or nothing to say about mental illness. This book uncovers the mysterious relationship between mood disorders and creativity through the lives of seven writers, demonstrating how mental illness is sometimes the driving force behind creativity.
Daydreams at Work
Author: Amy Fries
Publisher: Capital Books
ISBN: 9781933102696
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
*** Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards Self-Help Category for 2010! ***
Publisher: Capital Books
ISBN: 9781933102696
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
*** Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards Self-Help Category for 2010! ***
Healing from Despair
Author: Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1580236200
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The suffering that brings you to despair and even desperation can—with healing—become a source of hope, purpose and blessing. Are you: Feeling anxious? Feeling depressed because of the loss of health, a relationship or a job? Grieving the loss of a loved one? Grieving loss by a suicide? Feeling hopeless? Concerned about a friend who has suicidal thoughts? This wise and helpful guide explores the nature of personal suffering and brokenness and the potential for personal crisis as a source of strength and renewal instead of despair and death. Examining the personal journeys of biblical and historical figures such as Moses, Maimonides, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Buber—as well as the author's own personal experience with despair—it looks at brokenness as an inescapable element of the human condition. It traces the path of suffering from despair to depression to desperation to the turning point—healing—when first-hand knowledge of suffering can be transformed into blessing.
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1580236200
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The suffering that brings you to despair and even desperation can—with healing—become a source of hope, purpose and blessing. Are you: Feeling anxious? Feeling depressed because of the loss of health, a relationship or a job? Grieving the loss of a loved one? Grieving loss by a suicide? Feeling hopeless? Concerned about a friend who has suicidal thoughts? This wise and helpful guide explores the nature of personal suffering and brokenness and the potential for personal crisis as a source of strength and renewal instead of despair and death. Examining the personal journeys of biblical and historical figures such as Moses, Maimonides, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Buber—as well as the author's own personal experience with despair—it looks at brokenness as an inescapable element of the human condition. It traces the path of suffering from despair to depression to desperation to the turning point—healing—when first-hand knowledge of suffering can be transformed into blessing.