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Time and Society

This is the first general theory of time-consciousness and social experience ever developed.

Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology

A contribution to the methodology of religious studies, this work discusses using comparison to provide mutual illumination among religious traditions while avoiding the problem of assimilating one tradition to another.

Denial, Negation, and the Forces of the Negative

A comprehensive account of denial viewed not only psychoanalytically but also philosophically.

Jamaica Kincaid

Offers a new perspective on the psychological and affective dynamics of Jamaica Kincaid’s fiction and nonfiction.

The Absence of Myth

By Sophia Heller
Subjects: Psychology

Despite contemporary attempts to revive myth, this book argues that we are living in a world without myth and looks at what this means for humankind.

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

A cross-cultural analysis of the work of Coetzee, Harris and Morrison, demonstrating that the fundamental task of postcolonial narrative is the work of mourning.

Higher Wisdom

Interviews with fourteen pioneers in psychedelic research.

From Snake Pits to Cash Cows

Explains why public institutions for people with developmental disabilities have persevered despite plans to eliminate them.

Holistic Learning and Spirituality in Education

Explores the theory, practice, and poetics of spiritual and holistic education.

When the Music Stopped

A son’s coming to terms with his mother’s decision to abandon her career as a concert pianist in order to raise her children.

Green Man, Earth Angel

Argues for a renewed vision of the cosmos based on the centrality of the human encounter with the sacred.

The Good Life

Explores how psychoanalysis can nurture and vitalize, rather than only focusing on affliction and neuroses.

Julia Kristeva

A comprehensive examination of Kristeva's work from the seventies to the nineties.

International Relations under Risk

Argues that international relations ought to be anchored in realistic models of human decision making.

Girls' Violence

A critical look at the perceived increase in girls' violence from a range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives.

Practice and the Human Sciences

Argues that the technical model of practice has limited applicability for the practices of care (teaching, nursing, social work, and psychotherapy).

Psychological Jurisprudence

A critical look at the relationship between law and psychology.

God, Evil, and Human Learning

Revises the traditional free will defense regarding the existence of evil in the world of a loving God.

Risking Difference

Looks at the dynamics of identification, envy, and idealization in fictional narratives by Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Sandra Cisneros, Toni Morrison, and others, as well as in nonfictional accounts of cross-race relations by white feminists and feminists of color.

Lacan in the German-Speaking World

Addresses Lacan's reception in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, offering new perspectives for American readers.

Celluloid Couches, Cinematic Clients

Looks at how therapy and the "talking cure" have been portrayed in the movies.

The Logic of Sexuation

Challenges essentialist notions of gender through a detailed account of Lacan's theories of gender, sexuality, and sexual difference.

Confronting Evil

By Fred Emil Katz
Subjects: History

Using insights from behavioral science, a Holocaust survivor explores how evil actions can seem "moral" to the perpetrators and how we must alter our thinking to prevent this.

The Transcendent Function

By Jeffrey C. Miller
Foreword by Joan Chodorow
Subjects: Psychology

A close examination of the heart of Jung's theory of psychological growth and individuation.

Post-Jungian Criticism

Rereads Jung in light of contemporary theoretical concerns, and offers a variety of examples of post-Jungian literary and cultural criticism.