The Golden Bough is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer. The book documents and details the similarities among magical and religious beliefs around the globe. Frazer attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century...
There exists, of course, few more famous figures in the field of psychology than Sigmund Freud. As the founding father of psychoanalysis, or the clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst, his impact on the field of psychology cannot be understated. Based on a series of lectures given at the University of Vienna in 1915, «Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis» builds upon Freud's earlier work «Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis» to...
In «The Social Contract» Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754). The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful...
Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's...
Raamat kõneleb soovist rääkida, mõista ja olla mõistetud. See õpetab kuulama mitte ainult sõnu, vaid ka nende vahele jäävat. Raamatus kirjeldatu pole mingi maagiline protsess, tegu on osaga meie igapäevasest elust – me kõik edastame informatsiooni ja kuulame, mida meile öelda tahetakse. Raamatu aforismilaadsed lood õpetavad meile uut moodi tähelepanelikkust ja kujutavad delikaatselt psühhoanalüütikut oma tööd tegemas. Lugudest saame teada, kuidas konsultatsiooni käigus saadud õppetunnid osutuvad...
Изучение смерти имеет ключевое значение для осознания психических процессов. Без близкого знакомства с переживанием смерти и процессом смерти-возрождения невозможно понять религию, мистику, шаманизм, мифологию. Согласно различным мистическим школам, люди, пережившие смерть или смертельную опасность и возвратившиеся к жизни, называются дважды рожденными. Соприкосновение со смертью изменяет отношение к ней независимо от того, является ли данное соприкосновение чисто символическим или же происходит...
„Kaasakiskuv. Doidge’i raamat on tähelepanuväärne ja lootust sisendav lugu inimaju lõpmatust kohanemisvõimest.”Oliver Sacks„Avastus, et meie mõtted suudavad muuta meie aju struktuuri ja talitlust – ja seda isegi vanas eas – on närviteaduse viimase nelja sajandi tähtsaim läbimurre. Menukite autor, psühhiaater ja psühhoanalüütik MD Norman Doidge tutvustab meile selles murrangulises teoses geniaalsete teadlaste uuringuid aju neuroplastilisusest ning kirjeldab hämmastavaid lugusid inimestest, kes on...
