Personal Decisions In The Public Square
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Author |
: Robert A. Stebbins |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2017-10-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351298186 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351298186 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Personal Decisions in the Public Square by : Robert A. Stebbins
This work looks into how, why, and when people pursue things in life that they desire, those that make their existence attractive and worth living. Robert A. Stebbins calls this "Positive Sociology," the study of what people do to organize their lives such that they become substantially rewarding, satisfying, and fulfilling. Western society has many challenges: crime, drug addiction, urban pollution, daily stress, domestic violence, and overpopulation. Significant levels of success in avoiding these problems brings a noticeable measure of tranquility, but it does not necessarily generate a positive life. Personal Decisions in the Public Square draws upon, in large part, the sociology of leisure, a "happy science." Among the basic concepts in the sociology of leisure are activity and human agency. The centrality of positive activity is one of its hallmarks and separates it from other social science specialties. Stebbins's positive sociology centers on conceptual roots found in the "serious leisure" perspective. This theoretical framework synthesizes three main forms of leisure (serious, casual, and project-based) while showing their distinctive features, similarities, and interrelationships. Positive sociology also considers two other domains of life: work and non-work obligations. This new approach focuses on the pursuit of "that which makes life worth living." Stebbins explores goals that are important to all people, such as negotiating the right work/family or obligation/leisure balance and the tricky relationship between money and happiness. Research scientists or the general public may find the ideas presented in this volume help them better understand and negotiate situations, by showing how to approach them in a positive way rather than as "problems" that need to be solved.
Author |
: Peter Lomas |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1351298208 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781351298209 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Personal Decisions in the Public Square by : Peter Lomas
"While on staff of England's Cassel Hospital, a leading therapeutic community, Peter Lomas had the rare opportunity to study mothers suffering from post-partum breakdown together with their babies and, at times, the entire family. Given the media attention paid to family in both Britain and the United States, it seems odd that the close relationships between childbirth and the dynamics of family life have been only minimally addressed. Drawing from the "Independent" school of British psychoanalysis, particularly that of Donald Winnicott, and borrowing from existentialist thought and the family studies of Gregory Bateson, Lomas gives us a glimpse into the fascinating, often disturbing, intersection of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and the family at critical junctures.The family is the focal point of Personal Disorder and Family Life, a series of Lomas' collected papers written between 1959 and 1996. Although he concentrates on the family, Lomas covers a variety of themes. "An Interpretation of Modern Obstetric Practice" explores the effect of the maternity ward on the psychology of the mother. He also critiques contemporary psychotherapeutic theory, practice, and teaching, in particular the excessive preoccupation with technique at the cost of spontaneity. Psychotherapy, he believes, can only be properly understood in the context of morality. Brave, honest, and outspoken without a hint of intellectual pretension,Lomas has produced a powerful book at the crest of new thinking on the family as an organizing premise. As such, it will be of interest to professionals in the fields of psychoanalysis, analytically oriented psychotherapy, and individual or family counseling, as well as general readers."--Provided by publisher.
Author |
: Ellen Painter Dollar |
Publisher |
: Presbyterian Publishing Corp |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2011-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780664236908 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0664236901 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis No Easy Choice by : Ellen Painter Dollar
In No Easy Choice, Ellen Painter Dollar tells her gut-wrenching story of living with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)--a disabling genetic bone disorder that was passed down to her first child--and deciding whether to conceive a second child who would not have OI using assisted reproduction. Her story brings to light the ethical dilemmas surrounding advanced reproductive technologies. What do procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) say about how we define human worth? If we avoid such procedures, are we permitting the suffering of our children? How do we identify a "good life" in a consumer society that values appearance, success, health, and perfection? Dollar considers multiple sides of the debate, refusing to accept the matter as simply black and white. Her book will help parents who want to understand and make good decisions about assisted reproduction, as well as those who support and counsel them, including pastors and medical professionals.
Author |
: Kristine F. Miller |
Publisher |
: U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages |
: 205 |
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: |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452913292 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1452913293 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Designs on the Public by : Kristine F. Miller
New York City is home to some of the most recognizable places in the world. As familiar as the sight of New Year’s Eve in Times Square or a protest in front of City Hall may be to us, do we understand who controls what happens there? Kristine Miller delves into six of New York’s most important public spaces to trace how design influences their complicated lives. Miller chronicles controversies in the histories of New York locations including Times Square, Trump Tower, the IBM Atrium, and Sony Plaza. The story of each location reveals that public space is not a concrete or fixed reality, but rather a constantly changing situation open to the forces of law, corporations, bureaucracy, and government. The qualities of public spaces we consider essential, including accessibility, public ownership, and ties to democratic life, are, at best, temporary conditions and often completely absent. Design is, in Miller’s view, complicit in regulation of public spaces in New York City to exclude undesirables, restrict activities, and privilege commercial interests, and in this work she shows how design can reactivate public space and public life. Kristine F. Miller is associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Minnesota.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 594 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106021251472 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Author |
: Alan Mittleman |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015055844768 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jews and the American Public Square by : Alan Mittleman
Jews and the American Public Square is a study of how Jews have grappled with the presence of religion, both their own and others, in American public life. It surveys historical Jewish approaches to church-state relations and analyzes Jewish responses to the religion clauses of the First Amendment. his book captures the current mood of the Jewish community: both committed to the separation of church and state and perplexed about its scope and application. It provides the necessary background for a principled reconsideration of the problem of religion in the public square.
Author |
: Arthur James Wells |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1922 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105211722678 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis The British National Bibliography by : Arthur James Wells
Author |
: John M. Meighan |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 800 |
Release |
: 1928 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015023104790 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Digest of Major Court Decisions on Motor Carrier Operation by : John M. Meighan
Author |
: Jayne Caudwell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015082642961 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Relocating the Leisure Society by : Jayne Caudwell
Author |
: George Wharton Pepper |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 878 |
Release |
: 1901 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044053432506 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Digest of Decisions and Encyclopaedia of Pennsylvania Law, 1754-1898 by : George Wharton Pepper