American contributors in sociology, law, psychology, psychiatry, behavioral economics, and thanatology explore the dramatic aspects of suicide, especially the decision-making and ‘scripts’ of suicidal
This is a collection of critical essays that integrate literature and ideas. Daniel Fuchs presents the writer’s individuality as artist and thinker, focusing on the writer’s interaction within a wide
Professor Emeritus of History, Felix, presents his unauthorized biography of the diplomat and later public intellectual, George F. Kennan (1904-2005). Speaking Russian and well-versed in the Soviet ec
Editor Samuel Totten presents a collection of contributions from witnesses, survivors, and scholars focused on genocide in various historical, cultural, and geographical contexts. He has organized the
In this text, Wilhelmsen explores the Thomistic doctrines of being and knowing and their reliance on two basic assertions of St. Thomas Aquinas’s philosophy--that metaphysics is the science of existen
This is neither a scientific work nor a philosophical treatise, warns Babuts, and though he draws evidence from neuroscience (in particular), philosophy, psychology, cognitive studies, and other disci
This work gathers essays on literature and the writer as artist and thinker, written by author Daniel Fuchs, a critic in the humanist tradition affiliated with the College of Staten Island. Fuchs expl
David B. Sachsman and David W. Bulla have gathered a colourful collection of essays exploring sensationalism in nineteenth-century newspaper reporting. The contributors analyse the role of sensational
This book deals with teleology, truth, predication, knowledge and belief, universals, body and mind, soul, and reason. Its approach is integrative, scholastic and analytic. Teleology is required for c
In Beyond Therapy, Erving Polster examines the role of “life focus"in three of society’s most familiar activities: ordinary conversation, the arts, and religion. He shows the life focus movement
In this book, author Douglas M. Eichar presents readers with an examination of the twentieth century business trend of corporate social responsibility and its demise during the 1980s and 1990s. He arg
Drawing insights from such fields as political science, history, psychology, economics, sociology, and business, Fettweis suggests some ideas for US presidents to keep in mind as they make foreign pol
Editors Smith and Kirkpatrick bring together expert contributions from a wide variety of disciplines to examine possible interventions to move the city of Detroit forward from its current state of fis
In Beyond Therapy, Erving Polster examines the role of “life focus"in three of society’s most familiar activities: ordinary conversation, the arts, and religion. He shows the life focus movement
It is often said that voters hold presidents responsible for two things: the economy and foreign policy. Economic performance is generally beyond presidential control, but foreign policy is defined by
The 14 chapters in this book are edited versions of presentations at the July 2011 Project Theophrastus biennial conference Phaenias of Eresus and the Early Peripatos: Specialization and Differentiati
How would Socrates and Plato react to a modern world where secularism and religious fundamentalism are growing while the gap between the human mind and animal mind is narrowing? Using some creative li
In this book Rossano examines the philosophical works of Plato and Socrates attempting to ascertain how the philosophers might have understood the contemporary state of human societies. He utilizes a
With the overthrow of the Batista dictatorship in 1958, say Salazar-Carillo and Nodarse-Leon, Cuba was on the threshold of becoming a major economic and political player on the world stage, then Fidel
Marcus explores how the nexus of the industrial city of Manchester, a period of crisis in human relations there about 1835 to 1850, and the visit of the young German industrialist Friedrich Engels to
Cusak informs students, practitioners, and scholars about the wide range of definitions, laws, procedures, policies, and treatment of animals in human society. Her topics include violence as entertain
2015 will be a year of important negotiations and agreements on climate change and sustainable development--two topics of great importance for indigenous peoples and to which indigenous peoples have a
In this book, Hamid Dabashi collects many years worth of his reflections on questions of power and authority, picking up the discussion of from where Edward Said’s Orientalism leaves off. In this work
Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Robert A. Stebbins divides s
Rhetoric is among the most important and least understood elements of presidential leadership. Presidents have always wielded rhetoric as one tool of governance—and that rhetoric was always intended t
Sociologist Jarosz recalls such events and conditions in her life as war breaking out in 1939, Warsaw in the 1940s: the ghetto and the Aryan side, the first decade of communism, Yugoslavia: oddities a
This text surveys research on presidential rhetoric and its capacities and limitations. It discusses how presidents influence the national agenda in the media context; the institutional perspective, i
*Winner of an honorable mention from theSociety for Social Work and ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book AwardMad Science argues that the fundamental claims of modern American psychiatry are based
As Chinese philosophy absorbs Western influences, it need not deny its own unique sources and methods. Chen Lai argues that the introduction of Western thought to modern China in the past one hundred
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby still captivates readers with its vision of 1920s New York as a city of infinite potential, where ambition and defeat live hand in hand. This sentiment is captur
This volume documents the Sudanese government's campaign of genocidal attacks and forced starvation against the people of the Nuba Mountains in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Genocide by Attrition pr
This book is an early example of psychohistory approach, exploring how Richard Nixon’s early life experiences molded his political opinions and impacted his later decision making. Of special note is t
Travis Hirschi is one of the most cited criminologists of the twentieth century. His work has provoked controversy and heated debates about the causes of crime, proper research methods, and the most e
Daniel Pipes has collected some of his sharpest and most prescient writings from the quarter century 1989–2014. In them, he addresses a range of current topics, from the origins of the civil war in Sy
Except for accounts of journalists, dissident employees, and an occasional congressional committee focusing on crime and unethical practices, we have known very little about how television programs ar
Interpreting religious phenomena in the light of Objectivism, Walsh looks at the rise of the two major forms of religion from the perspectives of the nature of religion and primitive religions, religi
Scholars of education and history trace how faculty at American institutions of higher learning began thinking of themselves as professionals rather than just employees, and secured tenure, academic f
Racism and the Olympics studies international racial conflict in sports, focusing on the Olympics and racism against Black people, as well as the contextual elements that surrounded racial conflicts i
In this republished work from the mid-twentieth century, author John Lukacs paints a portrait of the city of Philadelphia from 1900 through 1950 by investigating the lives and societal contributions o
Daniel Pipes has collected some of his sharpest and most prescient writings from the quarter century 1989–2014. In them, he addresses a range of current topics, from the origins of the civil war in Sy
