A more loving world

An empowering guide to creating a kinder, more loving world. The modern world is richer, safer and more connected than ever. But it is also a far less loving world than we need or want: impatience, self-righteousness, moralism and viciousness run rampant, while forgiveness, tolerance and empathy ...

A passion for ignorance

An original and provocative exploration of our capacity to ignore what is inconvenient or traumaticIgnorance, whether passive or active, conscious or unconscious, has always been a part of the human condition, Renata Salecl argues. What has changed in our post-truth, postindustrial world is that ...

Advances in group processes

Volume 34 brings together papers that address theoretical and empirical issues related to the spread of status value, reward expectations theory, age and gender effects, and measuring the impact of status manipulations. Overall, the volume reflects a wide range of theoretical approaches from lead...

Advances in group processes

Advances in Group Processes publishes interdisciplinary group related research, this includes work on groups ranging from the very small to the very large, and on classic and contemporary topics such as status, power, exchange, justice, influence, decision-making, intergroup relations and social ...

Against happiness

Against Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of the “happiness agenda,” revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating a renewed focus on equality and justice.

Being human

Being Human presents the concept of an ideas-informed society, in which new thinking and innovation drive decision-making and citizens are encouraged to engage in and actively participate in this process.

Below the surface

A guide to the latest research on how young people can develop positive ethnic-racial identities and strong interracial relationsToday’s young people are growing up in an increasingly ethnically and racially diverse society. How do we help them navigate this world productively, given some of the ...

Beyond biofatalism

Are we “hard-wired” for disaster? Or do new findings in evolution, development, and behavior show that human beings can adapt positively to adverse circumstances and realize a more just and inclusive society?

Binswanger and existential analysis

This book presents Michel Foucault’s unpublished manuscript on the Swiss psychiatrist Ludwig Binswanger for the first time in English, offering crucial insight into his intellectual development.

Breaking point

WINNER, SOCIETY FOR MILITARY HISTORY DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARDS - FIRST BOOKThis book informs the public for the first time about the impact of American psychiatry on soldiers during World War II.Breaking Point is the first in-depth history of American psychiatry in World War II. Drawn from unpubl...

Capitalism's future

This book outlines conjoined critiques of commodity-fetishism and authority fetishism as the emancipatory agenda of 21st century critical theory.

Concepts

Drawing on the work of renowned psychological theorist Lev Vygotsky, Blunden extends his work begun with Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity

Confronting postmaternal thinking

There is a deep cultural anxiety around public expressions of maternalism and the application of maternal values to society as a whole. Julie Stephens examines why postmaternal thinking has become so influential in recent decades and why there has been a growing unease with maternal forms of subj...

Contextual axiological conditions of mental resilience and health

Resilience is founded primarily on positive psychology and health psychology, but the theoretical construct is also present in interdisciplinary research perspectives: medicine, pedagogy, and sociology. The authors of this monograph pay attention to the aspect of the relationship of the individua...

Covert racism

Covert racism, subtle in application, often appears hidden by norms of association, affiliation, group membership and/or identity.

Crowds in american culture, society and politics

This book builds on Le Bon’s classic, The Crowd, to evaluate the role of crowds in American culture, society and politics.

Crystallizing public opinion (original classic edition)

Edward Bernays' 1923 classic Crystallizing Public Opinion set down the principles that corporations and governments have used to influence public attitudes over the past century.

Cultural psychology in clinical research and practices

Cultural Psychology in Clinical Research and Practices brings together international scholars and practitioners to examine why cultural psychology is essential for contemporary clinical practice.

Cultural psychology of intervention in the globalized world

This volume reexamines interventions from benevolent exchanges to military domination through Cultural Psychology. It highlights the importance of meaning-making processes in understanding everyday experiences and fostering collaboration in cultural encounters and global life.

Delivering tolerance

A new theory of prejudice reduction, supported by rigorous evidence, arguing that public institutions and the people within them can improve intergroup relations in conflict-ridden societiesDecades of social science research focuses on reducing prejudice, which is considered an impediment to inte...

Dialectics of the ideal

Activity Theory and 'Creative' Soviet-Marxism are still overlocked by contemporary theorists. This volume is a correction to this tragic omission.

Dismantling white supremacy in counseling

There is relatively little written for White therapists about how they and their White clients can dismantle White supremacy. Drawing attention to this issue, and building support among White practitioners, Jason Brown aims to dismantle White supremacy in professional activities with clients, in ...

Domestic workers talk

Set in a multilingual cleaning company that serves Anglophone customers in the upper-(middle) class suburbs of New York City, this book presents an ethnographic study into power, language policy and communication from the perspectives of the Brazilian–American employer as well as the company’s Hi...

Erich fromm and global public sociology

Erich Fromm was one of the most influential and creative public intellectuals of the twentieth century. He was a mentor to David Riesman and an inspiration for the New Left. As the rise of global right-wing populism and Trumpism creates new interest in the kind of psycho-social writing and popul...

Ernst bloch’s speculative materialism

Ernst Bloch's Speculative Materialism sets the record straight on one of the twentieth century's most significant critical thinkers.

Eros and revolution

In Eros and Revolution, Javier Castro presents a comprehensive intellectual and political biography of the world-renowned critical theorist Herbert Marcuse

Exhaustion

This book helps us evaluate more critically the narratives we tell ourselves about exhaustion. By uniting the mind with the body and society , we attach larger questions of agency, willpower, and well-being to its symptoms. Exhaustion finds in our struggle to overcome weariness a more significant...

Exiles in new york city

Exiles in New York City shares untold stories from Ward’s Island, offering a new lens on the city’s past and present from the perspective of the marginalized.

Expert political judgment

Since its original publication, Expert Political Judgment by New York Times bestselling author Philip Tetlock has established itself as a contemporary classic in the literature on evaluating expert opinion.Tetlock first discusses arguments about whether the world is too complex for people to find...

Fake news, witch hunts, and conspiracy theories

What’s the truth and what’s a lie? What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation? How can I tell the difference? Looking to weaponize information, talking heads and other so-called experts use disinformation and conspiracy theories to prey on our fears and emotions. Why? It ca...

Fighting for status

There is widespread agreement that status or standing in the international system is a critical element in world politics. The desire for status is recognized as a key factor in nuclear proliferation, the rise of China, and other contemporary foreign policy issues, and has long been implicated in...

Happiness for all?

How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights. Among them is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America? How about el...

Hegel for social movements

One the world's foremost experts on Hegel presents the often-ignored philosopher's ideas for today's activists.

How digital technologies can support positive psychology

Introducing a number of digital innovations – such as artificial intelligence (AI), gamified solutions, wearable technologies, and social media – Barnes and Prescott explore how these can support areas of positive psychology such as wellbeing, flow, resilience, relationships and improving quality...

How i became a madman

How modern media destroys our minds

A guide to navigating modern media and staying sane in a world that does not turn off. Navigating the onslaught of media is overwhelming, to say the least. We are so used to living in a media-saturated world that we are numb to the onslaught of news, images, and posts that batter us daily. As we ...

How to find the right words

Twenty case studies explaining how to gently deliver a range of life’s most awkward messages while causing minimal harm. Life constantly requires us to give other people some hugely awkward messages: that we don’t love them anymore; that we do love them (though we’re not meant to); that they smel...

Human behavior and social environments

Human behavior is a subject so vast that it would seem to defy one's ability to comfortably and confidently grasp its varieties, nuances, shapes, and dynamics. But in this wide-ranging and comprehensive survey of the contexts of human behavior, Dennis Saleebey examines the different social scienc...

Humiliation

This book examines the damaging impact of humiliation in human society. By using case studies of observed humiliation, the book discusses the power play between groups, organizations and nations. It shows how public shame can lead to damaging psychological states and violent responses amongst vul...

I activate you to affect me

This volume explores the affective nature of human relationships with the environment, focusing on the concept of affectivating. It examines affective involvement and agentivity in social encounters through examples like rituals, music, and poetry. The book challenges cultural psychology to empha...

In defense of charisma

In Defense of Charisma develops an account of moral charisma that weaves insights from politics, ethics, and religion together with reflections on contemporary culture. Vincent W. Lloyd distinguishes between authoritarian charisma, which furthers the interests of the powerful, and democratic char...

Inside the mind of a voter

An in-depth look into the psychology of voters around the world, how voters shape elections, and how elections transform citizens and affect their livesCould understanding whether elections make people happy and bring them closure matter more than who they vote for? What if people did not vote fo...

Intimacy

This book explores the concept of intimacy in cultural psychology, highlighting its fluid boundaries and its role in identity formation. It examines how intimacy spaces are redefined in a globalized world and considers intimacy as culture in the making, emphasizing its lived experience and its im...

Introduction to social neuroscience

A textbook that lays down the foundational principles for understanding social neuroscienceHumans, like many other animals, are a highly social species. But how do our biological systems implement social behaviors, and how do these processes shape the brain and biology? Spanning multiple discipli...

Jack katz

This book is a timely re-introduction to the work and life of one of criminology’s more respected theorists, Jack Katz, to the next generation of thinkers in this field. For nearly 40 years, his work has offered an alternative philosophical perspective to study crime and criminal behavior that is...

Making a mindful nation

How mindfulness came to be regarded as a psychological support, an ethical practice and a component of public policyMindfulness seems to be everywhere—in popular culture, in therapeutic practice, even in policy discussions. How did mindfulness, an awareness training practice with roots in Buddhis...

Making connections

This book is a practical, down-to-earth guide for language teachers interested in running online intercultural exchanges. It is informed by the latest research on language teaching and intercultural telecollaborations, and situated in the reality of classrooms around the world.