Sociology & Psychology

Instant Psychology pulls together all the pivotal psychological knowledge and thought into one concise volume.

One of the world's leading writers on propaganda and information projection presents a remarkably detailed history and critique of the workings and development of the COI from its origins in the Second World War through to the era of AIDS and the threat of nuclear war.

'Everything depends on what, if anything, we find interesting: on what we are encouraged and educated to find interesting, and what we find ourselves being interested in despite ourselves. There is our official curiosity and our unofficial curiosity (and psychoanalysis is a story about the relationship ...

From the author of New York Times bestseller UTOPIA FOR REALISTS, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and cooperation of human beings has been the greatest factor in our success. If one basic principle has served as the bedrock of bestselling author Rutger Bregman's thinking, it is that ...

This timely book, Timothy Leary's "cyberpunk manifesto," is his future-vision of the emergence of a new humanism with an emphasis on questioning authority, independent thinking, individual creativity, and empowerment via computers and brain technologies. Cyberpunks brings together some of Leary's most ...

INTRODUCING guide to the pioneering child psychoanalyst

The psychology and biology behind what we find cute, and how cuteness has shaped cultures around the world.

Jacques Lacan is regarded as a major psychoanalytical theorist alongside Freud and Jung, although recognition has been delayed by fierce arguments over his ideas. This title guides the reader through his innovations, including his work on paranoia, his addition of structural linguistics to Freudianism and his ideas on the infant 'mirror phase'.

The bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

The New York Times bestselling psychology book on how to find contentment by keeping dopamine in check.

A chilling study of the most cold-blooded, manipulative people on planet earth

From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

'Anyone in any relationship at any stage of life could stand to learn from the wisdom in these pages.' Andrew SolomonThe years of midlife can be a struggle. 'The rough patch, for all its pain and bewilderment, presents an opportunity - to know ourselves, to expand our scope, to grow, and to grow up.'

'A TRULY IMPORTANT BOOK' JOHN HUMPHRYS


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What is paranoia? What makes us anxious? How can this be overcome?

In a postcolonial age of globalizing economies, the political quest for national identity has become increasingly urgent. This text traces the ways the Australian state and people struggle to represent social and cultural practices to which class, gender and ethnicity are fundamental.

In a postcolonial age of globalizing economies, the political quest for national identity has become increasingly urgent. This text traces the ways the Australian state and people struggle to represent social and cultural practices to which class, gender and ethnicity are fundamental.

Studies women's language use in bilingual or multi-lingual cultural situations. The authors - social anthropologists, language teachers, and interpreters cover a variety of geographical and linguistic situations, from the death of Gaelic in the Outer Hebrides, to the use of Spanish by Quechua and Aymara women in the Andes.

The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years onconcepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected.

The fascinating story behind Studies on Hysteria, the groundbreaking book that launched Freud's career and created psychoanalysis

A renowned branding consultant and behavioral psychologist shows readers how to appeal to the hidden brain where instinct prevails, creating a network of connections that convince people to buy into your product, idea, or vision.