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32 produkter
The Self-Healing Mind
Harnessing the Active Ingredients of Psychotherapy
Inbunden, 2022
999 kr
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Evolutionary psychology explains why some mental illnesses developed, but to answer questions about how to improve our mental well-being in the face of these challenges--how the mind works to heal itself-we should look to more recent changes in mentality. In The Self-Healing Mind, mental health …
Self-Healing Mind
Harnessing the Active Ingredients of Psychotherapy
E-bok, 2022
655 kr
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Evolutionary psychology explains why some mental illnesses developed, but to answer questions about how to improve our mental well-being in the face of these challenges--how the mind works to heal itself-we should look to more recent changes in mentality. In The Self-Healing Mind , mental health …
Self-Healing Mind
Harnessing the Active Ingredients of Psychotherapy
E-bok, 2022
655 kr
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Evolutionary psychology explains why some mental illnesses developed, but to answer questions about how to improve our mental well-being in the face of these challenges--how the mind works to heal itself-we should look to more recent changes in mentality. In The Self-Healing Mind , mental health …
Life in a Japanese Women's College
Learning to be Ladylike
Inbunden, 1996
1478 kr
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One third of the Japanese female workforce are 'office ladies' and their training takes place in the many women's junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage, low-status secretaries who have little or no job security.Brian J. McVeigh draws on his experience as a teacher at one such institution to …
Nature of the Japanese State
Rationality and Rituality
Inbunden, 1998
2510 kr
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Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the role of bureaucracy in Japanese politics.To many in the West, Japan appears as a paradox: a rational, high-tech economic superpower and yet …
Life in a Japanese Women's College
Learning to be Ladylike
Häftad, 2014
488 kr
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One third of the Japanese female workforce are 'office ladies' and their training takes place in the many women's junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage, low-status secretaries who have little or no job security.Brian J. McVeigh draws on his experience as a teacher at one such institution to …
State Bearing Gifts
Deception and Disaffection in Japanese Higher Education
Häftad, 2010
693 kr
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Using Japanese higher education as a case study, author Brian J. McVeigh explores the varieties of 'exchange dramatics' among the Education Ministry, universities, faculty, and students. With one eye on large-scale processes and the other on everyday practices, he elucidates trafficking between …
Nationalisms of Japan
Managing and Mystifying Identity
Häftad, 2003
854 kr
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In this fresh and original analysis, Brian J. McVeigh confronts both the demonizers and apologists of Japan. He argues persuasively that far from being unique, Japanese nationalism becomes demystified once 'management' and 'mysticism'—the same processes and practices that operate in other national …
Japanese Higher Education as Myth
Inbunden, 2002
2072 kr
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In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.
Japanese Higher Education as Myth
Häftad, 2002
629 kr
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In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.
Life in a Japanese Women's College
Learning to be Ladylike
E-bok, 2013
554 kr
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One third of the Japanese female workforce are ''office ladies'' and their training takes place in the many women''s junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage, low-status secretaries who have little or no job security. Brian J. McVeigh draws on his experience as a teacher at one such institution …
Life in a Japanese Women's College
Learning to be Ladylike
E-bok, 2013
572 kr
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One third of the Japanese female workforce are ''office ladies'' and their training takes place in the many women''s junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage, low-status secretaries who have little or no job security. Brian J. McVeigh draws on his experience as a teacher at one such institution …
Nature of the Japanese State
Rationality and Rituality
E-bok, 2013
970 kr
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Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the role of bureaucracy in Japanese politics. To many in the West, Japan appears as a paradox: a rational, high-tech economic superpower and …
Nature of the Japanese State
Rationality and Rituality
E-bok, 2013
970 kr
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Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the role of bureaucracy in Japanese politics. To many in the West, Japan appears as a paradox: a rational, high-tech economic superpower and …
Nature of the Japanese State
Rationality and Rituality
Häftad, 2014
822 kr
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Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the role of bureaucracy in Japanese politics.To many in the West, Japan appears as a paradox: a rational, high-tech economic superpower and yet …
Japanese Higher Education as Myth
E-bok, 2015
741 kr
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In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.
Japanese Higher Education as Myth
E-bok, 2015
741 kr
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In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.
History of Japanese Psychology
Global Perspectives, 1875-1950
Av Brian J. McVeigh, Christopher Gerteis
Häftad, 2018
531 kr
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Through a focus on the contributions of pioneers such as Motora Yujiro (1858–1912) and Matsumoto Matataro (1865–1943), this book explores the origins of Japanese psychology, charting cross-cultural connections, commonalities, and the transition from religious–moralistic to secular–scientific …
History of Japanese Psychology
Global Perspectives, 1875-1950
Av Brian J. McVeigh, Christopher Gerteis
Inbunden, 2016
2043 kr
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Through a focus on the contributions of pioneers such as Motora Yujiro (1858–1912) and Matsumoto Matataro (1865–1943), this book explores the origins of Japanese psychology, charting cross-cultural connections, commonalities, and the transition from religious–moralistic to secular–scientific …
History of Japanese Psychology
Global Perspectives, 1875-1950
E-bok, 2016
578 kr
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Through a focus on the contributions of pioneers such as Motora Yujiro (1858–1912) and Matsumoto Matataro (1865–1943), this book explores the origins of Japanese psychology, charting cross-cultural connections, commonalities, and the transition from religious–moralistic to secular–scientific …
History of Japanese Psychology
Global Perspectives, 1875-1950
E-bok, 2016
561 kr
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Through a focus on the contributions of pioneers such as Motora Yujiro (1858–1912) and Matsumoto Matataro (1865–1943), this book explores the origins of Japanese psychology, charting cross-cultural connections, commonalities, and the transition from religious–moralistic to secular–scientific …
Psychohistory of Metaphors
Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries
Inbunden, 2016
1380 kr
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How have figures of speech configured new concepts of time, space, and mind throughout history? Brian J. McVeigh answers this question in A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries by exploring “meta-framing:” our ever-increasing capability to “step back” …
Psychohistory of Metaphors
Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries
Häftad, 2018
611 kr
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How have figures of speech configured new concepts of time, space, and mind throughout history? Brian J. McVeigh answers this question in A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries by exploring “meta-framing:” our ever-increasing capability to “step back” …
Vestiges of Japanese Spirituality
Challenging the Standard Model of Religious History
Inbunden, 2025
1207 kr
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By positioning Japan within a global perspective, this work challenges the “black-box” approach to psyche dominating studies in the history of religion. Brian J. McVeigh employs a cultural psychological analysis by first highlighting the conceptual obstacles hindering the psychology of religion, …
Vestiges of Japanese Spirituality
Challenging the Standard Model of Religious History
Häftad, 2027
413 kr
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By positioning Japan within a global perspective, this work challenges the “black-box” approach to psyche dominating studies in the history of religion. Brian J. McVeigh employs a cultural psychological analysis by first highlighting the conceptual obstacles hindering the psychology of religion, …
Psychology of the Bible
Explaining Divine Voices and Visions
Häftad, 2020
432 kr
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Fire and brimstone, bellowing prophets, and a good dose of old-fashioned sermonizing — these are the images the Bible brings to mind. But this assortment of sacred writings, in particular the Old Testament, is more than a collection of colorful allegories or miracles-and-morals mythology. Though …
'Other' Psychology of Julian Jaynes
Ancient Languages, Sacred Visions, and Forgotten Mentalities
Häftad, 2018
214 kr
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In his provocative but critically acclaimed theory about the origin of introspectable mentality, Julian Jaynes argued that until the late second millennium people possessed a different psychology: a "two-chambered" (bicameral) neurocultural arrangement in which a commanding "god" guided, …
Wearing Ideology
State, Schooling and Self-Presentation in Japan
Av Brian J. McVeigh, Joanne B. Eicher
Inbunden, 2000
1791 kr
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Uniforms are not unique to Japan, but their popularity there suggests important linkages: material culture, politico-economic projects, bodily management, and the construction of subjectivity are all connected to the wearing of uniforms. This book examines what the donning of uniforms says about …
Wearing Ideology
State, Schooling and Self-Presentation in Japan
Av Brian J. McVeigh, Joanne B. Eicher
Häftad, 2000
487 kr
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Uniforms are not unique to Japan, but their popularity there suggests important linkages: material culture, politico-economic projects, bodily management, and the construction of subjectivity are all connected to the wearing of uniforms. This book examines what the donning of uniforms says about …
