John Kidd – författare

In its 900 entries, this bibliography offers for the first time an inventory of all secondary works (books and articles, critical and scholarly) that make substantial use of the psychology of C.G. Jung for the interpretation of literary texts in English. Jungian literary criticism is covered from its beginnings around 1920 through 1980. A selection of titles published after 1980 has been added. All literary doctoral dissertations that make use of Jung's psychology have been included. All books and articles are annotated. Important titles have lengthy summaries and extensive critical evaluations. The author has marked the most perceptive Jungian studies in the text and in the index. The book opens with an essay that reviews developments and achievements in Jungian criticism over the years.

Having studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, John Kidd (1775-1851) established himself as a physician and educator at Oxford, where he lectured widely on chemistry, anatomy, mineralogy and geology. Regius professor of medicine and a fellow of the Royal Society from 1822, he rooted his scientific understanding and teaching in natural theology. Published in 1833 as the second Bridgewater Treatise, the present work attempted to bring science and religion into harmony, drawing on such disciplines as anthropology and comparative anatomy. Seeking to demonstrate the superiority of humans in the natural world, Kidd argues that animals, minerals and plants had been adapted by God to serve mankind. Founded upon a belief in the antediluvian world and the revealed existence of God in nature, the work exemplifies the influence of natural theology within the scientific establishment before the era of Darwin.

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, , course: MSc International Relations of the Middle East, language: English, abstract: There is a virtual consensus among commentators that the post-2003 Sunni insurgency in Iraq has been driven by political exclusion and grievance. This grievance narrative features prominently in the commentary put forth by journalists, academics and politicians. It is the aim of this research to look beyond the grievance narrative. In doing so, this project uses the political process model as its conceptual lens. This better explains the timing of particular outbursts of Sunni violence, why militants are more or less successful at various times, the organisational forms and practices of the insurgency and the key allies ISIS has in assisting the insurgency. Two case studies are employed to demonstrate this. The first considers the culturally encoded factors informing the political violence in Iraq. This follows that a network based insurgency (NBI) better explains how insurgents orchestrate episodes of political violence. Second, the changing political and security landscape in neighbouring Syria has increased insurgents' ability to mobilize their grievances vis-a-vis the Iraqi government. The research finds that these two case studies offer an alternative perspective on the insurgency in Iraq. This further nuances the insurgency and unpacks how the ISIS led insurgency has mobilized.