Dominance and Affection

Dominance and Affection

Author: Yi-Fu Tuan

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780300102086

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"(Tuan) does a masterful job exploring the condescending human treatment of animals as 'playthings' that exist only for our entertainment. He charts the malevolent history of male domination over women and children and the sad chronicle of slaves, dwarfs and other 'freaks' treated as human appliances or toys. This provocative study of power in the world of pleasure, play and art is a tour de force." -Cultural Information Service "A brilliant book that will appeal to a wide audience. The volume provides excellent material for school and college seminar debates on humankind's place in nature and attitudes toward other living things. . . . (A) penetrating analysis. . . . Readable at all levels."-Choice


Encyclopedia of Power

Encyclopedia of Power

Author: Keith Dowding

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 785

ISBN-13: 1452266417

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Request a free 30-day online trial to this title at www.sagepub.com/freetrial Power is a central concept in many disciplines in the social sciences, including political science, sociology, social-psychology, organization studies, urban politics and planning. This encyclopedia provides a much needed authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the use of power in those different discourses, enabling the different language communities to learn from each other. It provides a compendium of the concepts that build the ways in which power is conceptualized and provides analyses of related concepts. It also provides a sourcebook for those interested in studying power, and it cross references the many insights that have been provided by theorists over the years. With comprehensive coverage of the use of power in the social sciences, the encyclopedia serves as a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex ways in which power has been used. It also provides a reference for debates central to the issues of power in different contexts and for related topics, showing how these disparate topics are related to power. Key Themes - Biography - Concepts Related to Power - Decisions and Game Theory - Institutional Issues - International Relations - Interpersonal Relationships - Intrapersonal Matters - Key Debates - Methodological Issues - Political Science - Political Theory - Social Psychology - Social Theory - Theories of Power - Types of Power - Urban Studies


The Psychology of Trust

The Psychology of Trust

Author: Martha Peaslee Levine

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-01-18

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1839698721

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Trust has always been complicated. This book works to examine aspects and theories of trust. Chapters look at trust in the workplace. It considers types of leadership and how that influences the trust of employees. As workplaces and societies become more diverse, there can be an impact on trust. Many times, individuals will have implicit biases that can influence their perception of others and their ability to trust. Trust has also become more complicated with the advent of the internet. We can now connect with more ideas and individuals. Yet, is the person who communicates back with us real? Is it someone with a fake account or maybe not even a person at all, but a robot? Even though trust is complicated and we can sometimes be taken advantage of, we still need to find ways to trust others in our lives. Trust allows us to develop a community. We have always needed the community to be safe, both physically and emotionally. This book allows you to connect with new ideas and aspects of trust.


Animal Entanglements

Animal Entanglements

Author: Erika Cudworth

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2024-04-01

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1538180219

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This book provides an insight into the everyday lives and experiences of people who live with dogs as companions; and glimpses aspects of the lives of the dogs who share their homes. It is framed sociologically and as such, considers the various forms of power relations which shape the lives of those kept as pets and their human owners. In recounting stories of companion humans and dogs, the co-constituted quality of life is clear. However, while dogs – as agential beings with needs, desires and a point of view – are able to shape outcomes and change aspects of their lived experience, the world they inhabit is profoundly geared to human inhabitants; and the most privileged ones at that. The book revisits the notion of pet keeping as the interplay between domination and affection arguing that these do not exist as a continuum, but a mesh of complex relations played out in the use of homespace, in the kitchen, the bedroom, the in the public world of park and the street. Those living with dog companions, as well as the dogs themselves, find their lives are muddied, both literally and figuratively; boundaries are tested and recast and the complications of inter-species cohabitation negotiated by all parties. Through an innovative theoretical contribution, Cudworth conceptualizes human relations with companion dogs in terms of complex social relations that involve both systemic forms of domination as well as nonhuman agency in shaping social relations and social forms.


Running Cultures

Running Cultures

Author: John Bale

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-06

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1135757496

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Bale brings running into the realm of the humanities by drawing on sources from literature, poetry, film and art as well as statistics and training manuals to highlight tensions, ambiguities and complexities lying beneath common notions of the sport.


Developmental Psychopathology, Volume 1

Developmental Psychopathology, Volume 1

Author: Dante Cicchetti

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-03-24

Total Pages: 1105

ISBN-13: 0471755990

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Developmental Psychopathology, Second Edition, contains in three volumes the most complete and current research on every aspect of developmental psychopathology. This seminal reference work features contributions from national and international expert researchers and clinicians who bring together an array of interdisciplinary work to ascertain how multiple levels of analysis may influence individual differences, the continuity or discontinuity of patterns and the pathways by which the same developmental outcomes may be achieved. This volume addresses theoretical perspectives and methodological issues, including cross-cultural perspectives, developmental epidemiology, self determination theory, and gender issues.


Dangerous Virtues

Dangerous Virtues

Author: Ana Mar�a Moix

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780803282377

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Five short stories by a Spanish writer. The title story is on two women communicating by staring, while The Dead is on an unhappy wedding anniversary. and index.


If You Tame Me

If You Tame Me

Author: Leslie Irvine

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 2008-11-20

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1592137911

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Narrowing the gulf between humans and animals.