"Mindfulness" practices derived from Buddhist sources have become ubiquitous. Meditation teachers will sometimes say that this is the same practice that the Buddha taught over 2500 years ago. David McMahan shows that the standard articulation of mindfulness is, rather, a distillation of particular strands of Buddhist thought that have combined with western ideas to create a unique practice tailored to modern life. Rethinking Meditation asks how and why these practices coalesced into the version we have today.
Steve Duck Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Steve Duck è uno psicologo sociale e studioso della comunicazione britannico il cui lavoro ha fatto progredire in modo significativo la comprensione scientifica delle relazioni sociali e personali. La sua ricerca si concentra principalmente sulle dinamiche di dissoluzione delle relazioni, sviluppando modelli influenti che esplorano le fasi e i processi coinvolti. I contributi di Duck risiedono nel suo meticoloso esame dei modelli di comunicazione interpersonale durante l'intero ciclo di vita delle relazioni. Il suo approccio accademico fornisce profonde intuizioni sul perché e sul come le relazioni si formano, si mantengono e, infine, terminano.
Emerging Field of Personal Relationships
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- 12 ore di lettura
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The Fourth Edition of this highly successful textbook provides a unique and comprehensive introduction to the study and understanding of human relationships. This thoroughly revised edition combines the most recent research from social, personality, and developmental psychology, communication studies, family studies, and sociology with greater interdisciplinarity coverage and emphasis on processes of everyday life. Fresh insights from family studies, developmental psychology, occupational, and organizational psychology also combine to bring new perspectives to this thorough survey of the field. Thoroughly updated, with new chapters on Relating Difficulty, small media technology and relationships, and practical applications, the new edition is responsive to the student demand for insight into their own lives.