Author: Richard Kearney
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: boundaries, philosophy, theology, transcending, minerva, ricoeur, owl, paul
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 2004-09-30
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0754650189
ISBN-13: 9780754650188

Paul Ricoeur is one of the giants of contemporary continental philosophy and one of the most enduring and wide-ranging thinkers in the twentieth century, publishing major works ranging from existentialism and phenomenology to psychoanalysis, politics, religion and the theory of language. Richard Kearney offers a critical engagement with the work of Ricoeur, beginning with a general introduction to his hermeneutic philosophy. Part one explores some of the main themes in Ricouer’s thought under six headings: phenomenology and hermeneutics; language and imagination; myth and tradition; ideo

Author: Tom Christensen;Laegreid
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
Keywords: management, public, new, transcending
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2007-06-30
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0754671178
ISBN-13: 9780754671176

Following on from the success of the editors previous book, "New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice", which examined the public reform process up to the end of the last decade, this new volume draws on this previous knowledge both theoretically and empirically. It includes and contrasts with the post-new public management reform development in Denmark, Norway and Sweden and with Australia and New Zealand. In addition to new contributing authors, many of the contributors to the first volume also appear in this volume making it an ideal follow up and a must for courses a

Author: Rex Briggs
Publisher: Health Communications
Keywords: shame, transcending, anxiety, transforming
Number of Pages: 343
Published: 1999-12
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1558747222
ISBN-13: 9781558747227

This unique book combines the author’s clinical expertise with his personal experience as a former anxiety sufferer, to offer readers an incomparable blend of compassion and practical implementation that is sure to permanently transform their lives. Rather than fostering the cognitive-behavioral techniques prevalent in other books on this topic, this book approaches anxiety not as a disease to be controlled or eliminated, but as a messenger to be heeded. Following the principles of the author’s well-renowned sixteen-week treatment program, this book teaches readers to understand th

Author: Brian Germai
Publisher: Ingram Atlasbook
Keywords: freedom, doorway, transcending
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2007-10-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0977627705
ISBN-13: 9780977627707

Transcending Fear addresses one of the most significant challenges: the process of recognizing and moving beyond fear. In an age in which fear has brought the world to the brink of destruction, understanding why we contract in fear and how we can go beyond this instinctive reaction is essential for our survival as a species. As a World Champion skydiver, test pilot and psychologist, Brian Germain offers a unique personalized perspective on the phenomenon of fear. Reflecting on his many intense experiences with fear, Germain sorts through the most current psychology research on fear, and presen

Author: Susan C. Boyd
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Keywords: myths, transcending, drugs, illicit, mothers
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1999-03-27
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0802081517
ISBN-13: 9780802081513

During the past decade, media and medical forces have combined to create an alarming view of pregnant mothers who use illicit drugs. The result has been increased state control of these women and their infants. This in-depth study is the first in Canada to look at how mothers who use illicit drugs regard the laws, medical practices, and social services that intervene in their lives.Focusing on practices in western Canada, Susan C. Boyd argues that licit and illicit drug categories are artificial and dangerous and that the evidence for neonatal syndrome (NAS) is suspect and ideologically driven

Author: Gen Lamrimpa
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Keywords: session, guruyoga, six, kalachakra, time, explanation, transcending
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1999-06-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0861711521
ISBN-13: 9780861711529

Inspired by years of scholarly training and decades of solitary retreat, Tibetan monk Gen Lamrimpa offers a concise overview of all phases of the Kalachakra practice: the preliminaries, the initiation, and finally, the stages of generation and completion. With remarkable clarity, he makes the Six-Session Guruyoga practice accessible to all practitioners, and deepens the reader’s understanding and appreciation of this sublime teaching of the Buddha. Alan Wallace’s introduction illuminates both Kalachakra’s rich history and Gen Lamrimpa’s unique contribution to our unders

Authors:Chogyam Trungpa, Michael H Kohn,
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
Keywords: hesitation, transcending, garuda
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 1979-04-19
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0877731152
ISBN-13: 9780877731153