Yearning for (Dis)Connections

Yearning for (Dis)Connections
Author: Hassan Yosimbom
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2023-09-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9956553433

In a nuanced consideration of the Cameroonian experience, Yearning for (Dis) Connections makes critical interventions into debates about coexistence, citizenship, identity formation and performance, democracy and modernity in Cameroon. The essays in the book ranges across Francophone and Anglophone Cameroons to provide a challenging assessment of the common ways of writing and thinking for and of and about the Cameroonian world. The book criticises the blinders of Cameroon's Francophonecentred leadership, analysing its failure to heed Anglophone Cameroon's ontological and epistemological critiques of Cameroon's ongoing exclusions masked by pretences of a Francophone universalism. Yosimbom uses the works of Nyamnjoh, Ndi, Besong and Takwi to explore how Cameroonian worlds are on the move of and for identity negotiations. He also explores how the uneven development of those Cameroonian worlds has been creating growing gaps within and among regions while at the same time Francophonising Anglophones and Anglophonising Francophones through four-fold processes of complementarities, continuity and discontinuity, diachrony and synchrony. The book demonstrates that persistent Francophone hegemony and resurgent Anglophone nationalism often fail to realise that all Cameroonians have been shuffled like a pack of cards; that cultures are formed through complex dialogues and interactions with other cultures; that the boundaries of cultures are fluid, porous and contested; that identities are multiple and layered in complex, pluralist democratic societies; and that there is need for public recognition of cultural and identity specificities in ways that do not deny their fluidity, nimbleness and incompleteness.

The Power of Connection

The Power of Connection
Author: Judith V. Jordan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1317987241

Relational-Cultural theory (RCT) proposes that all people grow through and toward relationships throughout the lifespan. RCT challenges prevailing theories that depict the "separate self" as the hallmark of maturity. Rather than movement toward autonomy and separation, RCT suggests we develop ever more differentiated ways of connecting. An increase in growth-fostering relationships results in: a sense of vitality and zest; increasing clarity about ourselves and others; augmented creativity and ability to take action; an experience of worth and empowerment; and a desire for more connectedness with others. Disconnections are inevitable in relationships and RCT focuses on relational resilience, the ways people can re-establish positive and growth-fostering relationships. RCT further emphasizes the importance of cultural and societal forces in causing either growth-fostering connection or destructive disconnection. This volume explores the process of change in therapy and in other relationships; how race and other forms of stratification create pain; and how people develop resilience and strength in relationships characterized by mutuality. This book was based on a special issue of Women and Therapy.

Milton's Kinesthetic Vision in Paradise Lost

Milton's Kinesthetic Vision in Paradise Lost
Author: Elizabeth Ely Fuller
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1983
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780838750278

The author demonstrates that the apparent contradictions in the poetic, dramatic, and conceptual framework of Paradise Lost are purposive, indeed central, to Milton's kinesthetic poetics.

The Big Disconnect

The Big Disconnect
Author: Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD.
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2013-08-13
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0062082442

Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Pick; Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing childhood and family dynamics, and offers solutions parents can use to successfully shepherd their children through the technological wilderness. As the focus of the family has turned to the glow of the screen—children constantly texting their friends or going online to do homework; parents working online around the clock—everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. Easy access to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from damaging exposure to excessive marketing and the unsavory aspects of adult culture. Parents often feel they are losing a meaningful connection with their children. Children are feeling lonely and alienated. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology's gain? As renowned clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair explains, families are in crisis as they face this issue, and even more so than they realize. Not only do chronic tech distractions have deep and lasting effects but children also desperately need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, significant interactions with the adults in their lives. Drawing on real-life stories from her clinical work with children and parents and her consulting work with educators and experts across the country, Steiner-Adair offers insights and advice that can help parents achieve greater understanding, authority, and confidence as they engage with the tech revolution unfolding in their living rooms.

The Art of Disconnection

The Art of Disconnection
Author: Samyak More
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2023-12-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The Art of Disconnection,Crafting a Balanced Life in a Hyperconnected World is a powerful book written by Samyak More, He challenges us to redefine our relationship with technology in the age of digital overload. More offers a compelling and practical guide to navigating the complexities of our hyperconnected world. Samyak believes that technology, while a powerful tool, can easily become a master if we lack intention and awareness. The Art of Disconnection empowers readers to cultivate tech literacy, set healthy digital boundaries, and rediscover the joy and fulfillment that thrives beyond the confines of the screen.

Rationality and the Ideology of Disconnection

Rationality and the Ideology of Disconnection
Author: Michael Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2006-07-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139459163

A powerful and provocative critique of the foundations of Rational Choice theory and the economic way of thinking about the world, written by a former leading practitioner. The target is a dehumanizing ideology that cannot properly recognize that normal people have attachments and commitments to other people and to practices, projects, principles, and places, which provide them with desire-independent reasons for action, and that they are reflective creatures who think about what they are and what they should be, with ideals that can shape and structure the way they see their choices. The author's views are brought to bear on the economic way of thinking about the natural environment and on how and when the norm of fair reciprocity motivates us to do our part in cooperative endeavors. Throughout, the argument is adorned by thought-provoking examples that keep what is at stake clearly before the reader's mind.

Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy

Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy
Author: Marion F. Solomon
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2011-04-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0393706729

Neuroscience and couples therapy come together to help couples break patterns of bad behavior. What happens between partners that makes love turn to war? How can couples therapists help deescalate the battles? Two leading therapists apply the latest neuroscience research on emotional arousal to help couples regulate each other’s emotions, maintain secure attachment, and foster positive, enduring relationships. The neurobiologically-grounded and sensitive approach set forth by Solomon and Tatkin in this book is sure to transform the way clinicians understand and treat couples in therapy.

Mothers and Sons

Mothers and Sons
Author: Andrea O'Reilly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2002-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135960070

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything
Author: Christina Robb
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2007-03-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780312426156

"How the work of Carol Gilligan, Jean Baker Miller, Judith Lewis Herman, and their colleagues brought democracy to our personal lives"--Jacket

Introduction to Crisis and Trauma Counseling

Introduction to Crisis and Trauma Counseling
Author: Thelma Duffey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119685087

This introductory text integrates evidence-based models and best practices with relational-cultural theory, which is responsive to the many forms of traumatic stress and tragedies that clients experience. It is a unique contribution that emphasizes the power of the connections counselors form with clients and communities in crisis and the means by which counselors can intervene, inspire growth, and promote healing during times of tragedy and loss. Readers will gain vital skills as they learn real-life approaches to crisis work with diverse populations in a variety of settings, including individuals, families, communities, students, military personnel, violence survivors, and clients who are suicidal. The authors provide strength-based, trauma-informed applications of cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, neurofeedback, mindfulness, and creative practices. In addition, each chapter contains compelling case examples, multiple-choice and essay questions, and key topic discussion prompts to guide student learning and promote classroom discussion. *Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. *To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to [email protected]