John Lee
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198185048
- eISBN:
- 9780191674433
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198185048.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
This introductory chapter first sets out the focus of the book, which is to search for an answer to a critical issue: does Prince Hamlet have a self-constituting sense of self? It then presents an ...
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This introductory chapter first sets out the focus of the book, which is to search for an answer to a critical issue: does Prince Hamlet have a self-constituting sense of self? It then presents an overview of the three parts of the book. Part I unfolds the contemporary academic drama surrounding the critical issue. Part II is set in the more distant past, its players drawn from Shakespearian critics of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. Part III opens with a sense of the high stakes and long vistas that lie behind the controversies of self. Hamlet, the Prince, and Hamlet, the play, now take centre stage.Less
This introductory chapter first sets out the focus of the book, which is to search for an answer to a critical issue: does Prince Hamlet have a self-constituting sense of self? It then presents an overview of the three parts of the book. Part I unfolds the contemporary academic drama surrounding the critical issue. Part II is set in the more distant past, its players drawn from Shakespearian critics of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. Part III opens with a sense of the high stakes and long vistas that lie behind the controversies of self. Hamlet, the Prince, and Hamlet, the play, now take centre stage.
John Lee
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198185048
- eISBN:
- 9780191674433
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198185048.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet has a self which is both a part of, and important to, his sense of identity. The last chapter put forward two complementary ways of describing and following this self. ...
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Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet has a self which is both a part of, and important to, his sense of identity. The last chapter put forward two complementary ways of describing and following this self. ‘That Within’ the Prince was seen to be an area discrete, though not separate, from his society, and that discreteness was seen to have been self-created; the Prince was seen to possess a self-constituting, as opposed to a self-fashioning, agency. Such an argument refutes the basic thrusts of the arguments of Cultural Materialists and New Historicists concerning English Renaissance literary subjectivity. It also concentrates on the similarities between the Prince's senses of self and more modern senses of self. However, at the heart of the descriptive approaches to self put forward in Chapter 6 is an insistence on the non-essentialist nature of self; Prince Hamlet's senses of self must be historically sited, distinct in various ways from our contemporary senses of self. Prince Hamlet must have aspects of his sense of self that make him of his time; to a point, he must acknowledge Claudius' claim of kinship in this, as in familial matters — no matter how distasteful that kinship may be to him. This chapter focuses on one aspect of this kinship, and so on one difference between the senses of self within Hamlet and modern senses of self. It argues that during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods there is a rhetorical sense of self. Such a rhetorical sense of self is examined as it can be seen within some of Shakespeare's plays, and is placed in relation to Prince Hamlet's senses of self.Less
Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet has a self which is both a part of, and important to, his sense of identity. The last chapter put forward two complementary ways of describing and following this self. ‘That Within’ the Prince was seen to be an area discrete, though not separate, from his society, and that discreteness was seen to have been self-created; the Prince was seen to possess a self-constituting, as opposed to a self-fashioning, agency. Such an argument refutes the basic thrusts of the arguments of Cultural Materialists and New Historicists concerning English Renaissance literary subjectivity. It also concentrates on the similarities between the Prince's senses of self and more modern senses of self. However, at the heart of the descriptive approaches to self put forward in Chapter 6 is an insistence on the non-essentialist nature of self; Prince Hamlet's senses of self must be historically sited, distinct in various ways from our contemporary senses of self. Prince Hamlet must have aspects of his sense of self that make him of his time; to a point, he must acknowledge Claudius' claim of kinship in this, as in familial matters — no matter how distasteful that kinship may be to him. This chapter focuses on one aspect of this kinship, and so on one difference between the senses of self within Hamlet and modern senses of self. It argues that during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods there is a rhetorical sense of self. Such a rhetorical sense of self is examined as it can be seen within some of Shakespeare's plays, and is placed in relation to Prince Hamlet's senses of self.
Jeffrey Gray
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- April 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198520917
- eISBN:
- 9780191584916
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198520917.003.0018
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
The previous chapter considered the sense of self as being made up of a point of view (computed in the parietal lobes) and belongingness (computed in the hippocampal system). These processes both ...
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The previous chapter considered the sense of self as being made up of a point of view (computed in the parietal lobes) and belongingness (computed in the hippocampal system). These processes both require the construction in consciousness of a model of the external world. Furthermore, they are both strongly cognitive. The point of view requires the construction of a map of egocentric space; and the sense of belonging requires semantic and associative interpretation of current sensory input. This chapter considers an aspect of the sense of self that offers a sharp contrast. It is concerned, not with the external world, but with states of the body; and it largely lacks that hallmark of cognitive processing, intentionality. It is argued that core consciousness (consciousness of bodily states and the emotional reactions that reflect these states) does not differ radically from cognitive consciousness in terms of brain location. Both depend for their proximal neural correlates upon activity, not in the brain stem, but in the neocortex (however, core consciousness does differ sharply from cognitive consciousness in its general lack of intentionality).Less
The previous chapter considered the sense of self as being made up of a point of view (computed in the parietal lobes) and belongingness (computed in the hippocampal system). These processes both require the construction in consciousness of a model of the external world. Furthermore, they are both strongly cognitive. The point of view requires the construction of a map of egocentric space; and the sense of belonging requires semantic and associative interpretation of current sensory input. This chapter considers an aspect of the sense of self that offers a sharp contrast. It is concerned, not with the external world, but with states of the body; and it largely lacks that hallmark of cognitive processing, intentionality. It is argued that core consciousness (consciousness of bodily states and the emotional reactions that reflect these states) does not differ radically from cognitive consciousness in terms of brain location. Both depend for their proximal neural correlates upon activity, not in the brain stem, but in the neocortex (however, core consciousness does differ sharply from cognitive consciousness in its general lack of intentionality).
Mattison Mines
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520084780
- eISBN:
- 9780520914599
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520084780.003.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This book counters the commonplace view that individuality lacks importance in social life in India and offers a theory of Tamil individuality, analyzing individuality from the perspectives of ...
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This book counters the commonplace view that individuality lacks importance in social life in India and offers a theory of Tamil individuality, analyzing individuality from the perspectives of exterior or public lives and interior or private lives. It shows that Tamils do recognize individuality as an essential feature of ordinary life and that individuality lies at the very crux of a Tamil's sense of self as well as his or her sense of others, discussing the nature of Tamil individuality.Less
This book counters the commonplace view that individuality lacks importance in social life in India and offers a theory of Tamil individuality, analyzing individuality from the perspectives of exterior or public lives and interior or private lives. It shows that Tamils do recognize individuality as an essential feature of ordinary life and that individuality lies at the very crux of a Tamil's sense of self as well as his or her sense of others, discussing the nature of Tamil individuality.
Alex Owen
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199863075
- eISBN:
- 9780199979974
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863075.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Philosophy of Religion
This chapter discusses the theme of the “sacralization of the self,” and places Crowley's magical work in the context of a fin de siècle occultism. It tries to determine whether Crowley's magic ...
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This chapter discusses the theme of the “sacralization of the self,” and places Crowley's magical work in the context of a fin de siècle occultism. It tries to determine whether Crowley's magic expresses a modern sense of the self. Next, it interprets the magical exploration of John Dee's “Aethyrs” that Crowley did along with Victor Neuburg in 1909, in order to try to understand the complete implications of subjectivity.Less
This chapter discusses the theme of the “sacralization of the self,” and places Crowley's magical work in the context of a fin de siècle occultism. It tries to determine whether Crowley's magic expresses a modern sense of the self. Next, it interprets the magical exploration of John Dee's “Aethyrs” that Crowley did along with Victor Neuburg in 1909, in order to try to understand the complete implications of subjectivity.
Daniel M. Ogilvie
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- April 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195157468
- eISBN:
- 9780199894024
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195157468.003.0014
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
This chapter focuses on the core of the story that led to Jung's vision of levitation, drawing on George Atwood and Robert Stolorow's Faces in a Cloud, Peter Homans' Jung in Context, and Jung's ...
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This chapter focuses on the core of the story that led to Jung's vision of levitation, drawing on George Atwood and Robert Stolorow's Faces in a Cloud, Peter Homans' Jung in Context, and Jung's autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections. These three works have deepened the author's understanding of the collective unconscious, why Jung needed to invent it, and how he worked on it until he got it right. The chapter first describes the collective unconscious and discusses its hidden role in personality development. It then looks into the conditions that led to Jung's “discovery” of the collective unconscious and how it slowly evolved as a potential healer of his fractured sense of self.Less
This chapter focuses on the core of the story that led to Jung's vision of levitation, drawing on George Atwood and Robert Stolorow's Faces in a Cloud, Peter Homans' Jung in Context, and Jung's autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections. These three works have deepened the author's understanding of the collective unconscious, why Jung needed to invent it, and how he worked on it until he got it right. The chapter first describes the collective unconscious and discusses its hidden role in personality development. It then looks into the conditions that led to Jung's “discovery” of the collective unconscious and how it slowly evolved as a potential healer of his fractured sense of self.
Herbert S. Terrace and Janet Metcalfe (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195161564
- eISBN:
- 9780199848386
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195161564.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
How do we develop self-awareness, or a sense of self? One of the most popular theories is that language plays a major role: language and the narrative form allow us to develop a sense of self because ...
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How do we develop self-awareness, or a sense of self? One of the most popular theories is that language plays a major role: language and the narrative form allow us to develop a sense of self because this sense is dependent upon representational thought and the psychological manipulation of representations. Some argue against this theory, claiming that more than language and representational thought is needed. Comparing human and animal cognition is a particularly powerful way of examining this disagreement; if animals possess self-awareness without having the representational linguistic capabilities of humans, then the comparison will provide significant evidence for the argument that language and narrative form do not play the only role, and that researchers may have overlooked a cognitive link. This book brings together the work of a group of researchers, who show that self-awareness, metacognitions, and representational thought are unique to humans, and others who believe that precursors to self-reflective consciousness exist in non-human primates.Less
How do we develop self-awareness, or a sense of self? One of the most popular theories is that language plays a major role: language and the narrative form allow us to develop a sense of self because this sense is dependent upon representational thought and the psychological manipulation of representations. Some argue against this theory, claiming that more than language and representational thought is needed. Comparing human and animal cognition is a particularly powerful way of examining this disagreement; if animals possess self-awareness without having the representational linguistic capabilities of humans, then the comparison will provide significant evidence for the argument that language and narrative form do not play the only role, and that researchers may have overlooked a cognitive link. This book brings together the work of a group of researchers, who show that self-awareness, metacognitions, and representational thought are unique to humans, and others who believe that precursors to self-reflective consciousness exist in non-human primates.
Adam Ockelford and John Vorhaus
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199679485
- eISBN:
- 9780191759994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199679485.003.0035
- Subject:
- Psychology, Music Psychology
This chapter examines the relationship between identity and musical engagement on the part of children and young people who have either severe learning difficulties (SLD) or profound and multiple ...
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This chapter examines the relationship between identity and musical engagement on the part of children and young people who have either severe learning difficulties (SLD) or profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). The idea of identity is considered in two contexts: philosophical conceptions of self and the psychomusicologically-based “Sounds of Intent” model of musical development. This epistemological merger leads to the putative notion of a “musical identity” in children with learning difficulties. The discussion is followed by six vignettes, which illustrate a practical application of the theoretical thinking.Less
This chapter examines the relationship between identity and musical engagement on the part of children and young people who have either severe learning difficulties (SLD) or profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). The idea of identity is considered in two contexts: philosophical conceptions of self and the psychomusicologically-based “Sounds of Intent” model of musical development. This epistemological merger leads to the putative notion of a “musical identity” in children with learning difficulties. The discussion is followed by six vignettes, which illustrate a practical application of the theoretical thinking.
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804758918
- eISBN:
- 9780804775861
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804758918.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter introduces several figures within Brickfields that showed how the residents tried to form a sense of self and community. These figures are the stranger, the counterfeiter, and the ...
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This chapter introduces several figures within Brickfields that showed how the residents tried to form a sense of self and community. These figures are the stranger, the counterfeiter, and the gangster, which were all taken from overlapping sites (i.e. the popular media, the Malaysian state, and the conversations of self and community that spread at the local neighbourhood level). It shows that these figures served as a way for the residents of Brickfields to understand the different events that made up their daily lives and as objects of belief created beyond the discourses on religion or state. The figures of counterfeiters and strangers are said to give “faces” to supposed threats within the community that deemed difficult to identify. On the other hand, the figure of the gangster was commonly associated by outsiders with Brickfields. This chapter thus aims to form a place of belief that is central to the creation of ethical forms of urban life.Less
This chapter introduces several figures within Brickfields that showed how the residents tried to form a sense of self and community. These figures are the stranger, the counterfeiter, and the gangster, which were all taken from overlapping sites (i.e. the popular media, the Malaysian state, and the conversations of self and community that spread at the local neighbourhood level). It shows that these figures served as a way for the residents of Brickfields to understand the different events that made up their daily lives and as objects of belief created beyond the discourses on religion or state. The figures of counterfeiters and strangers are said to give “faces” to supposed threats within the community that deemed difficult to identify. On the other hand, the figure of the gangster was commonly associated by outsiders with Brickfields. This chapter thus aims to form a place of belief that is central to the creation of ethical forms of urban life.
Willard Spiegelman
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195368130
- eISBN:
- 9780199852192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195368130.003.0017
- Subject:
- Literature, Poetry
This chapter examines the letters and correspondence of American poet Robert Lowell. It suggests that though Lowell was not very comfortable with the medium of letter writing, the tone of his letters ...
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This chapter examines the letters and correspondence of American poet Robert Lowell. It suggests that though Lowell was not very comfortable with the medium of letter writing, the tone of his letters was always at least assured and more often assertive with an undertone of competitiveness. The bulk of his letters reveal the heart of a man and the two things that occupied all of his energies: his sense of self and his work, separate but interchangeable.Less
This chapter examines the letters and correspondence of American poet Robert Lowell. It suggests that though Lowell was not very comfortable with the medium of letter writing, the tone of his letters was always at least assured and more often assertive with an undertone of competitiveness. The bulk of his letters reveal the heart of a man and the two things that occupied all of his energies: his sense of self and his work, separate but interchangeable.
Keith Doubt
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823227006
- eISBN:
- 9780823235872
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823227006.003.0005
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This chapter analyzes the motives behind the rapes in Bosnia during the war. The rapes were assaults on individuals' bodies and selves. The purpose was not just to harm a ...
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This chapter analyzes the motives behind the rapes in Bosnia during the war. The rapes were assaults on individuals' bodies and selves. The purpose was not just to harm a woman or young girl's body, but also to destroy a person's sense of self as a free and self-conscious person. Rape was also used to destroy the woman's relation to her family and community, in part by provoking her family and community to reject her.Less
This chapter analyzes the motives behind the rapes in Bosnia during the war. The rapes were assaults on individuals' bodies and selves. The purpose was not just to harm a woman or young girl's body, but also to destroy a person's sense of self as a free and self-conscious person. Rape was also used to destroy the woman's relation to her family and community, in part by provoking her family and community to reject her.
Cheryl Mattingly and Linda C. Garro
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520218246
- eISBN:
- 9780520935228
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520218246.003.0009
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
This chapter interweaves autobiography with material from the author's ethnographic research in order to examine the complicated relationship between illness narratives, illness experience, and ...
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This chapter interweaves autobiography with material from the author's ethnographic research in order to examine the complicated relationship between illness narratives, illness experience, and personal identity. The author uses the stories to comment about the surprises of illness and how it speaks to a person's sense of self and to raise a series of critical questions about narrative theory. It also critiques the predominance of the “I” in many autobiographical and life story accounts of illness.Less
This chapter interweaves autobiography with material from the author's ethnographic research in order to examine the complicated relationship between illness narratives, illness experience, and personal identity. The author uses the stories to comment about the surprises of illness and how it speaks to a person's sense of self and to raise a series of critical questions about narrative theory. It also critiques the predominance of the “I” in many autobiographical and life story accounts of illness.
Patrick Haggard and Baruch Eitam (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780190267278
- eISBN:
- 9780190267308
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190267278.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology
This book focuses on the scientific study of the human sense of agency. It discusses the causes and consequences of the subjective experience of being in control of one’s actions, and, through them, ...
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This book focuses on the scientific study of the human sense of agency. It discusses the causes and consequences of the subjective experience of being in control of one’s actions, and, through them, of events in the outside world. The book brings together some of the world’s leading researchers on the topic. It aims to provide the first structured survey of this nascent but rapidly growing field.Less
This book focuses on the scientific study of the human sense of agency. It discusses the causes and consequences of the subjective experience of being in control of one’s actions, and, through them, of events in the outside world. The book brings together some of the world’s leading researchers on the topic. It aims to provide the first structured survey of this nascent but rapidly growing field.
Kristine Stiles
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780226774510
- eISBN:
- 9780226304403
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226304403.003.0016
- Subject:
- Art, Art Theory and Criticism
This chapter examines the aesthetics of David Tudor as a performer and composer by situating his artistic aims within those of John Cage and Henry Flynt. As an interpreter-performer, Tudor trusted in ...
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This chapter examines the aesthetics of David Tudor as a performer and composer by situating his artistic aims within those of John Cage and Henry Flynt. As an interpreter-performer, Tudor trusted in and aspired to the moment when in following a score he could unexpectedly depart from it, reaching a point of independence and sovereignty in the creative act. Although Tudor was the consummate interpreter of Cage's work, his own aesthetic interests diverged considerably from Cage's rejection of self-expression, his pursuit of anonymity in the work, and his notions of freedom. Drawing on interviews with and statements by Tudor and other artists, the chapter discusses the aesthetics of the misfit found in the margins of work by artists like Flynt and Tudor. It also considers Tudor's views on freedom and expression as well as his sense of self, along with Flynt's theory of the creep personality.Less
This chapter examines the aesthetics of David Tudor as a performer and composer by situating his artistic aims within those of John Cage and Henry Flynt. As an interpreter-performer, Tudor trusted in and aspired to the moment when in following a score he could unexpectedly depart from it, reaching a point of independence and sovereignty in the creative act. Although Tudor was the consummate interpreter of Cage's work, his own aesthetic interests diverged considerably from Cage's rejection of self-expression, his pursuit of anonymity in the work, and his notions of freedom. Drawing on interviews with and statements by Tudor and other artists, the chapter discusses the aesthetics of the misfit found in the margins of work by artists like Flynt and Tudor. It also considers Tudor's views on freedom and expression as well as his sense of self, along with Flynt's theory of the creep personality.
Adeline Cooney and Kathy Murphy
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847422927
- eISBN:
- 9781447304173
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847422927.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing
The findings reported in this chapter are part of a larger study of residents' and staff's perceptions of quality-of-life issues in residential care settings. The findings arise from qualitative ...
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The findings reported in this chapter are part of a larger study of residents' and staff's perceptions of quality-of-life issues in residential care settings. The findings arise from qualitative interviews with 101 residents and 48 staff. Residents' accounts suggest that one of the most significant factors to impact on their continuity and quality of life is the environment and ethos of care. The ethos of care environments shaped the extent to which promoting and maintaining independence was embedded into the care of residents. Participants maintained their senses of self by various means and the findings suggest that most residents are able to maintain a sense of self in residential care facilities. Privacy is often assumed to be about physical privacy only. However, in this study, participants gave equal weighting to social, psychological, and physical privacy.Less
The findings reported in this chapter are part of a larger study of residents' and staff's perceptions of quality-of-life issues in residential care settings. The findings arise from qualitative interviews with 101 residents and 48 staff. Residents' accounts suggest that one of the most significant factors to impact on their continuity and quality of life is the environment and ethos of care. The ethos of care environments shaped the extent to which promoting and maintaining independence was embedded into the care of residents. Participants maintained their senses of self by various means and the findings suggest that most residents are able to maintain a sense of self in residential care facilities. Privacy is often assumed to be about physical privacy only. However, in this study, participants gave equal weighting to social, psychological, and physical privacy.
Daphne Spain
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801453199
- eISBN:
- 9781501704130
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801453199.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gender Studies
This chapter examines how feminist bookstores revealed multidimensional and complex female identities that could transform women’s sense of self. These bookstores were often an outgrowth of women’s ...
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This chapter examines how feminist bookstores revealed multidimensional and complex female identities that could transform women’s sense of self. These bookstores were often an outgrowth of women’s center libraries, carrying with them it the mission to serve the women’s community. Feminist bookstores collected, in one place, a diverse array of publications that spoke to multiple and overlapping groups. Just one or two books were insufficient for the task; it took stacks of books, what the scholar Kristen Hogan calls “the feminist shelf,” to represent the relationships among race, gender, ethnicity, sexual preference, motherhood, and the myriad other ways in which women define themselves.Less
This chapter examines how feminist bookstores revealed multidimensional and complex female identities that could transform women’s sense of self. These bookstores were often an outgrowth of women’s center libraries, carrying with them it the mission to serve the women’s community. Feminist bookstores collected, in one place, a diverse array of publications that spoke to multiple and overlapping groups. Just one or two books were insufficient for the task; it took stacks of books, what the scholar Kristen Hogan calls “the feminist shelf,” to represent the relationships among race, gender, ethnicity, sexual preference, motherhood, and the myriad other ways in which women define themselves.
Sherry Ann Chapman and Sheila Peace
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861349019
- eISBN:
- 9781447303299
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861349019.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing
This chapter examines the interdependence of older women within the rural areas where they live. It tries to determine whether these are good places in which to grow old, and whether the physical and ...
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This chapter examines the interdependence of older women within the rural areas where they live. It tries to determine whether these are good places in which to grow old, and whether the physical and social character of these places influences the sense of self of the participants in later life. A comparison and contrast of the lives of people living in two distinct locations in the Western world — rural Canada and semi-rural England — is included.Less
This chapter examines the interdependence of older women within the rural areas where they live. It tries to determine whether these are good places in which to grow old, and whether the physical and social character of these places influences the sense of self of the participants in later life. A comparison and contrast of the lives of people living in two distinct locations in the Western world — rural Canada and semi-rural England — is included.
Catherine Proot and Michael Yorke
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199685011
- eISBN:
- 9780191765285
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199685011.003.0004
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine Research
This chapter considers how people manage to shift their worldview from chaos and crisis and how they struggle to find meaning and make sense of it all. Talking about their life and experience can ...
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This chapter considers how people manage to shift their worldview from chaos and crisis and how they struggle to find meaning and make sense of it all. Talking about their life and experience can help people recognise the purpose in their life. New understandings and priorities can emerge along with the discovery of previously unrecognised strengths and determination. Fresh hopes can arise with the acceptance of a different future along with a realism about the past. Some fear leaving no legacy, others have no such feelings. They have lived, have a sense of achievement and that is enough. How illness can be a stimulant, even amidst weakness, to look at life anew and to recognise one’s identity and status, even beyond the grave, is considered as well as how counsellors can help in this. Through open and healthy relationships and the clearing of unfinished business dying can become more of a natural process.Less
This chapter considers how people manage to shift their worldview from chaos and crisis and how they struggle to find meaning and make sense of it all. Talking about their life and experience can help people recognise the purpose in their life. New understandings and priorities can emerge along with the discovery of previously unrecognised strengths and determination. Fresh hopes can arise with the acceptance of a different future along with a realism about the past. Some fear leaving no legacy, others have no such feelings. They have lived, have a sense of achievement and that is enough. How illness can be a stimulant, even amidst weakness, to look at life anew and to recognise one’s identity and status, even beyond the grave, is considered as well as how counsellors can help in this. Through open and healthy relationships and the clearing of unfinished business dying can become more of a natural process.
Barbara Gail Montero
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- June 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199596775
- eISBN:
- 9780191822308
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596775.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
This chapter explains the “just-do-it principle” (the central target of the book), categorizes the various positions on expertise encountered in the prior chapter, and pulls apart the different kinds ...
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This chapter explains the “just-do-it principle” (the central target of the book), categorizes the various positions on expertise encountered in the prior chapter, and pulls apart the different kinds of mental processes that are proscribed by just-do-it advocates (such as self-reflective thinking, planning, predicting, deliberation, attention, monitoring, conceptualizing, conscious control, trying, effort, a sense of the self, and acting for a reason). It also distinguishes the descriptive aspect of the principle (the aspect that tells us what experts do) from the proscriptive claim about what experts ought not to do, and explains the widely held “principle of interference,” which asserts, in short, that thinking interferes with expert action. Beyond this, it identifies moderate forms of the just-do-it principle and contrast these moderate views with extreme views. Finally, this chapter presents the “cognition-in-action principle,” which captures the view that the book aims to defend.Less
This chapter explains the “just-do-it principle” (the central target of the book), categorizes the various positions on expertise encountered in the prior chapter, and pulls apart the different kinds of mental processes that are proscribed by just-do-it advocates (such as self-reflective thinking, planning, predicting, deliberation, attention, monitoring, conceptualizing, conscious control, trying, effort, a sense of the self, and acting for a reason). It also distinguishes the descriptive aspect of the principle (the aspect that tells us what experts do) from the proscriptive claim about what experts ought not to do, and explains the widely held “principle of interference,” which asserts, in short, that thinking interferes with expert action. Beyond this, it identifies moderate forms of the just-do-it principle and contrast these moderate views with extreme views. Finally, this chapter presents the “cognition-in-action principle,” which captures the view that the book aims to defend.
Adrian Sandler
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807855478
- eISBN:
- 9781469604626
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807867860_sandler.12
- Subject:
- History, Social History
This chapter describes some of the developmental issues that characterize the preschool years. We will touch on the importance to a child with spina bifida of a developing sense of self and an ...
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This chapter describes some of the developmental issues that characterize the preschool years. We will touch on the importance to a child with spina bifida of a developing sense of self and an awareness of the social world. Such key habilitation issues as the use of wheelchairs will be addressed, as will a few relevant medical issues, including latex allergy. The author also provides some tips on how to prepare your child for surgery, as well as a few gems of advice from parents. It is often said that a child's development takes place not smoothly but in sudden spurts of growth followed by quiet periods or plateaus. The three-year-old child is typically poised for a dramatic spurt in receptive and expressive language. Vocabulary expands from perhaps one hundred words to several thousand during the preschool years.Less
This chapter describes some of the developmental issues that characterize the preschool years. We will touch on the importance to a child with spina bifida of a developing sense of self and an awareness of the social world. Such key habilitation issues as the use of wheelchairs will be addressed, as will a few relevant medical issues, including latex allergy. The author also provides some tips on how to prepare your child for surgery, as well as a few gems of advice from parents. It is often said that a child's development takes place not smoothly but in sudden spurts of growth followed by quiet periods or plateaus. The three-year-old child is typically poised for a dramatic spurt in receptive and expressive language. Vocabulary expands from perhaps one hundred words to several thousand during the preschool years.
