The Lived Unreality

Author : Elisa Gabbert
Publisher : FSG Originals
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780374720339

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The Unreality of Memory by Elisa Gabbert Pdf

"Terror, disaster, memory, selfhood, happiness . . . leave it to a poet to tackle the unthinkable so wisely and so wittily."* A literary guide to life in the pre-apocalypse, The Unreality of Memory collects profound and prophetic essays on the Internet age’s media-saturated disaster coverage and our addiction to viewing and discussing the world’s ills. We stare at our phones. We keep multiple tabs open. Our chats and conversations are full of the phrase “Did you see?” The feeling that we’re living in the worst of times seems to be intensifying, alongside a desire to know precisely how bad things have gotten—and each new catastrophe distracts us from the last. The Unreality of Memory collects provocative, searching essays on disaster culture, climate anxiety, and our mounting collective sense of doom. In this new collection, acclaimed poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert explores our obsessions with disasters past and future, from the sinking of the Titanic to Chernobyl, from witch hunts to the plague. These deeply researched, prophetic meditations question how the world will end—if indeed it will—and why we can’t stop fantasizing about it. Can we avoid repeating history? Can we understand our moment from inside the moment? With The Unreality of Memory, Gabbert offers a hauntingly perceptive analysis of our new ways of being and a means of reconciling ourselves to this unreal new world. "A work of sheer brilliance, beauty and bravery.” *—Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less

Author : Monika Gupta
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781947851627

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The Lived Unreality by Monika Gupta Pdf

The Lived Unreality is a narration of what a very simple human being who has gone through lot of struggles think of this complex and intricate thing called The Mind.

Author : Daphne Simeon M.D.,Jeffrey Abugel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199750405

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Feeling Unreal by Daphne Simeon M.D.,Jeffrey Abugel Pdf

"Everything feels unreal to me, like a dream...I feel detached, like a stranger to myself." These are quotes from actual people, experiencing something they don't understand. What they are saying is being heard by friends, families, and physicians today more than ever before. They do not simply suffer from anxiety, or depression, and they are not schizophrenic. They have found themselves trapped in a very real and singular disorder, yet few even know its name. Their enigmatic state of mind has been studied for more than 100 years, but only recently has it become clear how prevalent and how distinctive it really is. The condition is called Depersonalization Disorder, and Feeling Unreal is the first book to reveal what it's all about. This important volume explores not only Depersonalization, but the philosophical and literary implications of selflessness as well, while providing the latest research, possible treatments, and ways to live and thrive when life seems "unreal." For those who still believe that such experiences are merely part of something else, that depersonalization is just a symptom and not a disorder in its own right, Feeling Unreal presents compelling evidence to the contrary. This book provides long-awaited answers for people suffering from Depersonalization Disorder and their loved ones, for mental health professionals, and for all students of the condition, while serving as a wake up call to the medical community at large.

Author : Gabriel Weimann
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761919865

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Communicating Unreality by Gabriel Weimann Pdf

This study reviews the images and meanings which play a vital role in our mass-mediated world. The author demonstrates that there is often a large gap between reality and the reconstruction of realities as communicated by the mass media.

Author : Ian I. Mitroff,Warren G. Bennis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780195083989

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The Unreality Industry by Ian I. Mitroff,Warren G. Bennis Pdf

Fortells the trend that mass media outlets are helping to blur the line between reality and fantasy.

Author : Katharine Donnelly,Fugen Neziroglu
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1608820424

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Overcoming Depersonalization Disorder by Katharine Donnelly,Fugen Neziroglu Pdf

When you have depersonalization disorder, nothing seems real. You may feel detached from reality, even from your own thoughts, as though you are going through the motions of living without ever being truly connected to your experiences. Whether your depersonalization developed after a traumatic experience or is something you've always lived with, this book can help you reconnect with life again. Overcoming Depersonalization Disorder can help you diagnose the type and degree of your depersonalization disorder, come to understand why it developed, and cope with your symptoms using practical skills drawn from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). Ready to feel real again? Put the practical skills in this book to work in your life right now and start reintegrating yourself back into the world and reconnecting to your own vibrant thoughts and feelings.

Author : Anthony Esolen
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621643067

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Sex and the Unreal City by Anthony Esolen Pdf

Unreal City: a cartoon megalopolis where towers are built of cotton candy, facts scatter like pixie dust, and the truth is whatever you feel it to be. And it's no fantasy. It's where we live. "We dwell in Unreal City. We believe in un-being." With saber-like wit, poet and professor Anthony Esolen leads readers on a tour through the ruins of their own Western world—through king-size bookstores, manicured college campuses, strobe-lit choir lofts, mechanized farms, divorce courts, drag-queen libraries, and beyond. This hilarious guide to a culture gone mad with sex and self-care minces no words and spares no egos. We the people of Unreal City are no better, and certainly no smarter, than our fathers. But fear not. Sex and the Unreal City insists there's no need to settle down in the ninth circle of unreality. Esolen lights a torch and heads up the well-trod path back to our cleaner, kinder, truer homeland: Earth. Along the way, the author sings the songs of masters long forgotten—Shakespeare, Dante, Milton, the Evangelists—and asks us to join in.

Author : Charles Crittenden
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501733871

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Unreality by Charles Crittenden Pdf

Charles Crittenden here offers an original solution to one of the traditional dilemmas of philosophy—whether there can be any thing not existing, since to say that some thing does not exist seems to presuppose its existence. Drawing on the tools of Wittgensteinian philosophy and speech act theory, Crittenden argues that we can and often do make reference to unreal objects such as fictional characters, though they do not exist in any sense at all.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89092858661

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The Living Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112110962823

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The Living Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dawn Baker,Elaine Hunter,Emma Lawrence,Anthony David
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 147214063X

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Overcoming Depersonalisation and Feelings of Unreality, 2nd Edition by Dawn Baker,Elaine Hunter,Emma Lawrence,Anthony David Pdf

'The first of its kind, this self-help book will offer guidance, help and solace to the many sufferers of depersonalization disorder.' Daphne Simeon, Depersonalisation and Dissociation Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Depersonalization disorder can make you feel detached from life and many people describe feeling 'emotionally numb', unreal or even as if their body doesn't belong to them. It can be a symptom of another problem such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and, particularly, of panic disorder, or of an illness like epilepsy or migraine. It can also occur in its own right and/or as a side effect of certain drugs. This self-help book, written by leading experts, will help you to understand what causes depersonalization disorder and what can keep it going, and will introduce you to effective strategies to overcome it: Based on clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques Clear and accessible step-by-step exercises and tools, including diary-keeping and problem-solving Overcoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme. Series Editor: Professor Peter Cooper

Author : Raymond Lees
Publisher : Australian Self Publishing Group
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781922618924

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Title 6 Ways of the easy rider by Raymond Lees Pdf

6 ways of the easy rider: A cool and laid-back way of life! Experienced by banishing wasted effort and maximizing life’s peaks and rides. The authors’ ways and personal insights will take you on a wild ride, with shortcuts and great manoeuvres towards effort-less living.

Author : David Shulman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483319421

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The Presentation of Self in Contemporary Social Life by David Shulman Pdf

The Presentation of Self in Contemporary Social Life covers the popular theories of Erving Goffman, and shows modern applications of dramaturgical analysis in a wide range of social contexts. David Shulman’s innovative new text demonstrates how Goffman’s ideas, first introduced in 1959, continue to inspire research into how we manage the impressions that others form about us. He synthesizes the work of contemporary scholars who use dramaturgical approaches from several disciplines, who recognize that many values, social norms, and laws have changed since Goffman’s time, and that contemporary society offers significant new forms of impression management that we can engage in and experience. After a general introduction to dramaturgical sociology, readers will see many examples of how Goffman’s ideas can provide powerful insights into familiar aspects of contemporary life today, including business and the workplace, popular culture, the entertainment industry, and the digital world.

Author : Upendra Baxi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199088102

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Human Rights in a Posthuman World by Upendra Baxi Pdf

This major work, a sequel to the acclaimed The Future of Human Rights, brings together reflections on human rights theory in the contemporary human condition delineated by the discourses concerning 'development', 'terror', and the emergent 'posthuman'. While acknowledging the precarious place of human rights today, the author points to the emancipatory potential of the 'posthuman', contending that human rights norms and standards remain constitutive conditions of the emergence of the posthuman. This thought-provoking volume will interest scholars and students of human rights, political philosophy, development economics, and international law, as well as activists and policymakers in the fields of law and development.

Author : José Carlos Bermejo Barrera
Publisher : Univ Santiago de Compostela
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788498873979

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The Limits of Knowledge and the Limits of Science by José Carlos Bermejo Barrera Pdf

This is an essay on the possibility and limits of knowledge, in general, and scientific knowledge, in particular. In Chapter 1 the postulates of Kantian critical philosophy are broadened to make contact with modern cognitive theories; it is argued that all knowledge should be regarded as an exclusively human product rather than the work of a transcendental being. On this basis the fundamental question posed in this text concerns the limits of knowledge defined by the limitations of instruments of observation, classificationn and analysis, and the limitations of researchers as individuals and as scientific communities. In this last respect, it is argued that current systems for the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge, while making such knowledgem while making such knowledge possible, also favour its sterility. Two specific areas of science are analysed from these points of view: psychiatry and standard cosmology.