The Curse Of The Self

Author : Mark R. Leary
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195325443
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Curse of the Self written by Mark R. Leary and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its obvious advantages, our ability to be self-reflective comes at a high price. Few people realize how profoundly their lives are affected by self-reflection or how frequently inner chatter interferes with their success, pollutes their relationships with others, and undermines their happiness. By allowing people to ruminate about the past or imagine what might happen in the future, self-reflection conjures up a great deal of personal suffering in the form of depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, and other negative emotions. A great deal of unhappiness, in the form of addictions, overeating, and domestic violence, is due to people's inability to exert control over their thoughts and behavior. Is it possible to direct our self-reflection in a way that will minimize the disadvantages and maximize the advantages? Is there a way to affect the egotistical self through self-reflection? In this volume, Mark Leary explores the personal and social problems that are created by the capacity for self-reflection, and by drawing upon psychology and other behavioral sciences, offers insights into how these problems can be minimized.

Author : Mark R. Leary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Curse of the Self written by Mark R. Leary and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Murray
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191613991
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suicide in the Middle Ages: Volume 2: The Curse on Self-Murder written by Alexander Murray and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of men dig a tunnel under the threshold of a house. Then they go and fetch a heavy, sagging object from inside the house, pull it out through the tunnel, and put it on a cow-hide to be dragged off and thrown into the offal-pit. Why should the corpse of a suicide – for that is what it is– have earned this unusual treatment? In The Curse on Self-Murder, the second volume of his three-part Suicide in the Middle Ages, Alexander Murray explores the origin of the condemnation of suicide, in a quest which leads along the most unexpected byways of medieval theology, law, mythology, and folklore –and, indeed, in some instances beyond them. At an epoch when there might be plenty of ostensible reasons for not wanting to live, the ways used to block the suicidal escape route give a unique perspective on medieval religion.

Author : Alexander Murray
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019820731X
Total Pages : 661 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suicide in the Middle Ages: Volume 2: The Curse on Self-Murder written by Alexander Murray and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in a three-part series, The Curse of Self-Murder explores the origins of the condemnation of suicide and provides a unique perspective on medieval culture and religion.

Author : David M. Whitford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351891839
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Ham in the Early Modern Era written by David M. Whitford and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hundreds of years, the biblical story of the Curse of Ham was marshalled as a justification of serfdom, slavery and human bondage. According to the myth, having seen his father Noah naked, Ham's is cursed to have his descendants be forever slaves. In this new book the Curse of Ham is explored in its Reformation context, revealing how it became the cornerstone of the Christian defence of slavery and the slave trade for the next four hundred years. It shows how broader medieval interpretations of the story became marginalized in the early modern period as writers such as Annius of Viterbo and George Best began to weave the legend of Ham into their own books, expanding and adding to the legend in ways that established a firm connection between Ham, Africa, slavery and race. For although in the original biblical text Ham himself is not cursed and race is never mentioned, these writers helped develop the story of Ham into an ideological and theological defence for African slavery, at the precise time that the Transatlantic Slave Trade began to establish itself as a major part of the European economy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Skilfully weaving together elements of theology, literature and history, this book provides a fascinating insight into the ways that issues of religion, economics and race could collide in the Reformation world. It will prove essential reading, not only for those with an interest in early modern history, but for anyone wishing to try to comprehend the origins of arguments used to justify slavery and segregation right up to the 1960s.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1848 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Self-pronouncing S.S. Teachers' Combination Bible, Showing ... All Changes, Additions and Omissions Made by the Revisers in the King James Version ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jacqui Marson
Publisher : Piatkus
ISBN 13 : 1405511451
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Lovely written by Jacqui Marson and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people's lives, relationships, careers and wellbeing are blighted by the belief that to be liked, loved and accepted they have to limit themselves to the behaviours they believe are approved of by others. This might mean some or all of the following: always being polite, nice, helpful, charming, fun, making people feel good about themselves, not letting people down, never saying 'no', avoiding conflict and putting others' needs before their own. Jacqui Marson in her 15 years of clinical experience as a psychologist has coined the phrase 'the curse of lovely' to describe this growing trend. Many people would like to be known as lovely, but for a growing number of people it can feel like a curse. They feel trapped, suffocated and oppressed by the weight of others' expectations and feel that change is not an option. This highly practical and motivational book will show readers how to break the cycle or curse of lovely to live a more complete, fulfilling life. Contents include: When 'lovely' turns into a curse; the lovely child - how it all begins; the lovely friend; the lovely parent; the lovely colleague; the lovely partner; from curse to gift - how we can still be lovable and get our needs met; but what do I want - how to tune in to what your body is telling you; re-evaluating anger; saying 'no' and surviving; how to instigate scary conversations; and how to replace the personal rules that put you at the bottom on the pile.

Author : James Wideman Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Self-interpreting Bible written by James Wideman Lee and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Self-interpreting Bible written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louis Edward Bisch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conquest of Self written by Louis Edward Bisch and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: