Dr. Neel Burton is een psychiater en filosoof wiens geschriften de ingewikkelde aspecten van de menselijke psyche en ervaring onderzoeken. Hij put diepe inzichten uit de kruising van psychiatrie en filosofie, en biedt een uniek perspectief op thema's als zelfbedrog, emoties en de zin van het leven. Zijn stijl wordt gekenmerkt door scherpe analyse en een toegankelijke benadering, waarbij hij lezers boeit met complexe ideeën die doordacht worden gepresenteerd. Burton's werk moedigt een dieper begrip van onszelf en de wereld aan, en onderzoekt hoe we ons innerlijke leven en onze externe realiteiten navigeren.
This award winning book opens up the debate on mental disorders. For example, what is schizophrenia? Why does it affect human beings but not other animals? What might this tell us about our mind and body, language and creativity, music and religion? What are the boundaries between 'madness' and 'normality'? And what about genius?
The narrative explores themes of defiance and individuality, contrasting the wisdom of age with the limitations of youth. The protagonist reflects on their achievements, attributing success not to familial support but to a rebellious spirit that challenged the expectations of their elders. This journey of self-discovery emphasizes the importance of courage in pursuing one's own path, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from within rather than from external validation.
Psychiatry is a concise yet comprehensive textbook of mental health for medical students, junior doctors, general practitioners, mental health nurses, social workers, and anyone else needing or wishing for a fresh, modern, and engaging account of mental disorders.
All the major wine styles and regions are covered in the new third edition of this clear and concise primer, together with notes on the history of wine, winemaking, and blind tasting.
Offering a comprehensive overview of Aristotle's philosophy, this book introduces readers to his life and provides concise summaries of each of his works. It serves as an accessible resource for both students and general readers, facilitating a deeper understanding of Aristotle's influential ideas and contributions to various fields of thought.
Written by an Oxford tutor, this book covers all aspects of the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA), the admission test for an increasing number of courses at many universities including Oxford and Cambridge.
Chris Burton and Gary Thompson have compiled a fascinating collection of flyers advertising secret parties on the Bristol circuit in the 80s and conducted a series of interviews with the people behind the leading hip hop crews of the day. The result is a book that covers an area in Bristol's (and the UK's) musical development that has never before been documented. Nothing seemed to daunting for the young DJs, MCs and rappers as they took over abandoned buildings, moved in the sound systems and partied al night long. The only publicity was word of mouth and flyers. Many of the artists behind the flyers such as FLX, Inkie and Nick Walker have gone on to gain national and international recognition while many of the crews have become music superstars.
This prize-winning book, now in its second edition, provides schizophreniasufferers and their carers with a source of information about the illness thatis accessible, reliable and comprehensive.
This is a book about thinking. Our culture mostly equates thinking with logical reasoning; but it is about much more than this, and so the book also examines concepts such as intelligence, knowledge, and truth, and alternative forms of cognition that our culture tends to overlook and underplay, including intuition, emotion, and imagination.
This clear and concise primer provides detailed coverage of all the major wine styles and regions, together with introductory notes on the history of wine, viticulture, winemaking, and blind tasting. It seeks throughout to examine in what ways a particular wine is unique and different from other, similar wines. For example, why and in what ways is Pauillac, in Bordeaux, different from Pomerol, also in Bordeaux? Why and in what ways is Mosel Riesling different from Riesling from the Rheingau, or the Nahe, or Alsace, Austria, or Australia? Written by former members of the Oxford University Blind Tasting Society, this book is dedicated to all wine lovers, and should prove particularly useful to competitive blind tasters, higher level students, winemakers, wine traders, and sommeliers.
