Psychopharmacology In British Literature And Culture 1780 1900
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Psychopharmacology In British Literature And Culture 1780 1900
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Author : Natalie Roxburgh
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-09-29
Psychopharmacology In British Literature And Culture 1780 1900 written by Natalie Roxburgh and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of essays examines the way psychoactive substances are described and discussed within late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literary and cultural texts. Covering several genres, such as novels, poetry, autobiography and non-fiction, individual essays provide insights on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century understandings of drug effects of opium, alcohol and many other plant-based substances. Contributors consider both contemporary and recent medical knowledge in order to contextualise and illuminate understandings of how drugs were utilised as stimulants, as relaxants, for pleasure, as pain relievers and for other purposes. Chapters also examine the novelty of experimentations of drugs in conversation with the way literary texts incorporate them, highlighting the importance of literary and cultural texts for addressing ethical questions.
The Palgrave Handbook Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century Literature And Science
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Author : Neel Ahuja
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-11-26
The Palgrave Handbook Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century Literature And Science written by Neel Ahuja and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This handbook illustrates the evolution of literature and science, in collaboration and contestation, across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The essays it gathers question the charged rhetoric that pits science against the humanities while also demonstrating the ways in which the convergence of literary and scientific approaches strengthens cultural analyses of colonialism, race, sex, labor, state formation, and environmental destruction. The broad scope of this collection explores the shifting relations between literature and science that have shaped our own cultural moment, sometimes in ways that create a problematic hierarchy of knowledge and other times in ways that encourage fruitful interdisciplinary investigations, innovative modes of knowledge production, and politically charged calls for social justice. Across units focused on epistemologies, techniques and methods, ethics and politics, and forms and genres, the chapters address problems ranging across epidemiology and global health, genomics and biotechnology, environmental and energy sciences, behaviorism and psychology, physics, and computational and surveillance technologies. Chapter 19 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Being Human
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Author : Lewis Dartnell
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-06-01
Being Human written by Lewis Dartnell and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-01 with History categories.
'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL 'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY A mind-expanding, revolutionary journey across time that shows how our biology has determined human history for the first time. This book will change how you see the world. We’re a wonder of evolution, capable of incredible feats. But we’re also deeply flawed. Our bodies and minds often break, fail, and hinder us. To be human is to live with this extraordinary contradiction. So, to understand the course humanity has taken – from prehistoric times through the age of empire and into the modern era – we must understand who, and what, we are. Being Human is history made flesh. From the epidemic that brought Europe’s peasants freedom, to the health deficiency which gave rise to the world’s largest criminal organisation, to the cognitive biases that led to military catastrophes in Crimea and Iraq, we see how our unique nature shaped our relationships, economies and societies – and, importantly, how it continues to impact human progress today. 'This book is quite literally wonderful' ED CONWAY 'A wild ride' TIM HARFORD 'A gripping, red-blooded narrative from a master storyteller' JO MARCHANT
Corpus
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Author : Lewis Dartnell
language : nl
Publisher: Thomas Rap
Release Date : 2023-07-06
Corpus written by Lewis Dartnell and has been published by Thomas Rap this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-06 with History categories.
De mens is een bijzondere apensoort. Onze hersenen zijn complex, onze lichamen een technisch wonder, we kunnen kennis overdragen aan volgende generaties. En onze capaciteiten nemen nog altijd toe. Toch hebben we ook gebreken: onze kinderen worden extreem kwetsbaar geboren, we zijn vatbaar voor ziektes en we zitten vol psychologische vooroordelen en defecten in onze genetica en biochemie. In Corpus onthult Lewis Dartnell hoe die biologische vermogens en tekortkomingen het verloop van onze geschiedenis ingrijpend hebben bepaald en hoe de evolutie van het menselijk lichaam invloed heeft gehad op de ontwikkeling van culturen en samenlevingen. We zien hoe endemische ziektes Napoleons droom van een wereldrijk verwoestten, hoe een ter ziele gegaan gen leidde tot de opkomst van de maffia en waarom Columbus weigerde te geloven dat hij Amerika had ontdekt.
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Author : 達奈爾Lewis Dartnell
language : zh-CN
Publisher: 遠見天下文化出版股份有限公司
Release Date : 2024-05-30
written by 達奈爾Lewis Dartnell and has been published by 遠見天下文化出版股份有限公司 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-30 with Science categories.
生物學角度全新解析《人類大歷史》 讀懂歷史與文明前，先讀懂生物學 全球通用的十進位算數，根本源自「五根手指」？ 人類強烈的從眾行為，可能導致股市嚴重崩跌？ 改善全球氣候暖化，必須先違反人性直覺？ 「年度新思維作家」達奈爾 橫跨遺傳學、生物學、生理學和心理學 揭示形塑人類文明的合作與衝突、貿易與掠奪、瘟疫與戰爭 「人類高雅的文化與社會， 不過是給既有的動物本性，罩上一層薄薄的外衣。 一旦開始爭奪資源與性……人類和其他野獸常常並無不同。 這些原始的動力，在歷史的各個層面無所不在 ── 從一般家庭與家族結構，到各皇室王朝竭力維持血統純正的用心……」 《人類文明》這本書，完全以生物學的角度，解析《人類大歷史》， 闡明生物機制如何形塑人類文明、如何塑造了世界史， 例如： ▶我們的喉嚨構造讓我們能夠說話，但也很容易導致窒息。 而因為喉、舌、鼻腔的構造，95%的民族都擅長發m音， 以致不論哪個地方的人，幾乎都稱呼母親為 mama。 ▶人腦比起其他動物的腦袋更容易中風和癲癇， 也更易被酒精、咖啡因、尼古丁、鴉片，操弄精神意識， 而這四種物質，都曾經攪動了歷史走向， 包括跨大西洋奴隸貿易、資本主義的興起、鴉片戰爭…… ▶人體基因缺陷所導致的壞血病，如何與十九世紀英國皇家海軍的強盛、 乃至西西里島黑手黨的崛起，息息相關？ 英國維多利亞女王的基因突變，為何令西班牙王室衰微、俄國沙皇垮臺？ 這是你從未讀過的歷史， 且看故事大師達奈爾扣人心弦、熱血沸騰的描述。 —— 馬錢特（Jo Marchant），《人類大宇宙》作者 跨越科學、歷史和史前史的狂野旅程， 充滿意想不到的連結，令人如獲至寶的見解。 —— 哈福特（Tim Harford），《臥底經濟學家的10堂數據偵探課》作者 達奈爾一直是饒有興味、引人入勝的作家， 讓我們從歷史故事中，重新發現許多迷人的亮點。 ——《衛報》 我們是誰？我們如何走到今天？ 這本書展開了壯麗宏偉、拓展思維的探索。 —— 費雪（Richard Fisher），《深時遠見》作者 達奈爾因「大主題」的寫作而享有盛譽。 這本書是如此讓人著迷，難以掩卷。 —— 芮斯（Martin Rees），英國皇家學會前任會長 絕佳的跨領域歷史陳述， 精采有趣，文筆優美，促使你以全新方式看待世界。 —— 甘乃迪（Jonathan Kennedy），瑪麗王后學院政治暨全球衛生教授 達奈爾的書總是讓人喜歡，因為無比真實。 ——《星期日泰晤士報》 以我們的身體為舟車，開啟一段深具啟發性的歷史之旅。 —— 馬歇爾（Tim Marshall），《地理的囚徒》作者 充滿了科學故事，探索了帶有缺陷的生物機制 如何形塑我們的生活、愛、繁榮與死亡， 會讓你以嶄新的眼光，思考你自己和你的物種。 —— 艾尼（Kat Arney），《造反的細胞》作者 達奈爾再次做到了！ 這本書充滿了驚奇、生動、深刻的課題，真是太精采了！ —— 康威（Ed Conway），《供應鏈戰爭》作者
Drugs And Narcotics In History
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Author : Roy Porter
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995
Drugs And Narcotics In History written by Roy Porter and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
A collection of essays exploring the complex history of drugs and narcotics throughout historyfrom ancient Greece to the present dayshows that such substances were sought originally as healing agents, both within and without the medical profession. However, the mood- and mind-altering characteristics of some have led to the widespread abuse and legal controls we see today.
The Poet As Botanist
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Author : M. M. Mahood
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-06-12
The Poet As Botanist written by M. M. Mahood and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
For centuries, poets have been ensnared - as one of their number, Andrew Marvell put it - by the beauty of flowers. Then, from the middle of the eighteenth century onward, that enjoyment was enriched by a surge of popular interest in botany. Besides exploring the relationship between poetic and scientific responses to the green world within the context of humanity's changing concepts of its own place in the ecosphere, Molly Mahood considers the part that flowering plants played in the daily lives and therefore in the literary work of a number of writers who could all be called poet-botanists: Erasmus Darwin, George Crabbe, John Clare, John Ruskin and D. H. Lawrence. A concluding chapter looks closely at the meanings, old or new, that plants retained or obtained in the violent twentieth century.
Profits Before People
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Author : Leonard J. Weber
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2006-04-12
Profits Before People written by Leonard J. Weber and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-12 with Medical categories.
The pharmaceutical industry has come under intense criticism in recent years. One poll found that 70% of the sample agreed that drug companies put profits ahead of people. Is this perception accurate? Have drug companies traded ethics for profits and placed people at risk? In Profits before People? Leonard J. Weber exposes pharmaceutical industry practices that have raised ethical concerns. Providing systematic ethical analysis and reflection, he discusses such practices as compensating physicians for serving as speakers or consultants, providing incentives to physicians to enroll patients as subjects in clinical research, and advertising prescription drugs to the public through the mass media. Weber's critique of the industry is stern. While acknowledging that new industry guidelines are promising, he finds much room for improvement in the way drug companies market their products. Yet Weber makes a strong case that profits and ethics can coexist and that they are not mutually exclusive. In an effort to understand the proper place of commerce in disseminating information about new drugs, the book aims to clarify basic responsibilities and to help identify sound ethical practices. It recognizes that ethics and law are not the same, that "having a right" is different from "doing the right thing," and that taking ethics seriously means recognizing that the law does not answer all questions about what is right. Weber points the way to more demanding standards and better practices that might begin to restore confidence in the drug industry.
Under The Literary Microscope
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Author : Sina Farzin
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2021-05-03
Under The Literary Microscope written by Sina Farzin and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
“Science in fiction,” “geek novels,” “lab-lit”—whatever one calls them, a new generation of science novels has opened a space in which the reading public can experience and think about the powers of science to illuminate nature as well as to generate and mitigate social change and risks. Under the Literary Microscope examines the implications of the discourse taking place in and around this creative space. Exploring works by authors as disparate as Barbara Kingsolver, Richard Powers, Ian McEwan, Ann Patchett, Margaret Atwood, and Michael Crichton, these essays address the economization of scientific institutions; ethics, risk, and gender disparity in scientific work; the reshaping of old stereotypes of scientists; science in an evolving sci-fi genre; and reader reception and potential contributions of the novels to public understandings of science. Under the Literary Microscope illuminates the new ways in which fiction has been grappling with scientific issues—from climate change and pandemics to artificial intelligence and genomics—and makes a valuable addition to both contemporary literature and science studies courses. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Anna Auguscik, Jay Clayton, Carol Colatrella, Sonja Fücker, Raymond Haynes, Luz María Hernández Nieto, Emanuel Herold, Karin Hoepker, Anton Kirchhofer, Antje Kley, Natalie Roxburgh, Uwe Schimank, Sherryl Vint, and Peter Weingart.
Psychiatry
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Author : Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-11-26
Psychiatry written by Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-26 with Medical categories.
This book was the end product of life experiences, thoughts and intellectual wanderings of the author, who through his career and for the last twenty years was always serving all the three aspects of a Psychiatrist: He is a clinician, a researcher and an academic teacher. The book includes a comprehensive history of Psychiatry since antiquity and until today, with an emphasis not only on main events but also specifically and with much detail and explanations, on the chain of events that led to a particular development. At the center of this work is the question ‘What is mental illness?’ and ‘Does free will exist?’. These are questions which tantalize Psychiatrists, neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, patients and their families and the sensitive and educated lay persons alike. Thus, the book includes a comprehensive review and systematic elaboration on the definition and the concept of mental illness, a detailed discussion on the issue of free will as well as the state of the art of contemporary Psychiatry and the socio-political currents it has provoked. Finally the book includes a description of the academic, social and professional status of Psychiatry and Psychiatrists and a view of future needs and possible developments. A last moment addition was the chapter on conspiracy theories, as a consequence of the experience with the social media and the public response to the COVID-19 outbreak which coincided with the final stage of the preparation of the book. Their study is an excellent opportunity to dig deep into the relation among human psychology, mental health, the society and politics and to swim in intellectually dangerous waters.