The Comfort Of People
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The Comfort Of People
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Author : Daniel Miller
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-11-10
The Comfort Of People written by Daniel Miller and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-10 with Social Science categories.
At the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships. In this book, Daniel Miller, one of the world's leading anthropologists, examines the social worlds of people suffering from terminal or long-term illness. Threading together a series of personal stories, based on interviews conducted with patients of an English hospice, Miller draws out the implications of these narratives for our understanding of community, friendship, and kinship, but also loneliness and isolation. This is a book about people's lives, not their deaths: about the hospice patients rather than the hospice. It focuses on the comfort given by friends, carers and relatives through both face-to-face relations and, increasingly, online communication. Miller asks whether the loneliness and isolation he uncovers is the result of a decline of English patterns of socialising, or their continuation. This moving and deeply humane book combines warmth and sharp observation with anthropological insight and practical suggestions for the use of media by the hospice. It will be of interest not only to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, social policy and media and cultural studies, but also to healthcare professionals and, indeed, to anyone who would like to know more about the role of relationships in the final stage of our lives.
The Comfort Of Things
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Author : Daniel Miller
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2008
The Comfort Of Things written by Daniel Miller and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
What do we know about ordinary people in our towns and cities, about what really matters to them and how they organize their lives today? This book visits an ordinary street and looks into thirty households. It reveals the aspirations and frustrations, the tragedies and accomplishments that are played out behind the doors. It focuses on the things that matter to these people, which quite often turn out to be material things – their house, the dog, their music, the Christmas decorations. These are the means by which they express who they have become, and relationships to objects turn out to be central to their relationships with other people – children, lovers, brothers and friends. If this is a typical street in a modern city like London, then what kind of society is this? It’s not a community, nor a neighbourhood, nor is it a collection of isolated individuals. It isn’t dominated by the family. We assume that social life is corrupted by materialism, made superficial and individualistic by a surfeit of consumer goods, but this is misleading. If the street isn’t any of these things, then what is it? This brilliant and revealing portrayal of a street in modern London, written by one the most prominent anthropologists, shows how much is to be gained when we stop lamenting what we think we used to be and focus instead on what we are now becoming. It reveals the forms by which ordinary people make sense of their lives, and the ways in which objects become our companions in the daily struggle to make life meaningful.
The Sick Man S Comfort Book
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Author : Philip Bennett Power
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
The Sick Man S Comfort Book written by Philip Bennett Power and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with categories.
God S Promises The Comfort And Security Of His People In Times Of Danger A Sermon On Ps Cv 42 Preached October 30 1745 Being A Day Appointed For Solemn Prayer By Dr Wright S Church On Account Of The Present Rebellion In Scotland Etc
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Author : John Milner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1745
God S Promises The Comfort And Security Of His People In Times Of Danger A Sermon On Ps Cv 42 Preached October 30 1745 Being A Day Appointed For Solemn Prayer By Dr Wright S Church On Account Of The Present Rebellion In Scotland Etc written by John Milner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1745 with categories.
The Comfort Crisis
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Author : Michael Easter
language : en
Publisher: Rodale Books
Release Date : 2021-05-11
The Comfort Crisis written by Michael Easter and has been published by Rodale Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Self-Help categories.
“If you’ve been looking for something different to level up your health, fitness, and personal growth, this is it.”—Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Boundaries “Michael Easter’s genius is that he puts data around the edges of what we intuitively believe. His work has inspired many to change their lives for the better.”—Dr. Peter Attia, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlive Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild—from the author of Scarcity Brain, coming in September! In many ways, we’re more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? In this gripping investigation, award-winning journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort. Easter’s journey to understand our evolutionary need to be challenged takes him to meet the NBA’s top exercise scientist, who uses an ancient Japanese practice to build championship athletes; to the mystical country of Bhutan, where an Oxford economist and Buddhist leader are showing the world what death can teach us about happiness; to the outdoor lab of a young neuroscientist who’s found that nature tests our physical and mental endurance in ways that expand creativity while taming burnout and anxiety; to the remote Alaskan backcountry on a demanding thirty-three-day hunting expedition to experience the rewilding secrets of one of the last rugged places on Earth; and more. Along the way, Easter uncovers a blueprint for leveraging the power of discomfort that will dramatically improve our health and happiness, and perhaps even help us understand what it means to be human. The Comfort Crisis is a bold call to break out of your comfort zone and explore the wild within yourself.
The Comfort Book
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Author : Matt Haig
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2021-07-06
The Comfort Book written by Matt Haig and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Self-Help categories.
*MATT HAIG’S NEW NOVEL THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW * THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Profound, witty and uplifting' Observer 'Full of eloquent, cogent and positive reminders of the beauty of life' Independent The Comfort Book is a collection of consolations learned in hard times and suggestions for making the bad days better. Drawing on maxims, memoir and the inspirational lives of others, these meditations offer new ways of seeing ourselves and the world. This is the book to pick up when you need the wisdom of a friend, the comfort of a hug or a reminder that hope comes from unexpected places.
The Impossibility Of Sex
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Author : Susie Orbach
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-24
The Impossibility Of Sex written by Susie Orbach and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-24 with Psychology categories.
In this book I have struggled with certain words without a satisfactory conclusion. I am unhappy about all the words used to describe the person who visits the therapist's consulting room. Is she or he a patient? Well, sometimes yes. Certain individuals like that word because it captures for them the sense that there is something wrong, an emotional illness. Is she or he a client? Again, sometimes yes. Certain individuals like that word because it connotes a kind of consultative process. Is she or he an analysand? Certain individuals like this word because it conveys something about the process of a therapy and it has a symmetry: analyst–analysand. I myself find that all these words capture something about the therapy and the therapy process but are considerably less than perfect. In what follows I have chosen to use the words interchangeably, as well as the words psychotherapist, therapist and analyst. In the text, in the musings in italics, I have usually referred to the primary carer in the person's early life as mother. I realize that this is not always the case. There are fathers who have primary responsibility for their children from birth and there are relatives and nannies who fulfil this role. Rarely in my clinical experience of seeing adults has this role been an enterprise between two people in the way that it is becoming for some couples with children today. We have yet to see the effects of joint child-rearing on adult psychologies so I have retained the notion of the mother or mother substitute, a notion which will have to be expanded as the generations now raising children make new arrangements between them. I have also chosen for simplicity's sake to use the word 'she' throughout for the personal pronoun rather than 'she or he'.
Social Media In An English Village
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Author : Daniel Miller
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2016-02-29
Social Media In An English Village written by Daniel Miller and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-29 with Social Science categories.
Daniel Miller spent 18 months undertaking an ethnographic study with the residents of an English village, tracking their use of the different social media platforms. Following his study, he argues that a focus on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram does little to explain what we post on social media. Instead, the key to understanding how people in an English village use social media is to appreciate just how ‘English’ their usage has become. He introduces the ‘Goldilocks Strategy’: how villagers use social media to calibrate precise levels of interaction ensuring that each relationship is neither too cold nor too hot, but ‘just right’.
Culture Comfort
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Author : Katherine C. Grier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Culture Comfort written by Katherine C. Grier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Children categories.
Other People S Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night
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Author : Morgan Parker
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-07-01
Other People S Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night written by Morgan Parker and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-01 with Poetry categories.
From the author of Magical Negro, Winner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award 'Hilarious and hard-hitting . . . it ripples with energy, insight, and searing music' Tracy K. Smith, author of Wade in the Water Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night - the book that launched the career of one of our most important young American poets - is now in print for the first time in the UK, featuring a new introduction from Danez Smith. The debut collection from award-winning poet Morgan Parker demonstrates why she's become one of the most beloved writers working today. Her command of language is on full display. Parker bobs and weaves between humor and pathos, grief and anxiety, Gwendolyn Brooks and Jay-Z, the New York School and reality television. She collapses any foolish distinctions between the personal and the political, the 'high' and the 'low'. Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night not only introduced an essential new voice to the world, it contains everything readers have come to love about Morgan Parker's work.