Bøger af Matthew Sharpe

This is the first book applying Stoic philosophy, and its extraordinary exercises in resilience and self-care, to the epidemic problem of bullying and 'mobbing'. Aimed preeminently at targets, it offers guidance on managing negative emotions, and making good decisions, in what for many people is the greatest challenge of their lives.

A divorced dad of two teenagers inadvertently combines two incompatible antidepressant medications, goes into a coma, has a stroke, and emerges with brain damage. Ultimately, this is a story about two children who, not having an adequate father, decide to make one.

Race Sexuality and SelfEstrangement. Provides a fresh angle on the perennial philosophical topic of the Enlightenment, through a post-colonial and feminist reading of key figures.

Zizek has emerged as the pre-eminent European cultural theorist of the last decade and has been described as the ultimate Marxist/Lacanian cultural studies scholar. Sharpe undertakes the difficult task of drawing out an evolving argument from Zizek's texts from 1989 to 2001. Sharpe from the University of Melbourne.

A critical introduction to Slavoj Zizek's key areas of interest in politics.

Presents an introduction to the key concepts and developments in psychoanalysis and its impact on modern thought. Charting pivotal moments in the theorization and reception of psychoanalysis, this book provides an account of the concerns and development of Freud's work, as well as his prominent successors, Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan.