Ken Sheldon s comprehensive new book addresses two questions: how can individu...Ken Sheldon s comprehensive new book addresses two questions: how can individuals best integrate the different facets of themselves to achieve optimal human being and how can researchers best integrate the different levels of analysis within the...more
Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development is ...Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development is a landmark collection that traces and summarizes Urie Bronfenbrenner′s thoughts on the bioecological theory of human development and recommends avenues for future...more
While there may be no one single characteristic that differentiates humans as ...While there may be no one single characteristic that differentiates humans as a species it is the combination of differences from other species that makes us unique. The new edition of Being Human examines the psychology of being human through...more
This volume presents the reader with a stimulating tapestry of essays explorin...This volume presents the reader with a stimulating tapestry of essays exploring the nature of personal autonomy self-determination and agency and their role in human optimal functioning at multiple levels of analysis from personal to societal and...more
This edited book concerns the real practice of human factors and ergonomics (H...This edited book concerns the real practice of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) conveying the perspectives and experiences of practitioners and other stakeholders in a variety of industrial sectors organisational settings and working contexts....more
Production ergonomics - the science and practice of designing industrial workp...Production ergonomics - the science and practice of designing industrial workplaces to optimize human well-being and system performance - is a complex challenge for a designer. Humans are a valuable and flexible resource in any system of creation...more
Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happ...Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book however shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being-defined as the optimal state for an individual a community and a society...more
On Being Ourselves presents a fascinating new look at the nature of human dive...On Being Ourselves presents a fascinating new look at the nature of human diversity: why a vast but socially obscured spectrum of identities-including transgender people-will always exist. Part I offers a refreshingly intuitive analysis of human...more
Human consciousness has evolved over many hundreds of thousands of years. We a...Human consciousness has evolved over many hundreds of thousands of years. We are now approaching the end of what has been called mental-rational consciousness and the next integral mutation is beginning to emerge. This book is an impressively...more
For courses in Introduction to Humanities Help students broaden their perspect...For courses in Introduction to Humanities Help students broaden their perspectives and enrich their lives through the humanities The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a Technique for Living introduces students to the joys of the humanities --...more
For courses in Introduction to Humanities Help students broaden their perspect...For courses in Introduction to Humanities Help students broaden their perspectives and enrich their lives through the humanities The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a Technique for Living introduces students to the joys of the humanities --...more
- What does it mean to be human? - How does a right understanding of personhoo...- What does it mean to be human? - How does a right understanding of personhood affect decisions on critical life situations? - What implications does a biblical perspective on personhood have for the pastoral ministry of healing and hope? In...more
What does it mean to be human? How does a right understanding of personhood af...What does it mean to be human? How does a right understanding of personhood affect decisions on critical life situations? What implications does a biblical perspective on personhood have for the pastoral ministry of healing and hope? In answering...more
In that moment I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit...In that moment I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn t think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives but exclude their physical bodies from...more