Christopher Huxley's Books

Reinventing Depression

A History of the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care, 1940-2004

By: Christopher M. Callahan,German E. Berrios

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Reinventing Depression

A History of the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care, 1940-2004

By: Christopher M. Callahan,German E. Berrios

By tracing the history of depression in primary care over the past half century in the US and UK, this book opens a pathway for future improvements in the treatment of depressed patients. The authors argue for a public health perspective that will place more emphasis on the roles of society and culture in causing depression and will help close the gap between primary care practice and psychiatric knowledge.

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Oxford University Press

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0195165233

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9780195165234

High Culture

Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World

By: Christopher Partridge

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Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World

By: Christopher Partridge

History is littered with evidence of humanity's fascination with drugs and the pursuit of altered states. From early Romanticism to late-nineteenth-century occultism and from fin de siècle Paris to contemporary psychedelic shamanism, psychoactive substances have playedcatalyzing people. Yet serious analysis of the religious dimensions of modern drug use is still lacking. the use of drugs and the pursuit of transcendence from the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the Romantic fascination with opium, it chronicles the discovery of anesthetics, the psychiatric and religious interest in hashish, the bewitching power of mescaline and hallucinogenic fungi, the more recent uses of LSD, as well as the debates surrounding drugs and religious experience. This fascinating and wide-ranging sociological and cultural history fills a major gap in the study of religion in the modern world and our understanding of the importance of countercultural thought, offering new and timely insights into the controversial relationship between drugs and mystical experience.

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473

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Oxford University Press

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0190459131

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9780190459130

The Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 2

Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture

By: Christopher Partridge

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The Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 2

Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture

By: Christopher Partridge

Challenging some assessments of religion in the West, this study argues that, although much organized religion, particularly Christianity, is in numerical decline, in actual fact we are witnessing an alternative spiritual re-enchantment of society and culture.

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481

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A&C Black

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0567041239

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9780567041234

Evolution and Ethics

T.H. Huxley's Evolution and Ethics with New Essays on Its Victorian and Sociobiological Context

By: James G. Paradis,George Christopher Williams

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Evolution and Ethics

T.H. Huxley's Evolution and Ethics with New Essays on Its Victorian and Sociobiological Context

By: James G. Paradis,George Christopher Williams

T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) was not only an active protagonist in the religious and scientific upheaval that followed the publication of Darwin's theory of evolution but also a harbinger of the sociobiological debates about the implications of evolution that are now going on. His seminal lecture Evolution and Ethics, reprinted here with its introductory Prolegomena, argues that the human psyche is at war with itself, that humans are alienated in a cosmos that has no special reference to their needs, and that moral societies are of necessity in conflict with the natural conditions of their existence. Seen in the light of current understanding of the mechanisms of evolution, these claims remain as controversial today as they were when Huxley proposed them. In this volume George Williams, one of the best-known evolutionary biologists of our time, asserts that recent biological ideas and data justify a more extreme condemnation of the "cosmic process" than Huxley advocated and more extreme denial that the forces that got us here are capable of maintaining a viable world. James Paradis, an expert in Victorian studies, has written an introduction that sets the celebrated lecture in the context of cultural history, revealing it to be an impressive synthesis of Victorian thinking, as well as a challenge to eighteenth-century assumptions about the harmony of of nature. With Huxley's lecture as a focal point, the three parts of this book unite philosophy and science in a shared quest that recalls their common origins as systems of knowledge. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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253

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Princeton University Press

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140086030X

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9781400860302

Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog

Beyond Darwinism and Creationism

By: Christopher E. Cosans

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Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog

Beyond Darwinism and Creationism

By: Christopher E. Cosans

After Richard Owen criticized Darwin's Origin, he was labeled a "creationist" by many, and his work on ape anatomy was derided by Darwin's "bulldog" Thomas Huxley. In this close analysis of Owen's texts, Christopher E. Cosans argues that Owen's thought was much more sophisticated than Huxley portrayed it. In addition to considering Owen and Huxley's anatomical debate, Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog examines their philosophical dispute. Huxley embraced the metaphysics of Descartes, while Owen felt philosophy of science should rest on Kant's claim that sense-perception does not tell us how things-in-themselves "really are." Owen thought the creationist-Darwinist dispute was unproductive, and held that both 19th century special creationists and Darwin's suggestion in the Origin that God created the first life forms unnecessarily brought supernatural causation into science. With the hindsight of how the theory of evolution has progressed over the last three centuries, the Owen-Huxley debate affords the history and philosophy of science a case study. It sheds light on theories of knowledge that have been advanced by Quine, Wittgenstein, Hanson, and Putnam. Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog also examines Malthus, Mill and Marx for the influence of economic thought on early evolutionary theories, and considers broader ideas about how science and society interact.

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193

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Indiana University Press

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0253220513

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9780253220516

The Age of Doubt

Tracing the Roots of Our Religious Uncertainty

By: Christopher Lane

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The Age of Doubt

Tracing the Roots of Our Religious Uncertainty

By: Christopher Lane

The Victorian era was the first great ";Age of Doubt"; and a critical moment in the history of Western ideas. Leading nineteenth-century intellectuals battled the Church and struggled to absorb radical scientific discoveries that upended everything the Bible had taught them about the world. In "The Age of Doubt," distinguished scholar Christopher Lane tells the fascinating story of a society under strain as virtually all aspects of life changed abruptly. In deft portraits of scientific, literary, and intellectual icons who challenged the prevailing religious orthodoxy, from Robert Chambers and Anne Bronte; to Charles Darwin and Thomas H. Huxley, Lane demonstrates how they and other Victorians succeeded in turning doubt from a religious sin into an ethical necessity. The dramatic adjustment of Victorian society has echoes today as technology, science, and religion grapple with moral issues that seemed unimaginable even a decade ago. Yet the Victorians'; crisis of faith generated a far more searching engagement with religious belief than the ";new atheism"; that has evolved today. More profoundly than any generation before them, the Victorians came to view doubt as inseparable from belief, thought, and debate, as well as a much-needed antidote to fanaticism and unbridled certainty. By contrast, a look at today';s extremes-;from the biblical literalists behind the Creation Museum to the dogmatic rigidity of Richard Dawkins';s atheism-;highlights our modern-day inability to embrace doubt.

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Yale University Press

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0300168810

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9780300168815

Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones

Foolproof Instructions for Budding Paleontologists

By: Christopher McGowan

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Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones

Foolproof Instructions for Budding Paleontologists

By: Christopher McGowan

Paleontology meets fun when an esteemed scientist teaches young and old alike how to transform ordinary chicken bones into an incredibly realistic skeletal model of Apatosaurus. Featuring recipes for chicken soups and salads to ensure that the chicken meat is put to good use, "Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones" is the perfect treat for dinosaur lovers of all ages. 50 drawings.

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164

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Harper Collins

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0060952261

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9780060952266

Book's by Christopher Huxley

Reinventing Depression

Reinventing Depression

High Culture

High Culture

The Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 2

The Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 2

Evolution and Ethics

Evolution and Ethics

Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog

Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog

The Age of Doubt

The Age of Doubt

Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones

Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones

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