Comprised of extracts from Soloveitchik's own writings, and from tapes which Weiss translated from the Yiddish and incorporated into the book. Weiss has also extracted from articles and essays from various rabbis and scholars to reconstruct numerous insights of Soloveitchik.
In the landmark volume, THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS, Joseph Weiss presented a bold, original theory of the therapeutic process. Now, in HOW PSYCHOTHERAPY WORKS, Weiss extends his powerful theory and focuses on its clinical applications, often challenging many familiar ideas about the psychotherapeutic process. Weiss' theory, which is supported by formal, empirical research, assumes that psychopathology stems from unconscious, pathogenic beliefs that the patient acquires by inference from early traumatic experiences. He suffers unconsciously from these beliefs and the feelings of guilt, shame, and remorse that they engender, and he is powerfully motivated unconsciously to change them. According to Weiss's theory, the patient exerts considerable control over unconscious mental life, and he makes and carries out plans for working with the therapist to change his pathogenic beliefs. He works to disprove these beliefs by testing them with the therapist. The theory derives its clinical power not only from its empirical origin and closeness to observation, and also from Weiss's cogent exposition of how to infer, from the patient's history and behavior in treatment, what the patient is trying to accomplish and how the therapist may help. By focusing on fundamental processes, Weiss's observations challenge several current therapeutic dichotomies--"supportive versus uncovering," "interactive versus interpretive," and "relational versus analytic." Written in simple, direct language, Weiss demonstrates how to uncover the patient's unconscious plan and how the therapist can help the patient to carry out his plans by passing the patient's tests. He includes many examples of actual treatment sessions, which serve to make his theory clear and usable. The chapters include highly original views about the patient's motivations, the role of affect in the patient's mental life, and the therapist's basic task. The book also contains chapters on how to pass the patient's tests, and how to use interpretation with the patient. Dr. Weiss also provides a powerful theory of dreams and demonstrates how dreams can be utilized in clinical practice. This distinguished volume is a major contribution that will profoundly affect the way one conceptualizes and practices therapy. Theoreticians, investigators, and clinicians alike will find it enlightening reading.
A classic text for all those interested in Jewish religious developments in eastern Europe, this paperback has a new introduction locating Weiss's work in the context of contemporary scholarship and the current resurgence of hasidism.
The His Side: Supper Man! is perfect for those with a male of the human species in their life, and those who want to have fun learning more about the male gender. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about men.
The Her Side: Wonder Woman! is perfect for adults who want to have fun learning more about our female companions, in all their complexity. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about women.
The Married Side: Knot That Hard! is perfect for adults who want to have fun learning more about our domestic companions, in all their complexity. Marriage as seen in hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids, and trivia.
The seventh edition of this pragmatic guide to determining right and wrong in the workplace is updated with new case studies, exercises, and ancillary materials. Joseph Weiss's Business Ethics is a pragmatic, hands-on guide for determining right and wrong in the business world. To be socially responsible and ethical, Weiss maintains, businesses must acknowledge the impact their decisions can have on the world beyond their walls. An advantage of the book is the integration of a stakeholder perspective with an issues and crisis management approach so students can look at how a business's actions affect not just share price and profit but the well-being of employees, customers, suppliers, the local community, the larger society, other nations, and the environment. Weiss includes twenty-three cases that immerse students directly in contemporary ethical dilemmas. Eight new cases in this edition include Facebook's (mis)use of customer data, the impact of COVID-19 on higher education, the opioid epidemic, the rise of Uber, the rapid growth of AI, safety concerns over the Boeing 737, the Wells Fargo false saving accounts scandal, and plastics being dumped into the ocean. Several chapters feature a unique point/counterpoint exercise that challenges students to argue both sides of a heated ethical issue. This edition has eleven new point/counterpoint exercises, addressing questions like, Should tech giants be broken apart? What is the line between free speech and dangerous disinformation? Has the Me Too movement gone too far? As with previous editions, the seventh edition features a complete set of ancillary materials for instructors: teaching guides, test banks, and PowerPoint presentations.
The Ranch Side: Funny Farm! is perfect for animal lovers, and those who want to have fun learning more about our farm animals and industry. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about farms and farm animals.
The Family Side: Baby Steps! is perfect for those with a family, here or on the way, and those who want to have fun learning more about pregnancy, children, and relationships. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about pregnancy and expecting a child.
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED This is a pragmatic, hands-on, up-to-date guide to determining right and wrong in the business world. Joseph Weiss integrates a stakeholder perspective with an issues-oriented approach so students look at how a business's actions affect not just share price and profit but the well-being of employees, customers, suppliers, the local community, the larger society, other nations, and the environment. Weiss uses a wealth of contemporary examples, including twenty-three customized cases that immerse students directly in recent business ethics dilemmas and ask them to consider how they would resolve them. The recent economic collapse raised ethical issues that have yet to be resolved—there could not be a better time for a fully updated edition of Weiss's classic, accessible blend of theory and practice. New to the Sixth Edition! New Cases! Fourteen of the twenty-three cases in this book are brand new to this edition. They touch on issues such as cyberbullying, fracking, neuromarketing, and for-profit education and involve institutions like Goldman Sachs, Google, Kaiser Permanente, Walmart, Ford, and Facebook. Updated Throughout! The text has been updated with the latest research, including new national ethics survey data, perspectives on generational differences, and global and international issues. Each chapter includes recent business press stories touching on ethical issues. New Feature! Several chapters now feature a unique Point/Counterpoint exercise that challenges students to argue both sides of a contemporary issue, such as too-big-to-fail institutions, the Boston bomber Rolling Stone cover, student loan debt, online file sharing, and questions raised by social media.
In this landmark volume-- already acclaimed as "certain to become a milestone in the history of psychoanalysis and ego psychology"-- Joseph Weiss' theory of the psychotherapeutic process is presented and supported by the systematic, quantitative research carried out by Sampson, Weiss, and the Mount Zion Psychotherapy Research Group. This remarkable work delineates clear-cut implications for doing therapy and for conceptualizing the therapeutic process. The theory extends and develops concepts that Freud introduced in his later writings. It assumes that psychopathology stems from certain grim, unconscious, pathogenic beliefs that the patient acquires by inference from early traumatic experiences. The patient suffers unconsciously from these beliefs and the feelings of guilt, shame, and remorse that stem from them. He is, therefore, powerfully motivated unconsciously to change them. Moreover, the patient is able to exert considerable control over unconscious mental life and, indeed, to make and carry out unconscious plans. He works unconsciously throughout his treatment to change pathogenic beliefs, both by testing them in relation to the analyst and by using insights conveyed by the analyst's interpretations. Since the theory is close to observation it enables the clinician to monitor the patient's progress--to understand, throughout the treatment, how the patient improves, or is set back, by the analyst's interventions. The quantitative, empirical research presented bears directly on this theory. It offers strong evidence that the patient exerts control over the emergence of previously repressed mental contents, bringing them to consciousness when he unconsciously decides he may safely experience them. Supporting the hypothesis that the patient tests pathogenic beliefs throughout treatment in an effort to disconfirm them, it shows that the patient is very likely to respond favorably to interpretations that he can use in his struggle to disconfirm his pathogenic beliefs--but unfavorably to interpretations he cannot use for this purpose. A model of how rigorous psychoanalytic research can both sharpen and modify theoretical constructs and also lend support to a clinical approach, this distinguished volume will be valued by theoreticians, clinicians, researchers, and anyone interested in how the mind works. It provides a clear, accessible, and empirically testable approach to psychoanalytic practice.
Combining the philosophy and musicology of T.W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, and Gilles Deleuze, alongside an exploration of the dialectical character of music production, Joseph Weiss exposes the unresolved contradictions of contemporary music. By following the outermost mediations between nature, history, and technology, the book reflects on how advanced music critically responds to the ongoing catastrophe of both the Middle Passage and Auschwitz. Following what the author calls the “categorical imperative” of music, Weiss investigates the significance of a wide range of musical phenomena including the territorialization of the lullaby, the improvisation and sorrow song of the blues and jazz, as well as the cosmological limits of the electroacoustic avant-garde. In the era of commodity production, racialized violence and dispossession, the author defends critical music as a singular index of political possibilities.
You Don't Know Sh*t! Until You Read This Book is a uniquely informative, entertaining, well-illustrated volume that is full of it! The 'it' being information, knowledge, eccentricities, and peculiarities of the remains of the digestive process. Although these remains are more politely described as feces or excrement, it is more commonly and properly known as shit. It covers everything you ever wanted to know about this primitive but ubiquitous of subjects. We all generate it, carry it around with us in our bowels, and eliminate it on a regular basis. Whether you disdain it or appreciate it, it is part of the human (and animal) experience. The purpose of this volume is to inform the reader that there is a lot more to know about shit and that the information can he helpful, possibly life-saving, and downright entertaining. The trivia in this volume can sustain a long conversation, or cut it short abruptly. After reading this volume, you will have a newfound appreciation that the title may actually reflect the state of knowledge of those who have not yet read the book.
The Road Side: Joyride! is perfect for car lovers, and those who want to have fun learning more about our automotive companions. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about motor vehicles.The Funny Side Collection is a series of books, with each volume focused on a single subject with tasteful hilarious cartons, fascinating factoids, and obscure trivia that will entertain and enlighten.
The Animal Side: Zootopia! is perfect for animal lovers, and those who want to have fun learning more about our planetary companions. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids, and trivia all about animals.
The Car Side: Road Show! is perfect for car lovers, and those who want to have fun learning more about our automotive companions. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about motor vehicles.
The Auto Side: Got Wheels! is perfect for car lovers, and those who want to have fun learning more about our automotive companions. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about motor vehicles.
The Farm Side: Fowl Play! is perfect for farm animal lovers, and those who want to have fun learning more about our farm animals and industry. The Funny Side Collection is a series of books, with each volume focused on a single subject with tasteful hilarious cartons, fascinating factoids, and obscure trivia that will entertain and enlighten. Combining the award-winning talents of both a master cartoonist, and physician professors, the volumes are proof that 'Laughter is the Best Medicine!
The Ruff Side: Dog Days! is a perfect volume for dog lovers, and those who want to have fun learning more about our canine companions. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about dogs.
You Don't Know Sh*t! Until You Read This Book has provocatively and cheekily retitled the identical content of The Scoop on Poop. This volume is an informative, entertaining and colorfully illustrated fountain of knowledge that is full of valuable information, including eccentricities and peculiarities, about the remains of the digestive process.
The Barnyard Side: Animal House! is perfect for farm animal lovers, and those who want to have fun learning more about our farm animals and industry. Hilarious cartoons, fascinating factoids and trivia all about farms and farm animals.
You Don't Know Sh*t!, Until You Read This Book is a uniquely informative, entertaining, illustrated volume that is full of it! The `it' being information, knowledge, eccentricities, and peculiarities of the remains of the digestive process. Although these remains are more politely described as feces or excrement, it is more commonly and properly known as shit. It covers everything you ever wanted to know about this primitive but most ubiquitous of subjects. We all generate it, carry it around with us in our bowels, and eliminate it on a regular basis. This comprehensive and knowledgeable overview of the remains of the digestive process, offers information that ranges from the potentially life-saving to the sidesplitting eccentricities and peculiarities of human nature. The wealth of valuable information and trivia in these volumes can sustain a long social conversation, or cut it short abruptly! Whether you disdain it or appreciate it, it is part of the human (and animal) experience. The purpose of this volume is to inform the reader that there is a lot more to know about shit, and that the information can be helpful, possibly life-saving, and downright entertaining. After reading this volume you will have a newfound appreciation that the title may actually reflect the state of knowledge of those who have not yet read the book. The volume is authored by a physician and educator who is a specialist in gastroenterology. Written for the intelligent lay public, the medical and scientific terminology is translated into plain English. An overview of the digestive process is a very helpful place to start, and introduces us to the process that creates the subject matter for the rest of the volume with entries arranged alphabetically. The subject matter is rarely discussed and this volume brings fascinating and important knowledge to light.
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