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Att Överleva Schizofreni
By Richard Carlson, Berenice Arrieta Cort s. 2018
Richard Carlson Jr. diagnostiserades med paranoid schizofreni när han var tjugo år gammal. Hans sjukdom först manifesterade när han var…
en ung ungdom. Modern psykiatri misslyckades starkt Richard för över ett decennium. Därefter förstod han, efter en incident som involverade polisen, att hans diagnos var riktig och började äntligen den långa processen att återhämta sig. Över tio år senare förbättras hans liv väsentligt. Under sin behandling återhämtade sig också Richard från depression, tvångssyndrom och slöhet. Låt inte vad som hände med Richard hända dig, en nära anhörig, eller en patient som arbetar med allvarlig psykisk sjukdom. Alltid vara ärliga med varandra, och med din psykiater.Classical Chinese for Everyone: A Guide for Absolute Beginners
By Bryan W. Van Norden. 2019
In just thirteen brief, accessible chapters, this engaging little book takes "absolute beginners" from the most basic questions about the…
language (e.g., what does a classical Chinese character look like?) to reading and understanding selections from classical Chinese philosophical texts and Tang dynasty poetry. "An outstanding introduction to reading classical Chinese. Van Norden does a wonderful job of clearly explaining the basics of classical Chinese, and he carefully takes the reader through beautifully chosen examples from the textual tradition. An invaluable work." —Michael Puett, Harvard UniversityPentasyllabic poetry has been a focus of critical study since the appearance of the earliest works of Chinese literary criticism…
in the Six Dynasties period. Throughout the subsequent dynasties, traditional Chinese critics continued to examine pentasyllabic poetry as a leading poetic type and to compile various comprehensive anthologies of it. The Matrix of Lyric Transformation enriches this tradition, using modern analytical methods to explore issues of self-expression and to trace the early formal, thematic, and generic developments of this poetic form. Beginning with a discussion of the Yüeh-fu and ku-shih genres of the Han period, Cai Zong-qi introdues the analytical framework of modes from Western literary criticism to show how the pentasyllabic poetry changed over time. He argues that changing practices of poetic composition effected a shift from a dramatic mode typical of folk compositions to a narrative mode and finally to lyric and symbolic modes developed in literati circles.The interplay between the external world (ching) and the poet’s inner world (ch’ing) lies at the heart of Chinese poetry,…
and understanding the interaction of the two is crucial to understanding this work from within its own tradition. Closely coordinating her discussions of poetry and criticism so that practice and theory become mutually enriching and illuminating, Sun offers sensitive and original readings of poems and a wealth of insights into Chinese poetics.This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon—a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of…
memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.