M Epstein: 27 books
by Donald M. Epstein, D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
In this breakthrough book, Epstein examines the deeply ingrained stories, or myths, we commonly hold about how our bodies heal — myths that can actually inhibit healing. For example: “I must forgive in order to heal,” “A person may be too far gone to heal,” or “Healing is not always available.”...
Generative Social Science
Studies in Agent-Based Computational Modeling
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Agent-based computational modeling is changing the face of social science. In Generative Social Science, Joshua Epstein argues that this powerful, novel technique permits the social sciences to meet a fundamentally new standard of explanation, in which one "grows" the phenomenon of interest in an...
Agent_Zero
Toward Neurocognitive Foundations for Generative Social Science
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2014
The Final Volume of the Groundbreaking Trilogy on Agent-Based Modeling
In this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoretical entity: Agent_Zero. This software individual, or "agent," is endowed with distinct emotional/affective, cognitive/deliberative, and social modules....
Psychotherapy As Religion
The Civil Divine In America
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2006
***A provocative look at America on the couch.***In Psychotherapy as Religion, William Epstein sets out to debunk claims that psychotherapy provides successful clinical treatment for a wide range of personal and social problems. He argues that the practice is not a science at all but rather the civil...
Democracy Without Decency
Good Citizenship and the War on Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
The conservative attacks on the welfare system in the United States over the past several decades have put liberal defenders of poverty relief and social insurance programs on the defensive. In this no-holds-barred look at the reality of American social policy since World War II, William Epstein argues...
by M. Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
The Levant Company in England was first established in 1592 to help regulate trade with Turkey and the Levant area. Originally published in 1908, this study details the early origins of the company as well as providing information on surrounding issues such as the regulation of shipping, piracy and...
Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science
Wise Use Of Alternative Therapies
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
This book is based on a series of lectures on mathematical biology, the essential dynamics of complex and crucially important social systems, and the unifying power of mathematics and nonlinear dynamical systems theory.
Advice Not Given
A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
“Most people will never find a great psychiatrist or a great Buddhist teacher, but Mark Epstein is both, and the wisdom he imparts in Advice Not Given is an act of generosity and compassion. The book is a tonic for the ailments of our time.”—Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of...
by Mark Epstein, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
A revolutionary reexamination of trauma’s role in the life journey, opening the door to growth and healing
Trauma does not just happen to a few unlucky people; it is the bedrock of our psychology. Death and illness touch us all, but even the everyday sufferings of loneliness and fear are...
Attending
Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
With his “deeply informed and compassionate book…Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a ‘moral imperative’ [for doctors] to do right by their patients” (New York Journal of Books).
The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in medical practice, Attending...
Going on Being
Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Before he began training as a psychiatrist, Mark Epstein immersed himself in Buddhism through influential teachers such as Ram Dass, Joseph Goldstein, and Jack Kornfield. Buddhism's positive outlook and the meditative principle of living in the moment profoundly influenced his study and practice of...
Criminal Indifference of the Fda to Cancer Prevention
An Anthology of Citizen Petitions, Newspaper Articles, Press Releases, and Blogs 1994–2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, and former Congressional consultant. His awards include the 1998 Right Livelihood Award and the...
Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart
A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
For decades, Western psychology has promised fulfillment through building and strengthening the ego. We are taught that the ideal is a strong, individuated self, constructed and reinforced over a lifetime. But Buddhist psychiatrist Mark Epstein has found a different way.
Going to Pieces Without...
Open to Desire
The Truth About What the Buddha Taught
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2006
“A masterpiece. . . . It teaches us how not to fear and repress, but to rechannel and harness the most powerful energies of life toward freedom and bliss.” —ROBERT THURMAN
It is common in both Buddhism and Freudian psychoanalysis to treat desire as if it is the root of all suffering and...
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