M Fischer: 55 books

Wenn US-Präsident Obama Richard Holbrook als seinen neuen Vermittler für Afghanistan und Pakistan vorstellt, ist dies eine Nachricht, die weltweite Aufmerksamkeit findet. Sondergesandte sind in allen Krisenregionen der Welt im Einsatz. Wie aber geht das: Frieden stiften? Und wann entwickelte sich...

Besonders bei den früh und schwer abhängig gewordenen Kindern und Jugendlichen gibt es einen starken Zusammenhang von Sucht, Trauma und Bindungsstörung als häufige Komorbidität. Im Erwachsenenalter sind die Betroffenen als schwer und chronisch Abhängige oft zu hoffnungslosen Dauerkonsumenten...

Radical Psychology discusses psychological factors that shape multicultural competency and social justice effectiveness, such as implicit and explicit biases, difficulties in accurate self-assessment of cultural competency and social justice skills, and the historical colonial biases that still shape...

When a bug sleeping on a jug is chased by a frog, he has to jump to get away. But then that frog (who’s sleeping on a log) is in for a similar surprise! He’s attacked by a cat…who needs to jump away from a dog…and on it goes, until not even a shark is free from getting a little fright! Building...

This in-depth study of the decision-making processes of the early 2000s shows that the Swiss consensus democracy has changed considerably. Power relations have transformed, conflict has increased, coalitions have become more unstable and outputs less predictable. Yet these challenges to consensus politics provide opportunities for innovation.

We live in a world where vital truths have been forgotten. It is a world unlike what we have been told. It is a world with extraterrestrials, secret societies, and hidden agendas. It is a world where deep currents struggle just below the surface. Until now.This is a story of one soul, manifest in...

Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches offers nine case studies from several academic disciplines. The chapters describe the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity within the Muslim communities of Amdo and illustrate complex social interactions with other Amdo...

The availability of spatial databases and widespread use of geographic information systems has stimulated increasing interest in the analysis and modelling of spatial data. Spatial data analysis focuses on detecting patterns, and on exploring and modelling relationships between them in order to understand...

In Anthropological Futures, Michael M. J. Fischer explores the uses of anthropology as a mode of philosophical inquiry, an evolving academic discipline, and a means for explicating the complex and shifting interweaving of human bonds and social interactions on a global level. Through linked essays,...

Anthropology as Cultural Critique helped redefine cultural anthropology in the 1980s. Now, with Emergent Forms of Life and the Anthropological Voice, pathbreaking scholar Michael M. J. Fischer moves the discussion to a consideration of the groundwork laid in the 1990s for engagements with the fast-changing...

Over the past decade Iranian films have received enormous international attention, garnering both critical praise and popular success. Combining his extensive ethnographic experience in Iran and his broad command of critical theory, Michael M. J. Fischer argues that the widespread appeal of Iranian...

In this mini ebook, Robert Fischer, M.D., psychiatrist and Executive Director at the Optimum Performance Institute, a residential mental health treatment facility for young adults in Southern California, discusses the development of Asperger's from childhood into early adulthood.

O herói sem nenhum caráter Apresentação de Luís Augusto Fischer; fixação de texto de Guto Leite; notas de Guto Leite e Luís Augusto Fischer Escrito em uma semana de dezembro de 1926 e publicado pela primeira vez em 1928, Macunaíma é um clássico nacional, mas nem sempre foi assim. A consagração...

Der Raum und das Verständnis des Raums sind als große neue Themen der Philosophie im Gespräch. Die damit zusammenhängenden Fragen gewinnen derart an Bedeutung, dass von einem ›spatial turn‹ der Wissenschaft gesprochen wird, in Entsprechung zum ›linguistic turn‹, der das Gesicht der Philosophie...