Release: 2007-11-30
Format: PDF 688 pages
ISBN: 0262050870 (0-262-05087-0)
ISBN 13: 9780262050876 (978-0-262-05087-6)
List Price: $65.00
Edition: 1
Description:
This collection of foundational papers on sex differences in the brain traces the development of a much-invoked, fast-growing young field at the intersection of brain and behavior. The reader is introduced to the meaning and nature of sexual dimorphisms, the mechanisms and consequences of steroid hormone action, and the impact of the field on interpretations of sexuality and gender. Building on each other in point-counterpoint fashion, the papers tell a fascinating story of an emerging science working out its core assumptions. Experimental and theoretical papers, woven together by editor's introductions, open a window onto knowledge in the making and a vigorous debate between reductionist and pluralist interpreters. Five major sections include papers on conceptual and methodological background, central nervous system dimorphisms, mechanisms for creating dimorphisms, dimorphisms and cognition, and dimorphisms and identity. Each section builds from basic concepts to early experiments, from experimental models to humans, and from molecules to mind. Papers by such leading scholars as Arthur Arnold, Frank Beach, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Doreen Kimura, Simon LeVay, Bruce McEwen, Michael Merzenich, Bertram O'Malley, Geoffrey Raisman, and Dick Swaab, illustrate a rich blend of perspectives, approaches, methods, and findings. Sex and the Brain will show students how a scientific paper can be analyzed from many perspectives, and supply them with critical tools for judging a rapidly emerging science in a contentious area.
Filesize: 13 MB
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Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Copyright © 2008 by Edward A. Irons
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This book is meant to serve as a general introduction to and resource for Buddhism and other major religious traditions of East Asia. We do not mention Islam or Christianity, traditions covered in other volumes. And although we provide introductions to Daoism, Shinto, Confucianism, and other religious practices in East and Southeast Asia, the primary focus of the volume is clearly on Buddhism, in all its forms.
Yet, as the reader will soon discover, it is impossible to cover every area in such a broad subject. Inevitably, we have had to choose certain emphases. In the text, we focus on key individuals, regions, places, and schools; on basic terms that may be useful to readers; and on themes of relevance today. These themes include art, popular festivals, ecology, the role of women, engaged Buddhism, globalization, sexuality, martial arts, psychology, titles, and war. Such topical themes reveal our own inclinations as much as current issues in the field of Buddhist studies, and if any issue of importance is overlooked, we can only plead guilty and trust that other sources exist that will cover the topic
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