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Altering States
Author | : Daphne Berdahl,Matti Bunzl,Martha Lampland |
Publsiher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0472086170 |
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Analyzes the social and cultural aspects of transition
Altered States of Consciousness
Author | : Marc Wittmann |
Publsiher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2023-11-07 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780262546089 |
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What altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness. During extraordinary moments of consciousness—shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication—our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel time and self dissolving. These experiences have long been ignored by mainstream science, or considered crazy fantasies. Recent research, however, has located the neural underpinnings of these altered states of mind. In this book, neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann shows how experiences that disturb or widen our everyday understanding of the self can help solve the mystery of consciousness. Wittmann explains that the relationship between consciousness of time and consciousness of self is close; in extreme circumstances, the experiences of space and self intensify and weaken together. He considers the emergence of the self in waking life and dreams; how our sense of time is distorted by extreme situations ranging from terror to mystical enlightenment; the experience of the moment; and the loss of time and self in such disorders as depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. Dostoyevsky reported godly bliss during epileptic seizures; neurologists are now investigating the phenomenon of the epileptic aura. Wittmann describes new studies of psychedelics that show how the brain builds consciousness of self and time, and discusses pilot programs that use hallucinogens to treat severe depression, anxiety, and addiction. If we want to understand our consciousness, our subjectivity, Wittmann argues, we must not be afraid to break new ground. Studying altered states of consciousness leads us directly to the heart of the matter: time and self, the foundations of consciousness.
States and Nature
Author | : Joshua Busby |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2022-03-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781108832465 |
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Busby explains how climate change can affect security outcomes, including violent conflict and humanitarian emergencies. Through case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, the book develops a novel argument explaining why climate change leads to especially bad security outcomes in some places but not in others.
Altered States
Author | : Ken Russell |
Publsiher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : UOM:39015025149280 |
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At age thirty-two, there was still no sign of Russell's talent as a movie director--until all these disjointed efforts of his youth fell into place after an unnerving but ultimately successful interview with the BBC for a position with the ground-breaking television film program Monitor. The show made Russell's career. Thirty years and fifty films later, Ken Russell looks back on a life filled with more than its share of highs and lows--a direct consequence of his inability to do anything in moderation. Written in the flowing, intercutting style of his films, this autobiography peels back the layers to explore the core Ken Russell. This is a man not instantly known on the streets as the director of the latest action sequel...but as a playful, sometimes serious, always inventive expander of the cinematic realm.
Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Virginia |
ISBN | : WISC:89069546448 |
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The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States
Author | : United States. Environmental Protection Agency |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Atmospheric carbon dioxide |
ISBN | : UVA:35007003981580 |
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The Impacts of Climate Change and States Actions
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Climatic changes |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D03758711N |
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Climate Change and United States Forests
Author | : Peterson David L.,James M. Vose,Toral Patel-Weynand |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2013-12-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789400775152 |
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This volume offers a scientific assessment of the effects of climatic variability and change on forest resources in the United States. Derived from a report that provides technical input to the 2013 U.S. Global Change Research Program National Climate Assessment, the book serves as a framework for managing U.S. forest resources in the context of climate change. The authors focus on topics having the greatest potential to alter the structure and function of forest ecosystems, and therefore ecosystem services, by the end of the 21st century. Part I provides an environmental context for assessing the effects of climate change on forest resources, summarizing changes in environmental stressors, followed by state-of-science projections for future climatic conditions relevant to forest ecosystems. Part II offers a wide-ranging assessment of vulnerability of forest ecosystems and ecosystem services to climate change. The authors anticipate that altered disturbance regimes and stressors will have the biggest effects on forest ecosystems, causing long-term changes in forest conditions. Part III outlines responses to climate change, summarizing current status and trends in forest carbon, effects of carbon management, and carbon mitigation strategies. Adaptation strategies and a proposed framework for risk assessment, including case studies, provide a structured approach for projecting and responding to future changes in resource conditions and ecosystem services. Part IV describes how sustainable forest management, which guides activities on most public and private lands in the United States, can provide an overarching structure for mitigating and adapting to climate change.