... punishment hangings suicide methods children lying sensitivity alcoholism blame divorce drug use parents trauma anger disconnection fighting mothers religion Catholicism death funeral grief insanity mourning process economic standing isolation garage parents blame divorce David...

...This chapter examines the causal isolation of Abu Ghraib, detailing the arguments that absolved high-ranking military and executive branch officials, as well as the policies that they authorized, of blame for the abuse of detainees at the facility. By geographically isolating Abu Ghraib, the Bush...

...This chapter illustrates the reinvention of the theory of the origin of species in isolation. It was Theodosius Dobzhansky who revived this line of thinking in a short paper published in 1935, followed by his book Genetics and the Origin of Species. Dobzhansky brought back...

... states and a range of humanitarian organizations. The third evaluates the efforts of western states and activist groups to sanction and isolate Myanmar. The final section analyzes the degree of political leverage foreigners have been able to exercise over the dominant military machine and looks...

... is. The doubling of oneself in reading, and/or writing, represents the intimacy of solitary individuals, and becomes a way of communicating solitude. Rousseau is not interested in objective certainty but in knowing how he is detached from everyone else. His method is not doubt but existential isolation—a mental...

.... Comparatively, the crash of UAF Flight 571 provided the physical context for the return of some of these ancient ways. The survivors clung to “civilized” ways of thinking and behaving for a while; however, they steadily adopted the ancient way of cannibalism and isolation to survive. ancient ways viii Old...

...This chapter explores the emergence of adaptation within the evolutionary domain. Charles Darwin, convinced of an impending rise of a natural law of adaptation, relates adaptation with two scenarios: progressive change and speciation in isolation. After formulating natural selection and recognizing...

...This chapter delves into the development of the theory of punctuated equilibria, widely known as “punk eek.” Punctuated equilibria integrates the idea of the origin of species through geographic isolation with the near-universal pattern of stasis. Stasis refers to the event in which most species do...

...This afterword evaluates current mental health practice. Social isolation has become the number one problem faced by people suffering from mental illness. The most common form of support for mentally-ill patients is the case management program that usually involves a once-a-week visit for therapy...

... helps critical social theory engage with phenomena such as meaninglessness, isolation, and indifference. By severing alienation's link to a problematic conception of human essence while retaining its social-philosophical content, the book provides resources for a renewed critique of social pathologies...