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Vilfredo Pareto’s Sociology: A Framework for Political Psychology

Vilfredo Pareto is a key figure in the history of economics and sociology. His sociological works attempted to merge these two disciplines through a psychologistic analysis of society, economy and politics. This is the first book to rethink Pareto's contribution to classical sociology by focusing upon its psychological underpinning. The author locates the origins of Pareto's psychologistic approach both within the history of Italian thought and within Pareto's own experiences of business and politics. He evaluates Pareto's sociology through the lens of contemporary social science, examining whether its explanatory power is growing rather than diminishing as levels of social and epistemological complexity rise. The volume also explores Pareto's assumptions about personality through the lens of contemporary psychology. It concludes with a psychometric study of Westminster MPs which clarifies and attests to Pareto's contemporary relevance, and indicates that even practitioners of politics may gain much from reading Pareto.

Vilfredo Pareto’s Sociology: A Framework for Political Psychology

Vilfredo Pareto is a key figure in the history of economics and sociology. His sociological works attempted to merge these two disciplines through a psychologistic analysis of society, economy and politics. This is the first book to rethink Pareto's contribution to classical sociology by focusing upon its psychological underpinning. The author locates the origins of Pareto's psychologistic approach both within the history of Italian thought and within Pareto's own experiences of business and politics. He evaluates Pareto's sociology through the lens of contemporary social science, examining whether its explanatory power is growing rather than diminishing as levels of social and epistemological complexity rise. The volume also explores Pareto's assumptions about personality through the lens of contemporary psychology. It concludes with a psychometric study of Westminster MPs which clarifies and attests to Pareto's contemporary relevance, and indicates that even practitioners of politics may gain much from reading Pareto.

Vilfredo Pareto’s Contributions to Modern Social Theory: A Centennial Appraisal (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory)

This volume seeks to restore Vilfredo Pareto to his rightful place in the history of social and economic thought, bringing together studies by leading scholars to mark the centenary of his death in 1923. Assessing Pareto’s many contributions to the social sciences and his unique integration of the disciplines of sociology, politics, and economics, it addresses the relative neglect of Pareto’s work and explores both his continuing relevance to social research and the influence of his thought on subsequent developments in sociology and social theory. As such it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in the history of sociology and the importance of Pareto’s thought.

Vilfredo Pareto’s Contributions to Modern Social Theory: A Centennial Appraisal (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory)

This volume seeks to restore Vilfredo Pareto to his rightful place in the history of social and economic thought, bringing together studies by leading scholars to mark the centenary of his death in 1923. Assessing Pareto’s many contributions to the social sciences and his unique integration of the disciplines of sociology, politics, and economics, it addresses the relative neglect of Pareto’s work and explores both his continuing relevance to social research and the influence of his thought on subsequent developments in sociology and social theory. As such it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in the history of sociology and the importance of Pareto’s thought.

Vilfredo Pareto: Neoclassical Synthesis of Economics and Sociology (Classics in the History and Development of Economics)

From the viewpoint of carrying out multi-disciplinary studies between economics and other social sciences, Pareto's theories are especially important as they are the core of contemporary orthodox economics. His sociology is constructed very differently from his economics. First the former deals with non-rational social behaviour of human beings, whilst the latter with rational behaviour; secondly, in the methodology the former is empirical and inductive, while the latter is logical and deductive. The present volume is a revamping of works by two authorities on Pareto. It combines Alfonso de Pietri-Tonelli's address to the Italian Association for Advancement of Science on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Pareto's death with selected chapters of Vilfredo Pareto, sa vie et son oeuvre, Payot, Paris, 1928 by G.H. Bousquet.

Vilfredo Pareto: Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries (International Library Of Essays In The History Of Social And Political Thought Ser.)

This collection examines the work of the Italian economist and social theorist Vilfredo Pareto, highlighting the extraordinary scope of his thought, which covers a vast range of academic disciplines. The volume underlines the enduring and contemporary relevance of Pareto's ideas on a bewildering variety of topics; while illuminating his attempt to unite different disciplines, such as history and sociology, in his quest for a 'holistic' understanding of society. Bringing together the world's leading experts on Pareto, this collection will be of interest to scholars working in the fields of sociology and social psychology, monetary theory and risk analysis, philosophy and intellectual history, and political science and rhetoric.

Vilfredo Pareto: Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries

This collection examines the work of the Italian economist and social theorist Vilfredo Pareto, highlighting the extraordinary scope of his thought, which covers a vast range of academic disciplines. The volume underlines the enduring and contemporary relevance of Pareto's ideas on a bewildering variety of topics; while illuminating his attempt to unite different disciplines, such as history and sociology, in his quest for a 'holistic' understanding of society. Bringing together the world's leading experts on Pareto, this collection will be of interest to scholars working in the fields of sociology and social psychology, monetary theory and risk analysis, philosophy and intellectual history, and political science and rhetoric.

Vilfredo Pareto: From Liberty to Science (1898–1923) (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought)

This volume of intellectual biography takes the Italian economist, sociologist, political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) from his disillusionment with liberal and pacifist activism, to the original development of pure economics and the composition of his Treatise on General Sociology and the test of this latter on the war and post-war events.

Vilfredo Pareto: The Illusions and Disillusions of Liberty (1891–1898) (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought)

This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923).This second volume follows Pareto from his time teaching at Lausanne to the juncture in his life where he first began to make theoretical contributions of his own. Mornati considers Pareto’s work on pure economics, general equilibrium, welfare economics and the economic case for socialism, as well as his critical observations of Italian and Swiss public policy.

Vilfredo Pareto: From Science to Liberty (1848–1891) (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought)

This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923).This volume covers the period starting from his childhood up to his early political activism, amateur journalism and initial scholarly contributions. His pre-Lausanne years are often neglected by students of Pareto, but form the intellectual and biographical background to his later contributions to economic, social and political theory.

Vilfredo Pareto: From Science to Liberty (1848–1891) (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought)

This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923).This volume covers the period starting from his childhood up to his early political activism, amateur journalism and initial scholarly contributions. His pre-Lausanne years are often neglected by students of Pareto, but form the intellectual and biographical background to his later contributions to economic, social and political theory.

Vilém Flusser: Ein Leben in der Bodenlosigkeit. Biographie (Edition Kulturwissenschaft #152)

Diese Biographie - die erste ihrer Art - ist dem Leben und Werk Vilém Flussers gewidmet. 1920 in Prag als Sohn jüdischer Eltern geboren, flieht er 1939 vor den Nazis, die seine gesamte Familie im KZ ermorden, über London nach Brasilien. 1972 kehrt er wieder nach Europa zurück, wo er in den 1980er Jahren in Deutschland als »digitaler Denker« berühmt wird. Seine Einflüsse auf die Philosophie und besonders die Medienwissenschaft sind unbestritten. Vilém Flussers außerordentliches, bewegtes Leben, das 1991 in einem Autounfall endet, ist zugleich ein Porträt des 20. Jahrhunderts in all seinen Widersprüchen. Aufgrund des breiten thematischen Spektrums von Vilém Flussers Werk ist die Biographie auch für Leser_innen jenseits der Philosophie und der Medientheorie von Interesse.

Viktor von Weizsäcker zum 100. Geburtstag: Beiträge zum Symposion der Universität Heidelberg (1.–3.5.1986) sowie der 24. Arbeitstagung des Deutschen Kollegiums für Psychosomatische Medizin (5. 3. 1986) und der 36. Lindauer Psychotherapiewochen (19. 4. 1986) (Schriften zur anthropologischen und interdisziplinären Forschung in der Medizin)

Viktor von Weizsäcker (1886–1957): Materialien zu Leben und Werk

VIKTOR VON WEIZSÄCKER (1886-1957) gilt heute als einer der Begründer der psychosomatischen Medizin. Sein ursprüngliches Anliegen reichte weiter, es ging ihm um eine Reform der Medizin von ihren Grundlagen her. Durch Psychoanalyse und Gestaltkreislehre, die Weizsäckers Arbeitskreis an der Neurologischen Klinik in Heidelberg aufnahm bzw. entwickelte, sollte eine "anthropologische" Wende in der Inneren Medizin in Gang gebracht wer­ den. Darin war eine Kritik des einseitig mechanistischen Denkens in den Naturwissenschaften ebenso enthalten wie eine Abkehr von entleerten Formen der Arzt-Patient-Beziehung. Weizsäckers bekannte Redewendung vom Objekt der Wissenschaft, in die das Subjekt wiedereingeführt werden müsse, umgreift beides. In dieser Hinsicht erscheint sein Werk heute nach wie vor aktuell, aber auch als Fragment im Sinne einer Denkaufgabe zum Weiterdenken. Die Voraus­ setzungen für diesen Prozeß sind günstig. Durch die eben begonnene Neu­ auflage der "Gesammelten Schriften" im Suhrkamp-Verlag wird die ins Stocken geratene Rezeption wieder belebt, der 100. Geburtstag bietet darüber hinaus Anlaß, sich die Biographie und Entwicklung des Weizsäk­ kerschen Werkes zu vergegenwärtigen.

Viktor Simov: Stanislavsky’s Designer

Viktor Simov is the first English-language biography of Konstantin Stanislavsky’s principal scenic designer at the Moscow Art Theatre from the company’s formation in 1898. His ground-breaking work included the designs for the premieres of Anton Chekhov’s major stage plays, and his approach to theatre design still influences contemporary scenography. Translated from the original Russian text written by author, editor, and literary critic Yuri Ivanovich Nekhoroshev, the book provides a revealing insight into the staging and technical practices of one of the world’s most influential theatre companies. Supported by 60 illustrations representing the full range of Simov’s designs, this volume provides a historical account of Simov’s career and a vivid description and critical assessment of his work. The book traces the artist’s development from his early years as a painter to his later experiments in early silent film design, including his work for the classic Russian science fiction film Aelita, Queen of Mars (1924). Written for theatre scholars and students of Scenic Design and Drama courses, Viktor Simov: Stanislavsky’s designer re-establishes Simov as one of the most influential theatre designers of the 20th century.

Viktor Simov: Stanislavsky’s Designer

Viktor Simov is the first English-language biography of Konstantin Stanislavsky’s principal scenic designer at the Moscow Art Theatre from the company’s formation in 1898. His ground-breaking work included the designs for the premieres of Anton Chekhov’s major stage plays, and his approach to theatre design still influences contemporary scenography. Translated from the original Russian text written by author, editor, and literary critic Yuri Ivanovich Nekhoroshev, the book provides a revealing insight into the staging and technical practices of one of the world’s most influential theatre companies. Supported by 60 illustrations representing the full range of Simov’s designs, this volume provides a historical account of Simov’s career and a vivid description and critical assessment of his work. The book traces the artist’s development from his early years as a painter to his later experiments in early silent film design, including his work for the classic Russian science fiction film Aelita, Queen of Mars (1924). Written for theatre scholars and students of Scenic Design and Drama courses, Viktor Simov: Stanislavsky’s designer re-establishes Simov as one of the most influential theatre designers of the 20th century.

Viktor Schauberger: A Life Of Learning From Nature

Second edition of a concise introduction to Schauberger's life and thinking. Viktor Schauberger's knowledge of natural energies led to inventions which, if properly harnessed, could solve the world's energy crisis. Unfortunately most peop find his ideas difficult to understand or accept.

Viktor Lejon: Roman

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Viktor Kaplan

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Viktor Frankl und die Philosophie

Viktor E. Frankl und die Philosophie – dieser rechtzeitig zum 100. Geburtstag des Gründers der „Dritten Wiener Schule der Psychotherapie“ erscheinende Band leuchtet den philosophischen Hintergrund von Frankls Logotheraphie aus und zeigt die enge Verwandtschaft psychotherapeutischer Praxis mit Grundfragen der Philosophie. Wie sollte es auch anders sein – steht doch für beide, die Philosophie und die Logotherapie, das Problem des Sinns im Mittelpunkt. Frankl hat auch immer wieder die Auseinandersetzung mit den großen Philosophen seiner Zeit gesucht, wie etwa mit Martin Heidegger und Karl Jaspers, Max Scheler, Gabriel Marcel oder Martin Buber – um nur einige zu nennen. Die Sinnsuche dieser Philosophen und der Wille zum Sinn, den Frankl in den Mittelpunkt seiner Psychotherapie gerückt hat, ergänzen einander nicht nur, sondern gehen in eine fruchtbare Synthese ein, die auch mit Begriffen wie Person, Geist, Verantwortung und Gewissen gekoppelt sind. Es ist hier nicht der Ort, die Bedeutung Frankls für die Psychotherapie, die Psychologie und die Philosophie zu würdigen. Frankls Auffassung – und hier stellt er sich auch in Gegensatz zu Sigmund Freud und Alfred Adler – daß Neurosen auf ungelöste metaphysische Fragen verweisen, seine Auseinandersetzung mit den Konstanten des Menschseins wie Leiden, Schuld, oder Tod implizieren unabdi- bar die Sinnfrage. Daß Viktor Frankl durch die Hölle der Konzentrationslager gegangen ist, macht seine Gedanken und sein ärztliches Handeln auch im Hinblick auf die in solchen Grenzsituationen naheliegende Sinnlosigkeit und deren Überwindung bedeutsam.

Viktor Frankl and the Shoah: Advancing the Debate (SpringerBriefs in Psychology)

This books takes a new and critical look at the development of logotherapy and existential analysis, a prominent existential school of psychotherapy. It explores the intellectual and political biography of its founder, the Austrian psychiatrist and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, best known for his bestselling “Man’s Search for Meaning”. The book focuses on his life and works and political thinking from the late 1920’s to the years spent in Nazi-occupied Vienna, and finally the time he spent in the concentration camps Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Dachau. It presents new archival findings on Frankl’s involvement with the Austrian Zionist Movement, his attempts to sabotage the “euthanasia” program of the National Socialists, and his scathing critiques of the NS-Psychotherapy school around Göring and his students, published during the years before Frankl’s deportation to Theresienstadt. This book addresses recent attempts by the author Timothy Pytell to portray Frankl as a “fellow traveler” of the Nazi regime and corrects the fundamental errors and misrepresentations in Pytell’s work. It thus offers important perspectives on the intellectual history of ideas in psychology and existential psychotherapy, and also serves as key material on the development of psychotherapy before and during the Holocaust.

Viktimisierung junger Menschen im Internet: Leitfaden für Pädagogen und Psychologen (essentials)

Dieses essential gibt einen Überblick über potenzielle Gefahren der Internetnutzung für junge Menschen. Die Autoren befassen sich dabei insbesondere mit Risiken, die aus hassbasiertem Online-Material und möglicherweise schädigenden Inhalten hervorgehen. Ihre Ausführungen werden durch eine Darstellung aktueller Forschungsergebnisse im Ländervergleich ergänzt. Abschließende Empfehlungen zur Verbesserung des Schutzes von Kindern und Jugendlichen im Cyberspace helfen dabei, unserer Verantwortung für die junge Generation besser gerecht zu werden.

Vikraal

Set in a world that reflects post-Vedic India, Vikraal takes up where Jaal, the first book of the Kaal Trilogy, ends. The lingering bars of the six-millennia-old Prison of Dreams are disintegrating around Aushij, the Sleeping God, making him increasingly aware of Arihant, his designated Foe. Half a year after his incredible metamorphosis in the Vakrini's Mind-City, Arihant is now on an unpredictable journey that takes him further on the road to becoming the ultimate warrior. Unexpected truths assail him at every turn - the searing fact of his own identity; the soaring joy of true love; the shock of his unforeseen vulnerability and, ultimately, the discovery and acceptance of his true self and purpose in the realm of the cosmic enigma whom some call the Oracle, and who calls itself Kaal - the governor of the universe.The intricate weave of conflicts and discoveries propels the protagonists towards an explosive climax that alters the very course of the Cosmic Game. This roaring adventure blends seamlessly with India's metaphysical traditions, creating a thrilling tale of action-packed mysticism.

The Vikings (The History Detective Investigates #39)

The Vikings came from Scandinavia, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. They invaded and settled in Northern Scotland and the East of England looking for farmland. The Viking age in Europe ran from around AD 700 to 1100. Vikings arrived in longships and attacked small villages, following a sustained campaign of attack. The Vikings famously settled in York building houses and establishing trades such as jewellery and pottery making and woodworking. Women were important in Viking family life. They ran the home and farm while their husbands were away trading or fighting. Throughout the Viking age there were many battles between the Vikings and the English with King Alfred preventing them from taking over all of England. In the 10th century England won back much of the land taken defeating Eric Bloodaxe, the last Viking King of Jorvik. Viking rule ended with the invasion of Britain by the Normans in 1066. Contains maps, paintings, artefacts and photographs to show how the Vikings...

Vikings of the Steppe: Scandinavians, Rus’, and the Turkic World (c. 750–1050) (Routledge Archaeologies of the Viking World)

This book explores the relationship between Vikings, Rus’ and nomadic (mostly Turkic) steppe dwellers during the course of the Viking Age (c. 750–1050) in a geographical area stretching from Eastern Scandinavia through the Kievan Rus’, Byzantium, the Islamic world to the Western Eurasian steppes. The primary focus is the steppe influence on the development of Scandinavian-Rus’ culture. It illustrates the effects of Turkic (nomadic) cultures on the evolving Scandinavian-Rus’ communities in their military technology and tactics, as well as in everyday customs, ritual traditions and religious perceptions, whilst paying attention to the politico-commercial necessities and possible communication channels tying these two cultures, normally considered to be distinct, together. The arguments are supported by a multi-disciplinary analysis of diverse historical and archaeological materials occasionally supplemented with linguistic evidence. The result is a comprehensive evaluation of the relations of the Scandinavians active in the ‘East’ with Turkic groups, and brings (the so far neglected) steppes into Viking studies in general. The book will fill a serious scholarly gap in the field of Viking studies and will be read by both academics and students interested in the archaeological and historical sources concerned with the traditions of the ‘Eastern Vikings’.