Theodore Roszak, ’60s Expert, Dies at 77 Theodore Roszak, who three weeks after the in 1969 not only published a pivotal book about a young generation’s drug-fueled revolt against authority but also gave it a name — “counterculture” — died on July 5 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 77. His wife, Betty, in confirming the death, said he had been treated for liver cancer and other illnesses. Dr. “This is a sophisticated Roman candle of a book,” The Christian Science Monitor said. Photo The book argued that science-dominated modern society was ugly, repressive and soulless; that youthful dissent was coherent enough to be termed a culture; and that this anti-rationalist “counterculture” — a term Dr. He saw the seeds of a new future in campus rebellions, the civil rights movement and even a popular button that said, “I am a human being; do not mutilate, spindle, or tear.” These were themes Dr. In The New York Times, Anatole Broyard devoted two book review columns to “Wasteland.” As Dr. But Dr. Dr. Dr.
Stress and the city: Urban decay In 1965, health authorities in Camberwell, a bustling quarter of London's southward sprawl, began an unusual tally. They started to keep case records for every person in the area who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder or any other psychiatric condition. Decades later, when psychiatrists looked back across the data, they saw a surprising trend: the incidence of schizophrenia had more or less doubled, from around 11 per 100,000 inhabitants per year in 1965 to 23 per 100,000 in 1997 — a period when there was no such rise in the general population (J. Boydell et al. Br. J. The question is an urgent one. Anecdotally, the link between cities, stress and mental health makes sense. But the idea has not been widely tested. Alison Abbott talks about stress and city living. Relentless stress Considered from an evolutionary standpoint, the physiological stress response is definitely a good thing: it helps mammals to survive.
Consciousness: Beyond the Individual? | Wild Culture Is our experience of consciousness limited to the individual brain, or is it something prior or external? The Society for the Preservation of Wild Culture presents an evening of discussion and debate about the nature of consciousness, bringing together perspectives from art, neuroscience and parapsychology in order to interrogate our understanding of this most ancient of questions. What is consciousness? Where is it located? And what does it actually do? But is there a limit to what mainstream materialist science can tell us about consciousness? Featuring: Raymond Tallis - philosopher & neuroscientistAnthony Peake - science writerGraham Nicholls - out-of-body experience specialist vs Stephen Law - philosopherDeborah Hyde - Editor of The SkepticJane Aspell - neuroscientist Tom Jeffreys, Editor of the Journal of Wild Culture, chairs. Wednesday, 6th November 2013, 7.30pm - 9.30pm at Swedenborg Hall, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. £10
Internet TV EarthCare Global TV is initiating this first step toward Internet TV page, beginning by listing films, documentaries, interviews, animations that have been created by conscious ones around the globe to share about sustainable living on this planet. This Internet TV Link is being created at this time to freely share information that will assist globally in the 'self-governing' principle arising through all 'the people'. This conscious, green, environmental and sustainable eco-media is for inspiration and education that we may live the universal Law of Balance. Some of the titles will have website and description; others will only have the film title. *Consider buying online the DVDs that may be shown to family, friends and community and given as gifts. *This DVD purchase supports those involved in making the films and getting the information to the people. 1. Agriculture, Permaculture, Biodynamic, Farming, Forest Gardens, Growing, Seeds: Sustainable, organic, eco-culture Dirt! Animals
Flow (psychology) Concentrating on a task is one aspect of flow. In positive psychology, flow, also known colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by complete absorption in what one does, and a resulting loss in one's sense of space and time. Flow shares many characteristics with hyperfocus. However, hyperfocus is not always described in a positive light. Some examples include spending "too much" time playing video games or getting side-tracked and pleasurably absorbed by one aspect of an assignment or task to the detriment of the overall assignment. Just as with the conditions listed above, these conditions can be independent of one another. Ideas similar to flow have been recognized throughout history and across cultures. Schaffer (2013) proposed 7 flow conditions: Further, he writes: Notes
Live Simply So That Others May Simply Live. I love that expression. At first glance it might be a little difficult to grasp, but after looking at it for a while it becomes crystal clear as to what it means. Live Simply So That Others May Simply Live. By choosing our lifestyle carefully, we are in effect helping many other people around the world who have it a lot less fortunate than we do. Buying organic cotton clothes and bedding keeps pesticides and other toxins off farm worker’s bodies. Only a few extreme environmentalists want anyone to go live in a cave, eat only wheat grass, and read by candlelight only. About the Author: David Quilty After a varied past of being a test driver for automotive television programs, a Hollywood studio lackey, and an online media sales director, David is now the publisher and editor of The Good Human.
European Journal of Ecopsychology How big-hearted babies turn into selfish monsters A baby being fed a homemade meal, starting with cereals, vegetables and fruits, will need half as much as being weaned on ready-made food. Photograph: Jamie Grill/Getty If you've been planning a shopping trip with the kids for bank holiday Monday, you might not want to read any further, because teaching your children consumerism is helping to turn them into selfish, immoral creatures without a streak of empathy, according to a new study. You may be making them just like stressed-out adults, whose potential as human beings is killed off as genuine altruism is suffocated by their greed and anxiety. In a new book which suggests that social changes and the shift towards an ever more unequal society are making us cold-hearted and mean, psychotherapist Graham Music says we're more likely to be born big-hearted and kind but then pushed towards being selfish and cold than the other way around. Music disputes the notion that children are born selfish.
Nature Deficit Disorder Issue 260May/June 2010On Being Human Undercurrents Nature Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv Cover: Still by Antony Gormley. Issue availability No Back Issue available Issue available as PDF Reprint permissions Photograph: David Alcock For children, Nature comes in many forms. Many of us grew into adulthood taking Nature’s gifts for granted; we assumed (when we thought of it at all) that generations to come would receive these same gifts. This term is by no means a medical diagnosis but it does offer a way to think about the problem and the possibilities – for children and for the rest of us as well. I first became aware of this transformation in the late 1980s when, in the course of researching a book, I interviewed thousands of children and their parents. In many classrooms, I heard variations on that statement. One schoolgirl I spoke to told me she wanted to be a poet when she grew up. “When I’m in the woods,” she said, “I feel like I’m in my mother’s shoes.” The young poet’s face then flushed.