Author biographies

Christopher Bollas and David Sundelson, The New Informants: Betrayal of Confidentiality in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, London: Karnac, 1995, 215 pp., $16.95.

Judy Cooper and Nilda Maxwell (eds) Narcissistic Wounds, London: Whurr Publishers, 1995, $15.95.

A review of: “Daniel Stern, The Motherhood Constellation, New York: Basic Books, 1995, 229pp.”

Judith Trowell and Marion Bower (eds) The Emotional Needs of Young Children and their Families: Using Psychoanalytic Ideas in the Community, London and New York: Routledge, 1995, 299pp., $14.99

Moses Laufer (ed.) The Suicidal Adolescent, London: Karnac, 1995, $13.95.     

List of contributors

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Integrity and Change: Mental Health in the Marketplace, Eileen Smith (ed.), London: Routledge, 1997, 200 pp., £45 hb., £14.99 pb.

Staff Supervision in a Turbulent Environment: Managing Process and, Task in Front-line Services, Lynette Hughes and Paul Pengelly, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1997, 150 pp., £14.95 pb.

An Introduction to Object Relations, Lavina Gomez, London: Free Association Books, 1997, 245 pp., £15.95 pb.

Countertransference in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents, John Tsiantis, Anne Marie Sandier, Dimitris Anastasopolous and Brian Martindale (eds), London: Karnac, 1996, 176 pp., £17.95 pb.

Working with Drug Family Support Groups, Paul Lockley, London: Free Association Books, 1996, 275 pp., £15.95 pb.

The Cradle of Violence, Stephen Wilson, Oxford: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1995, 157 pp., £14.95 pb.

Art, Psychotherapy and Psychosis, Katherine Killick and Joy Schaverien (eds), London: Routledge, 1997, 267 pp., £50 hb., £16.99 pb.     

Book Reviews

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New Directions in Counselling, Rowan Bayne, Ian Horton and Jenny Bimrose (eds), London: Routledge, 1996, 321 pp., £14.99 pb. £50.00 hb.

Counselling the Elderly and their Carers, Paul Terry, London: Macmillan, 1997, 184 pp., £14.99 pb.

The Many Faces of Eros: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Human Sexuality, Joyce McDougall, London: Free Association Books, 1995, 257 pp., £15.99 pb.

The Mind Object: Precocity and Pathology of Self-Sufficiency, Edward G. Corrigan and Pearl-Ellen Gordon (eds), London: Karnac Books, 1995, 263 pp., £19.95 pb.

Interventions with Bereaved Children, Susan C. Smith and Sister Margaret Pennells (eds), London: Jessica Kingsiey, 1995, 342 pp., £16.95 pb.

Race, Culture and Counselling, Colin Lago in collaboration with Joyce Thompson, Buckingham: Open University Press, 168 pp., £27.50 hb., £12.99 pb.

D.W. Winnicott: A Biographical Portrait, Brett Kahr, London: Karnac Books, 1996, 189 pp., £17.95 pb.     

Book reviews

Art Therapy in Practice Marian Liebmann(Ed.), 1990 London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 190 pp., £24.50

Effective Thinking Skills-Preventing and Managing Personal Problems Ricahrd Nelson-Jones, 1989 London, Cassell xii + 214 pp., £8.95 (paperback), £25 (hardback)

AIDS and the Health Care System Lawrence O. Gostin (Ed.), 1990 New Haven & London, Yale University Press 299 pp., £9.95 (paperback), £30.00 (cloth)

Disaster and Disaster Stress A. J. W. Taylor, 1989 New York, AMS Press US$32.50 (hardback)     

How a ten-year-old girl faced her death

E. Bott Spillius. Melanie Klein Today. Vol. 1, 1988. Mainly Theory. Vol. 2, Mainly Practice. London: Routledge. £35 (Cloth). £14.99 (Paper).

Ilse Hellman. From War Babies to Grandmothers: Forty-Eight Years in Psychoanalysis. London: Karnac Books &; The Institute of Psycho-Analysis. 1990. £16 (paperback).

James and Joyce Robertson. Separation and the Very Young. London: Free Association Books. 1989. £25.00 (hardback). Edward C. Melhuish and Peter Moss (eds.). Day Care for Young Children: International Perspectives. London and New York: Tavistock/Routledge. 1990. £12.99 (paperback).

Jeremy Holmes and Richard Lindley: The Values of Psychotherapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1989. (£17.50).

Caroline Case and Tessa Dalley (Editors): Working with Children in Art Therapy. Published by Tavistock/Routledge. London and New York, 1990. £14.9.     

Book reviews

Blue Dragon White Tiger. Michael Saso, 1990 Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press 215 pp., No price given

Chuang‐Tzu for Spiritual Transformation. Robert E. Allinson, 1989 Albany, State University of New York Press 203 pp., $39.50 hb, $14.95 pb

Japanese Martial Arts and American Sports. Cross‐Cultural Perspectives on Means to Personal Growth M. Kiyota & H. Kinoshita (Eds), 1990 Tokyo, Nihon University 247 pp., No price given

The Question of Rationality and the Basic Grammar of Intercultural Texts. Hwa Yol Jung, 1989. IUJ Monograph 3, Nigata, International University of Japan ¥2000

The Arabic Linguistic Tradition. G. Bohas, J.‐P. Guillaume & D. E. Kouloughli, 1990 London and New York, Routledge 163+x pp., £30.00

The Body: Toward an Eastern Mind‐Body Theory. Yuasa Yasuo, edited by T. P. Kasulis and translated by Nagatomo Shigenori Albany, State University of New York Press $14.95 hb

Sainthood, Its Manifestations in World Religions. Richard Kieckerhefer & George D. Bond (Eds), 1990 University of California Press XII + 263 pp., $12.95 pb

East of Existentialism: The Tao of the West. Ray Billington, 1990 London, Unwin Hyman xviii+316 pp., No price given     

Recent books

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Niedenthal, P.M., & Kitayama, S. (Eds.). (1994). The heart's eye: Emotional influences in perception and attention. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. ISBN 0–12–410560–2. 289pp. $55.00

MacKinnon, N.J. (1994). Symbolic interactionism as affect control. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0–7914–2042–6 (pbk). 245pp. $19.95.

Cuthbertson-Johnson, B., Franks, D.D., & Doman, M. (Eds.) (1994). The sociology of emotions: An annotated bibliography. New York Garland Publishing. ISBN 0–8240–2321–8. 222pp. $37.00

Flanagan, O., & Rorty, A.O. (Eds.) (1990). Identity_; character and morality: Essays in moral psychology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0–262–56074–7 (pbk). 487pp. $18.50.

Mackie, D.M., 8 Hamilton D.L. (Eds.) (1993). Affect, cognition, and stereotyping: interactive processes in group perception. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. ISBN 0–12–46441–0–4. 389pp. $59.95

Dobson, K.S., & Kendall, P.C. (Eds.) (1993). Psychopethology and cognition. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. ISBN 0–12–404175–2. 492pp. $49.95.

Graham, G., & Stephens, G.L. (Eds.) (1994). Philosophical psychopathology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. ISBN 0–262–07159–2. 332pp. $34.95.     

BOOK REVIEWS

ABSTRACT

THEORY-BASED TREA TMENT PLANNING FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, by Diane R. Gehart and Amy R. Tuttle. Pacific Grove, CA, Wadsworth, 2003, 269 pp., $46.95 (paper). Reviewed by Toni Schindler Zimmerman.

OLDER COUPLES-NEW COUPLINGS: FINDING AND KEEPING LOVE IN LATER LIFE, by Edith Kemp and Jerrold Kemp. Bloomington, IN: Unlimited Publishing, 2001, 384 pp., $14.95 (paper). [Also published as Older Couples-New Romances: Finding and Keeping Love in Later Life Ten Speed Press, 2002]. Reviewed by Christine Fruhauf.

ASPERGERS IN LOVE: COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILY AFFAIRS, by Maxine Aston. London and New York: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003, 232 pp., $22.95 (paper). Reviewed by Deborah J. Fidler.     

A Review of “A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion”

ABSTRACT

HOLMAN OLD TESTAMENT COMMENTARY: EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS. Glen S. Martin. Nashville, TN: Broadman &; Holman Publishers, 2002, 387 pp., $19.99. Reviewed by Gregg Watson.

THE WESTMINSTER DICTIONARY OF NEW TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND RHETORIC. David E. Aune. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003, xii, 595 pp., ISBN: 0-664-21917-9, $49.95. Reviewed by Iren L. Snavely, Jr.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND WAR, Routledge Encyclopedias of Religion and Society Series. Edited by Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez. New York &; London: Routledge, 2004, 512 pp., 33 b/w illustrations, ISBN: 0-415-94246-2, $125.00. Reviewed by Al Vara.

READING IS BELIEVING: THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM. David S. Cunningham. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2002, 237 pp., $18.99. Reviewed by Robert F. Darden III.

UNDERSTANDING THE HADITH: THE SACRED TRADITIONS OF ISLAM. Ram Swarup. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002, 258 pp., $22.00. Reviewed by Jeannie Colson.

AN INDEX TO ENGLISH PERIODICAL LITERATURE ON THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES, Vol. VIII, ATLA Bibliography Series, 21. Compiled and edited by William G. Hupper. Lanham, MD and London: The American Theological Library Association, and The Scarecrow Press, 1999, 483 pp., $70.00. Reviewed by John Dickason.

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF EVANGELICALS. Editor: Timothy Larsen; Consulting Editors: David Bebbington and Mark Noll. Leicester, England and Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003, 816 pp., $45.00. Reviewed by J. Michael Garrett.

LOGOS BIBLE SOFTWARE SERIES X-SCHOLAR'S LIBRARY (QB). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, 2004, $599.95, CDROM or DVD. Reviewed by Jason D. Baker.     

Book reviews and notes

GENERAL.

LA REVANCHE DE DIEU. By Gilles Kepel. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1991. 283pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 2–02–012929–9.

DEFENDERS OF GOD: THE FUNDAMENTALIST REVOLT AGAINST THE MODERN AGE. By Bruce B. Lawrence. London: I.B. Tauris, 1990. 306pp. Hb. n.p. ISBN 1–85043–288–0.

ISLAM AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. By G.W. Choudhury. London: Indus Thames Publishers Ltd., 1990. 227pp. Hb. £15.00. ISBN 1–85555–000–8.

TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE QUR'AN. VOL.III, SURAHS 7–9. By Sayyid Abul a'la Mawdudi. Translated and edited by Zafar Ishaq Ansari. Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 1990/1411. 328pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 0–86037–205–7.

AL‐GHAZALI: INVOCATIONS AND SUPPLICATIONS: KITAB AL‐ADHKAR WA'L‐DA'AWAT: BOOK IX OF THE REVIVAL OF THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES: IHYA’ ‘ULUM AL‐DIN. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by K. Nakamura. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1990. 131pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 0–946621–14–4.

TODAY'S PROBLEMS, TOMORROW'S SOLUTIONS: THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF MUSLIM SOCIETIES. By Abdullah Omar Naseef. London and New York: Mansell, 1988. 180pp. Hb. £30.00. ISBN 0–7201–1991‐X.

AN EARLY CRESCENT: THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN ISLAM. Edited by Ziauddin Sardar. London and New York: Mansell, 1989. 251pp. Hb. £30.00. ISBN 0–7201–2005–5.

BEYOND FRONTIERS: ISLAM AND CONTEMPORAY NEEDS. Edited by Merryl Wyn Davies and Adnan Khalil Pasha. London and New York: Mansell, 1989. 216pp. Hb. £30.00. ISBN 0–7201–2039‐X.

AL‐KASIM B. IBRAHIM ON THE PROOF OF GOD'S EXISTENCE: KITA AL‐DALI AL‐KABIR. Edited by Binyamin Abrahamov. Islamic Philosophy and Theology Series, Vol.V. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990. 201pp. Hb. DFL110.00 US$55.00. ISBN 90–04–08985–3.

ISLAM AND THE CULTURAL ACCOMMODATION OF SOCIAL CHANGE. By Bassam Tibi. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. 1990. 272pp. Hb. £24.95. ISBN 0–8133–0917–4.

BAHA’ I WALAD: GRUNDZÜGE SEINES LEBENS UND SEINER MYSTIK. By FRITZ MEIER. Acta Iranica. Textes et Mémoires, vol.14. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1989. 484pp. Hb. DF200, US$100. ISBN 90–6831–094–1.

IBN RUSHD (AVERROES). By Dominique Urvoy. Arabic Thought and Culture Series. London: Routledge, 1991. 156pp. Pb. £10.99. ISBN 0–415–05567–9.

ISLAM: THE FEAR AND THE HOPE. By Habib Boulares. London: Zed Books, 1990. 144pp. Pb. £8.95; $15.00. ISBN 0–86232–945–0.

IBN KHALDUN. By Aziz al‐Azmeh. London: Routledge, 1990. 176pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 0–415–03598–8.

REGIONAL.

Africa.

ZANZIBAR UNDER COLONIAL RULE. Edited by Abdul Sheriff and ed Ferguson. Eastern African Studies: London: James Curry, 1991. 278pp. Pb. £9.95. ISBN 0–85255–080–4.

ISLAM ET SOCIETES AU SUD DU SAHARA. Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris. No.4, November 1990. ISSN 0084–7685.

TURABI'S REVOLUTION: ISLAM AND POWER IN SUDAN. By Abdelwahab el‐Affendi. London: Grey Seal Books, 1991. xvi + 209pp. Hb. n.p. ISBN 1–85640–004–2.

FAITH OF OUR FATHERS: STUDIES ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN SUB‐SAHARAN AFRICA. By Gerrie Ter Haar. Utrecht: Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, 1990. 173pp. Pb. DFI. 10.00. ISBN 90–72235–13–4.

THE GUNNY SACK: AFRICA'S ANSWER TO ‘MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN’. By M.G. Vassanji. Oxford: Heinemann International, 1989. 276pp. Pb. £4.95; $7.95. ISBN 0–435–90544–9.

NAVIGATION OF A RAINMAKER: AN APOCALYPTIC VISION OF WAR‐TORN AFRICA. By Jamal Mahjoub. Oxford: Heinemann International, 1989. 184pp. Pb. £4.95; $7.95. ISBN 0–435–90560–0.

Asia.

MUSLIM WOMEN IN INDIA: POLITICAL AND PRIVATE REALITIES. By SHAHIDA Lateef. London: Zed books, 1990. 238pp. Pb. £10.95; $16.95. ISBN 0–86232–955–8.

THE GIFT OF A VIRGIN: WOMEN, MARRIAGE AND RITUAL IN A BENGALI SOCIETY. By Lina M. Fruzzetti. Oxford: OUP, 1990. 178pp. Pb. £3.95. ISBN 0–19–56200–1.

SAINTS, GODDESSES AND KINGS: MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN SOUTH INDIAN SOCIETY, 1700–1900. By Susan Bayly. Cambridge: CUP, 1989. 502pp. Hb. £40.00. US$59.50. ISBN 0–521–37201–1.

Europe.

ISLAM IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS IN EUROPE. By Abdoldjavad Falaturi. Köln: Islamische Wissenschaftliche Akademie, 1990. 106pp. Pb. n.p. IBN 3–89108–005–0.

MUSLIM THOUGHTS FOR TEACHERS AND TEXTBOOKS AUTHORS. By Abdoldjavad Falaturi. Köln: Islamische Wissenschaftliche Akademie. 92pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 3–89108–006–9.

RELIGION, STATE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN BRITAIN. Edited by Paul Badham. Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1989. 401pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 0–88946–832‐X.

POLITICAL PARTIES AND DEMOCRACY IN TURKEY. Edited by Metin Hepper and Jacob m. Landau. London & New York: Tauris, 1991. 225pp. Hb. £29.95. ISBN 1–85043–300–3.

EGYPT AND THE CRISIS OF ISLAM. By Zahia Ragheb Dajani. American University Studies, Series IX, History, Vol.56. New York: Peter Lang, 1990. ix + 255pp. Hb. £29.00. ISBN 0–8204–1060–8.

ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS. By Barry Rubin. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1990. 178pp. Hb. £35.00.0 ISBN 0–333–54374–2.

SADAT AND AFTER: STRUGGLES FOR EGYPT'S POLITICAL SOUL. By Raymond William Baker. London: Tauris, 1990. 365pp. Pb. £26.50. ISBN 1–85043–216–3.

A HISTORY OF THE ARAB PEOPLES. By Albert Hourani. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1991. 551pp. Hb. £25.00. ISBN 0–571–13378–9.

TANZIMAT AL‐AHWAL AL‐SHAKSIYYA (PERSONAL STATUS LAW). Limassol: Middle East Council of Churches, 1990.394pp. Pb. n.p. (Arabic).

CAIRO UNIVERSITY AND THE MAKING OF MODERN EGYPT. By Donald Malcolm Reid. Cambridge: CUP, 1990. 296pp. Hb. £32.50; US$54.50. ISBN 0–521–36641–0.

EGYPT UNDER MUBARAK. Edited by CHARLES Tripp and ROGER OWEN. London: Routledge, 1989. 191pp. Hb. £35.00. ISBN 0–415–03887–1.

CITIZENS APART: A PORTRAIT OF THE PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL. By Amina Minns and Nadia Hijab. London: I.B. Tauris, 1990. 210pp. Hb. n.p. ISBN 1–85043–204‐X.

RELIGIOUS RADICALISM AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. By Emmanuel Sivan and Menachem Friedman. New York: State University of New York Press, 1990. 244pp. P.b. $16.95. ISBN 2–7914–0158–8. (Hb), 0–7914–0159–6 (Pb).

VILLES AU LEVANT: HOMMAGE A ANDRE RAYMOND. Edited by Pierre‐Robert Baduel. Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Méditer‐ranée, no.55/56. Aix‐en‐Provence: Edisud, 1990. 307pp. Pb. FF.160.00. ISBN 2–85744–471–0.

THE NEAR EAST SINCE THE FIRST WORLD WAR. By M.E. Yapp. London and New York: Longman, 1991. 526pp. Pb. £14.95. ISBN 0–582–49499–0.

RECOGNIZING ISLAM: RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST. By M. GILSENAN. London: I.B. Tauris, 1990. 288pp. Pb. £5.95. IBN 1–85043–297‐X.

KUWAIT AND IRAQ: HISTORICAL CLAIMS AND TERRITORIAL DISPUTES. By Richard Schofield. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1991. 134pp. + annexes. Pb. £7.50 + postage. ISBN 0–905031–35–0.

HISTORY AND POLITICS IN ELEVENTH‐CENTURY BAGHDAD. By George Makdisi. Aldershot: Variorum, 1990. I‐IX + addenda and index. Hb. £42.50. ISBN 0–86078–289–1.

EGYPT: MOULIDS, SAINTS, SUFIS. By Nicholaas H. Biegman. London: Kegan Paul International, 1991. 175pp. Hb. £25.00. ISBN 0–7103–0415–3.

AN A TO Z OF THE MIDDLE EAST. By Alain Gresh and Dominique Vidal. London: Zed Books, 1990. 262 pp. Pb. £9.95; $15.00. ISBN 0–86232–881–0.

MY JERUSALEM: TWELVE WALKS IN THE WORLD'S HOLIEST CITY. By Teddy Kollek and Shulamith Eisner. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990. 160pp. Hb. £14.95. ISBN 0–297–79697–6.

CHRISTIAN‐MUSLIM RELATIONS.

EARLY EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANITY FROM ITS ORIGINS TO 451 C.E. By C.W. GRIGGS. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990. 276pp. Hb. DFI.140; U.S.$70. ISBN 90–04–09159–9.

COPTS AND MUSLIMS IN EGYPT: A STUDY ON HARMONY AND HOSTILITY. By S.M. Solihin. Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 1991. 120pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 0–86037–207–3.

MY NEIGHBOUR IS MUSLIM. A HANDBOOK FOR REFORMED CHURCHES. Edited by John Knox International Reformed Centre, Geneva. Geneva: John Knox International Reformed Centre, 1990. 112pp. Pb. Sfr.10.00, DM12.00, $8.00, FF40.00.

ENCOUNTER BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS. Edited by Evangelisches Missionswerk, EMW. Offprint from Mission Studies. Vol. VIII 1, 15, 1991. 48pp.

ISLAMIC SPAIN 1250–1500. By L.P. Harvey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990; 369pp. Pb. £31.95, US$45.95. ISBN 0–226–31960–1.

MUSLIMS UNDER LATIN RULE 1100–1300. Edited by James M. Powell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. 221pp. Hb. £29.95. ISBN 0–691–05586–6.

GOTTES IST DER ORIENT, GOTTES IST DER OKZIDENT: FESTSCHRIFT FÜR ABDOLJAVAD FALATURI ZUM 65. GEBURT‐STAG. Hrsg. Udo Tworuschka. Kölner Veröffentlichungen zur Religionsgeschichte. Bd. 21. Köln, Wien: Böhlau Verlag, 1991. 650pp. Hb. n.p. ISBN 3–412–03790–7.     

A Comparison of Rorschach Responses Between Negro and White College Students

Abstract

David, Henry P. and Brengelmann, J.C., (eds.). Perspectives In Personality Research. New York: Springer, Inc., 1960. 370 pp. $7.50. Reviewed by Kenneth R. Wurtz

Gottsegen, Monroe G. and Gottsegen, Gloria B. Professional School Psychology. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1960, Pp. 292, $7.75. Reviewed by Henry L. Levy

Klopfer, Walter G. The Psychological Report: Use and Communication of Psychological Findings. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1960. Pp. ix and 146. Reviewed by Dale S. Higbee     

Book review

Raison et déraison d'État. Théoriciens et theories de la raison d'État aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles sous la direction de Yves Charles Zarka Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1994 pp. 436, 248 FF. ISBN 9–782130–461616.

Beverly C. Southgate: ’Covetous of Truth’: The Life and Work of Thomas White, 1593–1676 Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. 189 pp. £60.00 ISBN 0–7923–1926–5

George Dicker: Descartes: An Analytical and Historical Introduction Oxford University Press, 1993 (248 pp.) £14.95 pbk. ISBN 0–19–507590–0

Theo Verbeek: Descartes and the Dutch: Early Reactions to Cartesian Philosophy, 1637–1650. Carbondale and Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University Press, 1992, x + 168 pp. $30.00 ISBN 0–8093–1617‐X

David Berman: George Berkeley: Idealism and the Man Oxford University Press, 1994. £27.50 ISBN 0–19–826746–0

Joseph Mali: The Rehabilitation of Myth: Vico's New Science Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. pp. xv + 275. £35.00 ISBN 0–521–41952–2

R. C. Solomon and K. W. Higgins (eds): The Age of German Idealism Routledge: London, 1993. Pp. 408. £55.00 (hbk) ISBN 0–415–05604–7

T. L. S. Sprigge: James and Bradley: American Truth and British Reality Chicago and La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1993 Pp. xiv + 630. $66.95 (hbk), $29.95 (pbk). ISBN 0–8126–9227–6 (pbk)

A. W. Moore: The Infinite Routledge, London and New York (1990). First published in paperback, 1991. xiv + 268 pp., £10.99 ISBN 0–415–07048–1     

Book Reviews

LOGIC AND SCIENCE

W. KNORR, The ancient tradition of geometric problems. Boston, Basel, Stuttgart:Birkhauser, 1986. ix+411 pp., 9 plts. SFr 128.

D. PEARCE, Roads to commensurability. Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster, and Tokyo: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1987. xi + 253 pp. £46/$59.

RAFFAELLA SIMILI [ed.], Logica, metodo e scienze in Gran Bretagna (1860-1930). Turin: Loescher, 1986. 272 pp. 16 000 Lire.

LOGIC AND SCIENCE

SEPPO SAJAMA and MATTI KAMPPINEN. A historical introduction to phenomenology. London, New York, Sydney: Croom Helm, 1987. vii + 131 pp. £22.50 (hardback)/£8.95 (paperback).

GRAHAM MACDONALD and CRISPIN WRIGHT (eds.), Fact, science and morality: Essays on A. J. Ayer's Language, truth and logic. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. 314 pp. £27.50.

BARRY GOWER (ed.). Logical positivism in perspective: Essays on Language, truth and logic. London Croom Helm, 1987. viii + 129 pp. £20.00.

CHRISTOPHER CHERNIAK, Minimal rationality. Cambridge, Mass.: Bradford and MIT Press, 1986. x+ 161 pp. £19.95.

RADU J. BOGDAN (ed.) Jaakko Hintikka. (Projiles, volume 8.) Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1987. 382 pp. US$89.

LOGIC AND SCIENCE

E. J. REULAND and A. G. B. TER MEULEN (eds.), The representation of (in) definiteness.Cambridge, (Mass.) and London: M.I.T. Press, 1987. xiv+ 344 pp. £27.50.

E. F. KITTAY, Metaphor: its cognitive force and linguistic structure. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987. x + 358 pp. £35.00.     

Stories,stories everywhere; But not a truth to think

Abstract

Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins: How our family stories shape us by Elizabeth E. Stone New York: Penguin, 1989

Narrative means to therapeutic ends by Michael White and David Epston New York: Norton, 1990

Between psychology and psychotherapy: A poetics of experience by Miller Mair London: Routledge, 1989

Moments of engagement by Peter Kramer New York: Norton, 1989

Metaphor & meaning in psychotherapy by Ellen Y. Siegelman New York: Guilford Press, 1990     

Brief eviews

Developments in humanistic psychology: Recent books by division members

Christopher M, Aanstoos (Ed.). Studies in Humanistic Psychology. West Georgia College Studies in the Social Sciences (Volume 29). Carrollton, GA: West Georgia College, 1991, 216 pp. $5.00.

Frank Barron. Creativity and Psychological Health: Origins of Personal Vitality and Creative Freedom. Buffalo: C.E.F. Press, 1990.

James F. T. Bugental. Intimate Journeys: Stories from Life‐Changing Therapy. San Francisco: Jossey‐Bass, 1990, 335 pp. $24.95.

Alvin R. Mahrer. How to Do Experiential Psychotherapy: A Manual for Practitioners. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1989. 153 pp. $12.95.

Alvin R. Mahrer. Dreamwork in Psychotherapy and Self‐Change. New York: W. W. Norton. 372 pp. $34.95.

Clark Moustakas. Heuristic Research: Design, Methodology, and Applications. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1990. 130 pp. $14.95.

Clark Moustakas. Loneliness. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1990, $6.95. and Clark Moustakas. Loneliness and Love. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1990. 146 pp. $7.95.

Kirk J. Schneider. The Paradoxical Self: Toward an Understanding of our Contradictory Nature. New York: Plenum Press, 1990. 235 pp. $20.95.

M. Brewster Smith. Values, Self & Society: Toward a Humanistic Social Psychology. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1991, 289 pp. $34.95.

Richard E. Felder and Avrum Geurin Weiss. Experiential Psychotherapy: A Symphony of Selves. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991. 164 pp.     

Books Received

Unnecessary Evil: History and Moral Progress in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, Sharon Ander son-Gold. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2001, xiii +138 pp., $49.50, pb. $17.95.

Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science, Jody Azzouni. International Library of Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, xi + 259 pp., $50.00.

Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings, Yuri Balashov and Alex Rosenberg (eds). Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xiii + 522 pp.

Of Myth, Life, and War in Plato's Republic, Claudia Baracchi. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, ix + 249 pp., $49.95, pb. $24.95.

Ethics in Context: The Art of Dealing with Serious Questions, Gernot Böhme. Trans. Edmund Jephcott. Cambridge: Polity, 2001, ix + 189 pp., £45.00, pb. £13.99.

The Philosophical Theory of the State and Related Essays, Bernard Bosenquet. Ed. with intro. Gerald F. Gaus and William Sweet Key Texts. Classic Studies in the History of Ideas. South Bend, IN: St Augustine's Press, 2001, xxxvii +388 pp., pb. no price given.

Belief and its Neutralization: Husserl's System of Phenomenology in Ideas I, Marcus Brainard. SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 2002, xvii + 331 pp., $86.50, pb. $29.95.

The Nature of Research: Inquiry in Academic Contexts, Angela Brew. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, v + 205 pp., pb. £18.99.

Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, x + 275 pp., (pb.) No price given.

Fodor: Language, Mind and Philosophy, M. J. Cain. Key Contemporary Thinkers. Oxford: Polity, 2002, ix + 240 pp., £50.00, pb. £14.00.

The Religious, John D. Caputo (ed.). Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Oxford/Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 2002, xiii + 322 pp., £55.00, pb. £16.99.

101 Philosophy Problems, Martin Cohen. 2nd ed. London/New York: Routledge, xviii + 229 pp., pb. £8.99.

Hilary Putnam: Pragmatism and Realism, James Conant and Urszula M. Zeglen (eds). Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy. London/New York: 2002, xii + 242 pp., £50.00.

Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge, Etienne Bonnot de Condillac. Ed. and trans. Hans Aarsleff. Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xlv + 225 pp., $59.95, pb. $21.95.

Theories of Democracy: A Critical Introduction, Frank Cunningham. Routledge Contemporary Political Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, vi + 248 pp., pb. £13.99.

Self-Identity and Personal Autonomy: An Analytical Anthropology, Stefaan E. Cuypers. Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy. Aldershot/Burlington USA/Singapore/ Sydney: Ashgate, 2001, ix + 172 pp., £37.50.

Stream of Consciousness: Unity and Continuity in Conscious Experience, Barry Dainton. International Library of Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2000, xvi + 254 pp.

Kierkegaard After MacIntyre: Essays on Freedom, Narrative, and Virtue, John J. Davenport and Anthony Rudd (eds). Replies by Alasdair Maclntyre and Philip L. Quinn. Chicago/La Salle, IL: Open Court, 2001, xxxix + 363 pp., £47.95, pb. £22.50.

What Distinguishes Human Understanding? John Deely. South Bend, IN: St Augustine's Press, 2002, xiv + 178 pp., £17.50.

Acts of Religion, Jacques Derrida. Ed. with intro. by Gil Anidjar. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, vi + 436 pp., pb. £15.99.

Religion and Media, Hent de Vries and Samuel Weber (eds). Cultural Memory in the Present. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001, xvii + 649 pp., $69.00, pb. $29.95.

Art and Value, George Dickie. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, vi + 114 pp., £45.00, pb. £11.99.

Modern Philosophy from Descartes to Nietische: An Anthology, Steven M. Emmanuel and Patrick Goold (eds). Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Maiden, MA/Oxford: Routledge, 2002, xvii + 525 pp.

The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell (1903-1959), Robert Enger and Lester Denonn (eds), with new intro. by John Slater. London/New York: Routledge, 1992, reissue: 2001, 736 pp., pb. $26.95.

Democracy, David Estlund (ed.). Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Maiden, MA/Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, xii + 310 pp., £55.00, pb. £15.99.

Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Christopher Falzon. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, ix + 230 pp., pb. £11.99.

Arresting Language: From Leibniz to Benjamin, Peter Fenves. Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001, xiii + 379 pp., $55.00, pb. $24.95.

Richard Rorty: Critical Dialogues, Matthew Festenstein and Simon Thompson (eds). Cambridge: Polity, 2001, ix + 241 pp., £50.00, pb. £14.99.

Berkeley and the Principles of Human Knowledge, Robert J. Fogelin. Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, x + 166 pp., pb. £8.99.

Intellectual Trust in Oneself and Others, Richard Foley. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, x + 182 pp., $55.00.

Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times, Steve Fuller. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2000, pb. 2001, xvii + 472 pp., pb. $22.50, 314.50.

A Common Humanity: Thinking about Love and Truth and Justice, Raimond Gaita. London/New York: Routledge (1998), 2002, xiii + 293 pp., pb.

Stochastic Causality, Maria Carla Galavotti, Patrick Suppe s and Domenieo Costantini (eds). CSLI Publications. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, xii + 275 pp., $65.00, pb. $25.00; £41.00, pb. £16.00.

Introduction to Logic, Harry J. Gensler. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, ix + 399 pp., pb. £15.99.

Walter Benjamin: Critical Constellations, Graeme Gilloch. Key Contemporary Thinkers. Oxford: Polity, 2002, xi + 304 pp., £50.00, pb. £14.99.

Between Ethics and Aesthetics: Crossing the Boundaries, Dorota Glowacka and Stephen Boos (eds). Albany, NY: State University of New York, 2002, v + 310 pp., $81.50, pb. $27.95.

Practical Rules: When We Need Them and When We Don't, Alan H. Goldman. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xi + 210 pp., $54.95.

Manners and Violence, Ignacio L. Götz. Westport, CN/London: Praeger, 2000, xiii +131 pp., £44.50.

Dummett: Philosophy of Language, Karen Green. Key Contemporary Thinkers. Cambridge: Polity, 2001, xi + 236 pp., £55.00, pb. £14.99.

Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies, P. M. S. Hacker. Oxford: Clarendon Press,2001. xxiv + 375 pp., £35.00.

India: A Financial Sector for the Twenty-first Century, James A. Hanson and Sanjay Kathuria (eds). Oxford India Paperbacks. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002 (first publ. 1999), xv + 446 pp., pb. £13.99.

Socialism, Michael W. Howard (ed.). Key Concepts in Critical Theory. New York: Humanity Books, 2001, 408 pp., pb. $29.00.

Ontology and the Art of Tragedy: An Approach to Aristotle's Poetics, Martha Husain. SUNY Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York,2002. ix + 152 pp., pb. $16.95.

Why Good is Good: The Sources of Morality, Robert A. Hinde. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xiv + 241 pp., pb. £15.99.

Logical Investigations, Edmund Husserl. Two vols. trans. J. N. Findlay, revised Dermot Moran with new preface by Dermot Moran and new introduction by Michael Dummett. International Library of Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, vol. 1, Ixxxvii + 331 pp., pb. $29.95; vol. 2, xiv + 364 pp., pb. $29.95.

The Shorter Logical Investigations, Edmund Husserl. Abridged ed. and trans. J. N. Findlay, abridged and revised by Dermot Moran with new preface by Dermot Moran and new introduction by Michael Dummett. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, Ixxxv + 422 pp., pb. $27.95.

The Political, David Ingram (ed.). Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Maiden, MA/ Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, xii + 310 pp., £60.00, pb. £15.99.

Hegel, M. J. In wood. Arguments of the Philosophers. London/New York: Routledge (1983 and 1998), xxxiv + 582 pp., pb.

Reconsidering Michael Polanyi's Philosophy, Stefania Ruzsits Jha. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002, viii + 318 pp., $32.00.

Speaking the Unspeakable: Religion, Misogyny, and the Uncanny Mother in Freud's Cultural Texts, Diane Jone-Pace. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001, x + 190 pp., $45.00, pb. $17.95, £29.95, pb. £12.95.

Free Will, Robert Kane (ed.). Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Maiden, MA/Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, xii + 310 pp., £55.00, pb. £15.99.

Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy, James C. Klagge (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xv + 272 pp., $54.95, pb. $19.95.

Frege and the Logic of Sense and Reference, Kevin C. Klement. Studies in Philosophy: Outstanding Dissertations. New York/London: Routledge, 2002, xiii + 260 pp., $70.00.

The Presence of Myth, Leszek Kolakowski. Chicago, IL/London: University of Chicago Press (1989), pb. ed. 2001, xii + 138 pp., $13.00, £8.50.

Justifying Emotions: Pride and Jealousy, Kristján Kristjansson. Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, xii + 257 pp., £50.00.

Understanding Philosophy of Science, James Ladyman. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xiii + 290 pp., pb. £12.99.

Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology, John Leslie. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001, xi + 234 pp., £25.00.

Appositions of Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas, John Llewelyn. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, xx + 255 pp., $49.95, pb. $24.95.

Logic, Form, and Grammar. Peter Long. International Library of Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2000, x + 109 pp.

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, Michael J. Loux. Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xiii + 303 pp., pb. £13.99.

Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings, Michael J. Loux (ed.). Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xii + 555 pp., pb. £16.99.

The Metaphysicians of Meaning: Russell and Frege on Sense and Denotation, Gideon Makin. International Library of Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2000, ix + 229 pp.

Towards a Critical Theory of Society, Herbert Marcuse. Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse 2. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, xiii + 242 pp., £19.99.

Kierkegaard in the Present Age, Gordon Marino. Pref. by Philip Rieff. Marquette Studies in Philosophy 27. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2001, 124 pp.

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind, K. T. Maslin. Cambridge: Polity, 2001, xviii + 332 pp., no price given.

The Philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Eric Matthews. Continental European Philosophy. Chesham, UK: Acumen, 2002, vi + 186 pp., £40.00, pb. £14.95.

Mind and Mechanism, Drew McDermott. Bradford Books. Cambridge, MA/London: MIT Press, 2001, xv + 262 pp., $32.95.

Approaches to Wittgenstein: Collected Papers, Brian McGuinness. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xv + 299 pp., £50.00.

Collective Rationality and Collective Reasoning, Christopher McMahon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, ix + 251 pp., $54.95, pb. $19.95.

Authority and Estrangement: An Essay on Self-Knowledge, Richard Moran. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001, xxxv + 202 pp., £35.00, pb. £11.95.

The Sublime in Kant and Beckett Aesthetic Judgement, Ethics and Literature, Bjørn K. Myskja. Kantstudien 140. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2002, xii + 313 pp., no price given.

Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind, Steven Nadler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001, xvi + 225 pp., £22.50.

Arguing About Art: Contemporary Philosophical Debates, Alex Neill and Aaron Ridley (eds). 2nd ed. London/New York: Routledge, 2002 (McGraw-Hill, 1995), xiii + 479 pp.

Building on Frege: New Essays on Sense, Content, and Concept, Albert Newen, Ulrich Nortmann and Rainer Stuhlmann-Laeisz (eds). CSLI Publications. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, xxiv + 351 pp., $65.00, pb. $23.00, £41.00, pb. £14.50.

Naturalism and Religion, Kai Nielsen. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2001, 506 pp., $40.00.

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future, Friedrich Nietzsche. Ed. Rolf-Peter Horstmann and Judith Norman; trans. Judith Norman. Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xxxiv + 193 pp., $38.00, pb. $14.00.

Truth Matters: Realism, Anti-Realism and Response-Dependence, Christopher Norris. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002, viii + 228 pp., £40.00.

Naturalism and the Human Condition: Against Scientism, Frederick A. Olafson. London/ New York: Routledge, 2001, xi + 115 pp., pb. £13.99.

Wittgenstein's Tractatus: A Dialectical Interpretation. Matthew B. Ostrow. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, x + 175 pp., $55.00, pb. $20.00.

Land, Value, Community: Callicott and Environmental Philosophy, Wayne Ouderkirk and Jim Hill (eds). Albany, NY: State University of New York, 2002, ix + 358 pp., $73.50, pb. $24.95.

Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual: Bergson and the Time of Life, Keith Ansell Pearson. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, ix + 246 pp., $80.00, pb. $38.95.

Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason, VaI Plum wood. Environmental Philosophies. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, vii + 291 pp., pb. £13.99.

Ethical Life: The Past and Present of Ethical Cultures, Harry Redner. Lanham/Boulder/ New York/Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001, ix + 348 pp., $80.00, pb. $32.95.

Paradoxes: Their Roots, Range, and Resolution, Nicholas Rescher. Chicago/La Salle, IL: Open Court, 2001, xxiii + 293 pp., £44.50, pb. £20.95.

Medicine, Magic and Religion, W. H. R. Rivers. The Fitzpatrick Lectures (first publ. 1924). Routledge Classics. Preface by G. Elliot Smith. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, viii + 136 pp. (pb.). No price given.

Is it Righteous to Be? Interviews with Emannuel Levinas, Jill Robbins (ed.). Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001, ix + 305 pp., $55.00, pb. $24.95.

Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction, Alex Rosenberg. Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2000, x + 191 pp.

ABC of Relativity, Bertrand Russell. 6th ed. with intro. by Peter Clark. London/NY: Routledge, 1992, reissue: 2001, xvi + 155 pp., pb. $15.95.

What is Truth? Richard Schantz (ed.). Current Issues in Theoretical Philosophy 1. Berlin/ New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2002, vi + 338 pp., no price given.

The BlackweU Guide to Social and Political Philosophy, Robert L. Simon (ed.). Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Maiden, MA/Oxford: Blackwell, 2002, xi + 329 pp., £60.00, pb. £16.99.

The Unfinished Project: Toward a Postmetaphysical Humanism, Lorenzo C. Simpson. London/NY: Routledge, 2001, xi +180 pp., $85.00, pb. $22.95.

Hegel and the Phenomenology of Spirit, Robert Stern. Routledge Guidebooks. London / New York: 2001, xviii + 234 pp., pb. £8.99.

Wittgenstein, Avrum Stroll. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2002, ix + 162 pp., pb. $14.95.

Matters of Mind: Consciousness, Reason and Nature, Scott Sturgeon. International Library of Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2000, x + 166 pp.

Marx for a Post-Communist Era, Stefan Sullivan. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, x + 191 pp., pb. £14.99.

Critical Reasoning: A Practical Introduction, Arme Thompson. 2nd ed. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, ix + 209 pp., pb. £12.99.

Hyperreality: Paradigm for the Third Millennium, John Tiffin and Nobuyoshi Terashima (eds). London/New York: Routledge, 2001, vvii +165 pp., (pb.) price not given.

Foucault and Latin America: Appropriations and Deployments of Discoursive Analysis, Benigno Trigo (ed.). New York/London: Routledge, 2002, xxi + 305 pp., pb. £16.99.

Knowledge, Michael Welbourne. Central Problems of Philosophy. Chesham, UK: Acumen, 2001, xiii + 143 pp., £35.00, pb. £12.95.

Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good, Michael Weston. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, xix + 198 pp., pb. £14.99.

A Clearing in the Forest: Law, Life, and Mind, Steven L. Winter. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2001, xvii + 440 pp., $38.00/£24.00.

Kant, Herder, and the Birth of Anthropology, John H. Zammito. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2002, xii + 576 pp., pb. $29.00, £18.50.     

Book reviews and notes

THE RUSHDIE FILE. By L. Appignanesi and S. Maitland. London: Fourth Estate, 1989. 258pp. £5.95. ISBN 0–947795–84–7.

BE CAREFUL WITH MUHAMMAD! — THE SALMAN RUSHDIE AFFAIR. By S.Akhtar. London: Bellew, 1989. 136pp. £6.95. ISBN 0–947792–27–9.

A SATANIC AFFAIR: SALMAN RUSHDIE AND THE RAGE OF ISLAM. By M. Ruthven. London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. 184pp. £14.95. ISBN 0–7011–3591–3.

LES NOMS DIVINS EN ISLAM. By Daniel Gimaret. Collection Patrimoines. Paris: Cerf, 1988. 448pp. FF295.00. ISBN 2–204–02828–2.

DIE FESTUNG DES GLAUBENS: TRIUMPH UND SCHEITERN DES ISLAMISCHEN RATIONALISMUS IM 11. JAHRHUNDERT. By Tilman Nagel. München: Beck, 1988. 423pp. Hardback, DM94.00. ISBN 3–406–33280–3.

ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY FOUNDATIONS. Edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. 450pp. Hardback, £39.50. ISBN 0–7102–1097–3.

ALLÄH TRANSCENDENT: STUDIES IN THE STRUCTURE AND SEMIOTICS OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY. By Ian Richard Netton. London and New York: Routlege, 1989. xiii + 383pp. Hardback, £45.00. ISBN Hb. 0–415–01893–5.

MUSLIM PREACHER IN THE MODERN WORLD. By Richard T. Antoun. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1989. 289pp. Hardback, $49.50; paperback, £15.95. ISBN Hb. 0–691–09441–1; Pb. 0–691–02847.

DISCOVERING ISLAM: MAKING SENSE OF MUSLIM HISTORY AND SOCIETY. By Akbar S. Ahmed. London: Routledge, 1988. 251pp. Hardback £25.00; paperback £9.95. ISBN Hb. 0–7102–1049–3; pb. 0–415–03930–4.

OUVERTURES SUR L'ISLAM. (New Perspectives on Islam). By Mohammad Arkoun. Paris: Jacques Grancher, 1989. 189pp. FF69.00. ISSN 0993–5754.

AL MUWATTA OF IMAM MALIK IBN ANAS: THE FIRST FORMULATION OF ISLAMIC LAW. Translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley. London: Kegan Paul International, 1989. xxxvii + 464pp. ISBN 07103–0351–0.

ARAB HISTORY AND THE NATION‐STATE: A STUDY IN MODERN ARAB HISTORIOGRAPHY 1820–1980. By Youssef M. Choueiri. London: Routledge, 1989. 238pp. Hardback, n.p. ISBN 0–415–13113–3.

ÇABRA HACHMA: SEXUALTTE ET TRADITION. By Lilia Labidi. Tunis: Dar Annawras, 1989. 427pp. FF130.00. ISBN 9–973–733–00–2.

THE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK: A CASE STUDY OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION. By S.A. Meenai. London: Kegan Paul International, 1989. xii + 226pp. Hardback, £65.00. ISBN 0–7103–0329–7.

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF JUSTICE: LAW AS CULTURE IN ISLAMIC SOCIETY. By Lawrence Rosen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 101pp. Paperback, £7.50. ISBN 0–521–36740–9.

THE QUR’ Än IN ISLAM: ITS IMPACT AND INFLUENCE ON THE LIFE OF MUSLIMS. By ‘Allämah Sayyid M. H. Tabätabä'i. London: Zahra Publications, 1987. 118pp. n.p. ISBN 0–7103–0266–5.

JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE AS EXPOUNDED IN THE QUR’ ÄN. By SHAYKH FADHLALLA HAERI. London: KPI and Zahra Publications, 1985.102pp. Hardback £15.00. ISBN 0–7103–0149–9.

THE CIRCLING SONG. By N. El Saadawi. London: Zed Books, 1989. 88pp. Hardback, £7.95; paperback, £3.95. ISBN Hb. 0–86232–816–0; Pb. 0–86232–817–9.

MYSTICAL ISLAM: AN INTRODUCTION TO SUFISM. By J. baldick. London: I.B. Tauris, 1989. 192pp. Hardback, £24.95. ISBN 1–85043–137X.

THE MUSLIM CONQUEST AND SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AFRICA AND SPAIN. By A. D. Taha. London: Routledge, 1989. 280pp. Hardback, £49.50. ISBN 0–415–00474–8.

WA AND THE WALA: ISLAM AND POLITY IN NORTHWESTERN GHANA. By I. Wilks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 256pp. Hardback, £27.50. ISBN 0–521–36210–5.

LIBYA, CHAD AND THE CENTRAL SAHARA. By John Wright. London: Hurst, 1989. 168pp. Hardback, £23.00. ISBN 1–85065–050–0.

PRELUDE TO THE MAHDIYYA: PEASANTS AND TRADERS IN THE SHENDI REGION. By A. Bj?rkelo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 192pp. Hardback £25.00. ISBN 0–521–35336‐X.

RELIGION IN CALABAR: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE AND HISTORY OF A NIGERIAN TOWN. By R. I. J. Hackett. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989. 481pp. DM158.00. ISBN 0–89925–394–6.

FRANCE AND ISLAM IN WEST AFRICA, 1860–1960. By Christopher Harrison. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 242pp. £25.00. ISBN 0–521‐ 35230–4.

ROOTS OF NORTH INDIAN SHT'ISM IN IRAN AND IRAQ: RELIGION AND STATE IN AWADH 1722–1859. By J. R. I. COLE. Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies, vol. 6. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. xiv + 32pp. $38.00. ISBN 0–520–05641–8.

ISLAM IN ASIA: RELIGION, POLITICS AND SOCIETY. By John L. Esposito. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. 272pp. n.p. ISBN 0–19–504082–3.

THE CRESCENT IN THE EAST: ISLAM IN ASIA MAJOR. Edited by Raphael Israeli. London: Curzon Press, 1989 (rpt. of the first ed.: Curzon Press, 1981). 245pp. £6.75. ISBN O‐7007–0219–9. In the USA: Riverdale, MD 20737: The Riverdale Company, 1989. ISBN 0–913215–45–7.

THE POLITICS OF COMMUNITY: THE BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY IN EAST LONDON. By John Eade. London: Gower, 1989. xii + 213pp. Hardback, £24.00. ISBN 0–566–05717–4.

THE SOVIET EMPIRE: ITS NATIONS SPEAK OUT. By OLEG GLEBOV and JOHN CROWFOOT. Chur: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1989. 189pp. n.p. Pb. ISBN 3–7186–5017–7; Hb. ISBN 3–7186–5000–2.

THE TURBAN FOR THE CROWN: THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN IRAN. By Arjoman Said Amir. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 283pp. $21.95. ISBN 0–19–504257–5.

LAW OF DESIRE: TEMPORARY MARRIAGE IN SHII IRAN. By Shahla Haeri. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1989. 256pp. Paperback $14.95. ISBN 0–8156–2483–2.

PALESTINE AND ISRAEL: THE UPRISING AND BEYOND. By David Mcdowall. London: I.B.Tauris, 1989. xiii + 322pp. Hardback, £14.95. ISBN 1–85043–131–0

RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN MODERN TURKEY: THE CASE OF BEDIÜZZAMAN SAID NURSI. By Serif Mardin. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. 267pp. Hardback, n.p. ISBN 0–88706–996–7.

ISLAM, THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE: ESSAYS ON POLITICAL IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. By Sami Zubaida. London: Routledge, 1989. 192pp. Hardback, £27.95. ISBN 0–415–01277–5.

ENCOUNTER IN THE SPIRIT: MUSLIM‐CHRISTIAN MEETINGS IN BIRMINGHAM. By A. WINGATE. Risk Book Series, no. 29. Geneva: WCC Publications: 1988. 86pp. £3.50. ISBN 2–8254–0944–8.

MEETING IN FAITH. Compiled by Stuart E. Brown. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1989. 181pp. £6.50. ISBN 2–8524–0949–9.

A TREATISE ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD BY Israel of Kashkar. (d.872). By B. HOLMBERG. Lund: Plus Ultra, 1989. 290 pp. n.p. ISBN 99–86668–28–5.

WELTRELIGIONEN UND FRIEDENSERZIEHUNG: WEGE ZUR TOLERANZ: SCHWERPUNKT: CHRISTENTUN‐ISLAM. Edited by J. LÄHNEMANN. Hamburg: EB‐Verlag Rissen, 1989. 450pp. DM42.00. ISBN‐3–923002–47–5.     

Book reviews and notes

MUHAMMAD'S MECCA — HISTORY IN THE QUR'AN. By W. Montgomery Watt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1989. 113pp. Pb.£6.50. ISBN 0–85224–0. Hb. £19.50. ISBN 0–85224–0.

DISCOVERING ISLAM: MAKING SENSE OF MUSLIM HISTORY AND SOCIETY. By Akbar S. Ahmed. London: Routledge, 1988.251pp. Hb.£25.00. Pb. £9.95. ISBN 0–7102–1049–3 (hb); 0–415–03930–4 (pb).

LE REGARD MUTILE: SCHlZOPHRENIE CULTURELLE: PAYS TRADITIONNELS FACE A LA MODERNITÉ. By Daryush Shaye‐gan. ‘Sciences et Symboles’, Collection dirigée par Michel Cazenave. Paris: Albin Michel, 1989. 248pp. Pb. FF120.00. ISBN 2–226–03466–8.

DZIHAD. SAVREMENI DZIHAD KAO RAT. By Miroljub Jevtic. Belgrade: Nova Knjiga, 1989. 400pp. Pb. Dinar 15.00. ISBN 86–7335–052–2.

THE ISLAMIC POLITY AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: FUNDAMENTALISM, SECTARIANISM, AND PRAGMATISM. By Mehran Tamadonfar. Boulder, San Francisco, & London: Westview Press, 1989. ix+ 152pp. Pb.£16.95. ISBN 0–8133–7436–7.

THE POLITICAL LANGUAGE OF ISLAM. By Bernard Lewis. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1988. 168pp. Pb.£l 1.95, $14.95. ISBN 0–226–47692–8.

BEYOND FRONTIERS: ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY NEEDS. Edited by Merryl Wyn Davies & Adnan Khalil Pasha. London and New York: Mansell Publishing, 1989.216pp. Hb.£25.00, US$45.00. ISBN 0–7201–2039‐X.

ISLAMIC NAMES. By Annemarie Schimmel. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1989. 137pp. Hb.£25.00. ISBN 0–85224–563–7.

MEMOIR OF A FRIEND: LOUIS MASSIGNON. By Herbert Mason. London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988. 160pp. Hb.£13.95. ISBN 0–268–01365–9THE DEATH OF AL‐HALLAJ. By HERBERT MASON. London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1989. 81pp. Hb.£7.50. ISBN 0–268–00842–6.

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS. Edited by Leroy S. Rouner. Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion, vol. 9. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988. xviii + 220 pp. Hb.£20.95. ISBN 0–268–01068–2.

A COMPASS FOR THE SUNFLOWER. By Liana Badr. Translated by C. Cobham. London: The Women's Press, 1989.119pp. Hb.£11.95. ISBN 0 7043 5037 8.

ARAM PERIODICAL, Vol.1, no.1. Oxford: ARAM Society for Syro‐Mesopotamian Studies, Winter 1989. English and Arabic. xiv + 204pp. $40.00, half‐yearly.

APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE QUR'AN. Edited by Andrew Rippin. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. xn + 334pp. Hb.n.p. ISBN 0–19–826546–8.

A PEOPLE APART: THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY OF IRAN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. By Denis Maceoin. Occasional Paper 4, Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1989, 35pp., ISSN 0954–1489

PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE. By Mohammad Hashim Kamali. Petaling Jaya (Malaysia): Pelanduk Publications, 1989. xxii + 524pp. n.p. ISBN 967–978–284–0 (hb) and 967–978–281–6 (pb).

THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE. BOOK XL OF THE REVIVAL OF THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES Ihya ‘Ulūm al‐Din. By Abū Hamid al‐Ghazali. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by T.J. Winter. Cambridge(UK): The Islamic Texts Society, 1989. xxx + 347pp. Pb.£12.95. ISBN 0–946621–13–6; Hb. £35.00 ISBN 0–946621–09–8.

WOMBS AND ALIEN SPIRITS: WOMEN, MEN, AND THE ZAR CULT IN NORTHERN SUDAN. By Janics Boddy. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. 399pp. Pb. £22.95. ISBN 0–299–12314–6.

THE OROMO OF ETHIOPIA: A HISTORY 1570–1860. By Mohammed Hassen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 253pp. Hb.£30.00. ISBN 0‐ 521–38011–1.

MUSLIM SHRINES IN INDIA. Edited by Christian W. Troll. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. 327pp. Hb. Rs.240.00. ISBN 0–19–562280–4.

LAW, BLASPHEMY AND THE MULTI‐FAITH SOCIETY. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and the Inter Faith Network of the United Kingdom, September 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 99pp. Pb.£1.50. ISBN 1–85442–030–5.

FREE SPEECH. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and the Policy Studies Institute, September 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 118pp. Pb.£2.00. ISBN 1–85442–024–0.

BRITAIN: A PLURAL SOCIETY. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and The Runnymede Trust, October 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 78pp. Pb.£1.50. ISBN 1–85442–028–3.

URDU AND MUSLIM SOUTH ASIA STUDIES IN HONOUR OF RALPH RUSSELL. Edited by Christopher Shackle. London: School of 304 Islam and Christian‐Muslim Relations Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London, 1989. xi + 205pp. Pb.£10.00. ISBN 0–7286–0156–7.

MUGHAL DOCUMENTS (1526–1627). By S.A.I.Tirmizi. New Delhi: Manohar, 1989. x + 255pp. Hb. Indian Rs.200. ISBN 81–85054–71–3.

THE FORMATION AND PERCEPTION OF THE MODERN ARAB WORLD. Studies by Marwan R. Buhhry. Edited by Lawrence I. Conrad. Princeton: The Darwin Press, 1989. 624pp. Hb.n.p. ISBN 0–87850–064–2.

THE MARONITES IN HISTORY. By Matti Mossa. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1986.391pp. Hb.$35.00. ISBN 0–8156–2365–8.

INTIFADA; THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING AGAINST ISRAELI OCCUPATION. Edited by Zachary Lockman & Joel Beinin. London and New York: I.B.Tauris, 1989. 423pp. Pb.£5.95. ISBN 1–85043–247–3.

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST. By Aharon Layish. Occasional Paper 3, Centre of Near East and African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, April 1989. 6pp. n.p. ISSN 0954–1489.

THE ARAB‐ISRAELI DILEMMA. By Fred J. Khouri. Third Edition, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1985. 605pp. Pb.$15.95. ISBN 0–8156–2340–2.     

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REINTERPRETING MENOPAUSE: CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES. P. KOMESAROFF, P. ROTHFIELD and J. DALY (Eds.). Routledge, New York and London, 1997. pp. 280. UK £16.50. ISBN 0-415-91565-1.

INFERTILITY: PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES AND COUNSELING STRATEGIES. SANDRA R. LEIBLUM (Ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997. i-x + 278 pages. ISBN 0-471-12684-5 UK £39.95 hbk.

HANDBOOK OF PAIN AND AGING: PLENUM SERIES IN ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING. Edited by DAVID I. MOSTOFSKY and JACOB LOMRANZ. Plenum Press, New York, USA, 1997. pp. 386. ISBN 0-306-45458-0.