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The Garlands of Repose: The Literary Celebration of Civic and Retired Leisure: The Traditions of Homer and Vergil, Horace and Montaigne

O'Loughlin, Michael

Literature & Fiction

University of Chicago Press

The Subject of Childhood (Rethinking Childhood)

The Subject of Childhood is a collection of essays on early childhood education/childhood studies that brings critical psychological, psychoanalytic, and cultural studies perspectives to bear on understanding the lives children live. Central concerns running through these essays are the emergence of subjectivity in the child; the complexity of conceptualizing the relationship between external cultural and social forces; and the internal sense of agency that we know that each child possesses. Together, the volume is a blending of interdisciplinary theoretical writing, personal autobiographical inquiry, and concrete examples from the author’s work with teachers in schools and from his clinical practice as a child psychoanalyst. Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and professionals across the English-speaking world in early childhood education, childhood education, educational foundations, and cultural studies in education, this book functions as a core text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in child development, child psychology, sociology of education, childhood studies, and early childhood education.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

The Subject of Childhood is a collection of essays on early childhood education/childhood studies that brings critical psychological, psychoanalytic, and cultural studies perspectives to bear on understanding the lives children live. Central concerns running through these essays are the emergence of subjectivity in the child; the complexity of conceptualizing the relationship between external cultural and social forces; and the internal sense of agency that we know that each child possesses. Together, the volume is a blending of interdisciplinary theoretical writing, personal autobiographical inquiry, and concrete examples from the author’s work with teachers in schools and from his clinical practice as a child psychoanalyst. Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and professionals across the English-speaking world in early childhood education, childhood education, educational foundations, and cultural studies in education, this book functions as a core text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in child development, child psychology, sociology of education, childhood studies, and early childhood education.

All that we see occurs through the medium of light, whether as power in electromagnetic radiation, or as brightness visible to the human eye and mind. So pervasive is this illumination of light in our lives that it also has a metaphoric and symbolic function as enlightenment or knowledge. That duality of meaning lends a special emphasis on the perception of light as awareness or truth, above and beyond what we perceive through simple eyesight. 
The poems and photos in Let There Be Light attempt to explore all facets of that phenomenon of enlightenment, the visible and the spiritual, and the value of metaphor in doing so is a powerful tool. We should look beyond the merely physical parameters of our existence so we become more conscious of ourselves as spiritual hybrids on a mission to become more self-aware.
About the Author 
 Michael J. O'Loughlin has wandered mountains in America for forty-plus years as climber, hiker, skier, and High School/college teacher and principal. 
Now retired, O'Loughlin continues to explore mountain vistas throughout our western states. Glaciers, rivers, and rock pitches of this hemisphere's mountains provided rich tableaus for his camera and notebook. Six books of pictures and verse integrate his poetry and photography in a context Michael describes as "neither escapist nor alarmist, but grounded in an awareness of cyclic themes in our existence as spiritual individuals interacting within cultures and wilderness." His signature subjects include the majesty of outdoor sanctuaries and varying spiritual and psychological facets of human reactions to beauty, fatigue, fear, and triumph. Recently, Michael's lens and verse have focused on the surreal sandstone of Sedona, Arizona, where he and his wife, Isobel, are planning a second climb.

Let There Be Light

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Dorrance Pub. Co.

Frank Ryan: Journey to the centre (Letters from the new island)

Raven Arts Press

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