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Irrational security the politics of defense from Reagan to Obama / by Wirls, Daniel, 1960-

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The problem of love in the Middle Ages a historical contribution / by Rousselot, Pierre, 1878-1915

Table of Contents: “…Thomist solution to the problem of love -- Remarks on the elements of the Thomist solution in Greek and medieval thought -- Two medieval sketches of the physical theory -- First characteristic : duality of the lover and the beloved -- Second characteristic : the violence of love -- Third characteristic : irrational love -- Fourth characteristic : love as the final end.…”
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The Self and Its Pleasures : Bataille, Lacan, and the History of the Decentered Subject / by Dean, Carolyn J. (Carolyn Janice), 1960-

Table of Contents: “…The legal status of the irrational -- 2. Gender complexes -- 3. Sight unseen (reading the unconscious) -- Part two. …”
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Economies of destruction : how the systematic destruction of valuables created value in Bronze Age Europe, c. 2300-500 BC / by Fontijn, David R.

Table of Contents: “…Systematic irrationalities? The Bronze Age "destructive economy" -- Selective deposition: what does it entail and how can it be studied? …”
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Malinowski, Rivers, Benedict, and others essays on culture and personality /

Table of Contents: “…Essays on culture and personality -- Anthropology and the science of the irrational / George W. Stocking, Jr. -- Unconventional character and disciplinary convention / Jeremy MacClancy -- Abram Kardiner and the Neo-Freudian alternative in culture and personality / William C. …”
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Shock therapy a history of electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness / by Shorter, Edward

Table of Contents: “…-- The end of "Bedlam" and the age of psychopharmacology -- The swinging pendulum: the effects of politics, law, and changes in medical culture on ECT -- Electrogirl and the new ECT -- Magnets and implants: new therapies for a new century? -- Epilogue: irrational science.…”
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Realizing the Witch Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible / by Baxstrom, Richard

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Realizing the Witch : Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible / by Baxstrom, Richard

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A decade of delusions from speculative contagion to the great recession / by Martin, Frank K.

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