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  Mariana Alessandri

  Dra. Alessandri is a teacher, philosopher, accidental activist, and mother, but si pudiera ser superheroe, her cape would read: “Defender of Dark Moods.” You can find her at mariana.alessandri.com and you can find her nonprofit at rgvpuede.org

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  Byung-Chul Han

  Byung-Chul Han, also spelled Pyŏng-ch'ŏl Han (born 1959 in Seoul), is a German author, cultural theorist, and Professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) in Berlin, Germany.
  
  Byung-Chul Han studied metallurgy in Korea before he moved to Germany in the 1980s to study Philosophy, German Literature and Catholic theology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich. He received his doctoral degree at Freiburg with a dissertation on Martin Heidegger in 1994.
  
  In 2000, he joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Basel, where he completed his Habilitation. In 2010 he became a faculty member at the HfG Karlsruhe, where his areas of interest were philosophy of the 18th, 19th and 20th century, ethics, social philosophy, phenomenology, cult

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  Anna Quindlen

  Anna Marie Quindlen is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist.
  Her New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for the New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times. Her semi-autobiographical novel One True Thing (1994) served as the basis for the 1998 film starring Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger.
  
  

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  Susan Sontag

  Susan Sontag was born in New York City on January 16, 1933, grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and attended high school in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from the College of the University of Chicago and did graduate work in philosophy, literature, and theology at Harvard University and Saint Anne’s College, Oxford.
  
  Her books include four novels, The Benefactor, Death Kit, The Volcano Lover, and In America; a collection of short stories, I, etcetera; several plays, including Alice in Bed and Lady from the Sea; and nine works of nonfiction, starting with Against Interpretation and including On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, Where the Stress Falls, Regarding the Pain of Others, and At the Same Time. In 1982, Farrar, Straus & Giroux published A

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  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Arthur Schopenhauer was born in the city of Danzig (then part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; present day Gdańsk, Poland) and was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer attempted to make his career as an academic by correcting and expanding Immanuel Kant's philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world.
  
  He was the son of author Johanna Schopenhauer and the older brother of Adele Schopenhauer.
  

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  John Berger

  John Peter Berger was an English art critic, novelist, painter and author. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to a BBC series, is often used as a college text.
  
  Later he was self exiled to continental Europe, living between the french Alps in summer and the suburbs of Paris in winter. Since then, his production has increased considerably, including a variety of genres, from novel to social essay, or poetry. One of the most common themes that appears on his books is the dialectics established between modernity and memory and loss,
  
  Another of his most remarkable works has been the trilogy titled Into Their Labours, that includes the books Pig Earth (1979), Once In E

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  Jacqueline Rose

  Jacqueline Rose, FBA (born 1949, London) is a British academic who is currently Professor of Humanities at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities.
  
  Rose was born into a non-practicing Jewish family. Her elder sister was the philosopher Gillian Rose. Jacqueline Rose is known for her work on the relationship between psychoanalysis, feminism and literature. She is a graduate of St Hilda's College, Oxford and gained her higher degree (maîtrise) from the Sorbonne, Paris and her doctorate from the University of London.
  
  Her book Albertine, a novel from 2001, is a feminist variation on Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu.
  
  She is best known for her critical study on the life and work of American poet Sylvia Plath, The Haunting of Sylvia Pla

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  Wilhelm Genazino

  Wilhelm Genazino was a German journalist and author.
  
  In the 1960s, he studied German, philosophy and sociology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He worked as a journalist until 1965. During this time, he worked, inter alia, for the satirical magazine Pardon and co-edited the magazine Lesezeichen. Since 1970 he has been working as a freelance author. In 1977 he achieved a breakthrough as a serious writer with his trilogy "Abschaffel". In 1990 he became a member of the Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt. After living in Heidelberg for a long time, Genazino moved to Frankfurt in 2004. That same year he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, the most prestigious award for German literature.

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  Slavenka Drakulić

  Slavenka Drakulić (1949) is a noted Croatian writer and publicist, whose books have been translated into many languages.
  
  In her fiction Drakulić has touched on a variety of topics, such as dealing with illness and fear of death in Holograms of fear; the destructive power of sexual desire in Marble skin; an unconventional relationship in The taste of a man; cruelty of war and rape victims in S. A Novel About the Balkans (made into a feature film As If I Am Not There, directed by Juanita Wilson); a fictionalized life of Frida Kahlo in Frida's bed. In her novel Optužena (English translation forthcoming), Drakulić writes about the not often addressed topic of child abuse by her own mother. In her novel Dora i Minotaur Drakulic writes about Dora

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  Wilhelm Schmid

  A german philosopher
  
  German wikipedia:
  
  Wilhelm Schmid ist ein deutscher Philosoph mit dem Schwerpunkt auf dem Gebiet der Lebenskunstphilosophie.
  
  Nach einer Kindheit und Jugend in bäuerlicher Umgebung (seine Eltern waren Landwirte und hatten sechs Kinder), einer Lehre als Schriftsetzer und vier Jahren bei der Bundeswehr holte Wilhelm Schmid am Augsburger Bayernkolleg 1980 das Abitur nach. Von 1977 bis 1980 war er in Augsburg Vorsitzender der dortigen Jungdemokraten, der damaligen Jugendorganisation der FDP. 1980 begann er ein Studium von Philosophie und Geschichte an der Freien Universität Berlin, der Pariser Sorbonne und der Universität Tübingen, das er 1991 mit einer Doktorarbeit über Michel Foucault abschloss.
  
  Er übernahm Lehraufträge an der

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  Rollo May

  Rollo May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist. He authored the influential book Love and Will during 1969.
  
  Although he is often associated with humanistic psychology, his philosophy was influenced strongly by existentialist philosophy. May was a close friend of the theologian Paul Tillich. His works include Love and Will and The Courage to Create, the latter title honoring Tillich's The Courage to Be.
  
  Biography
  May was born in Ada, Ohio in 1909. He experienced a difficult childhood, with his parents divorcing and his sister becoming schizophrenic. His educational career took him to Michigan State College majoring in English and Oberlin College for a bachelor's degree, teaching for a time in Greece, to U

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  Joanna Field

  pseudonym of Marion Milner

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  Vigdis Hjorth

  Vigdis Hjorth (born 1959) is a Norwegian novelist. She grew up in Oslo, and has studied philosophy, literature and political science.
  
  In 1983, she published her first novel, the children's book "Pelle-Ragnar i den gule gården" for which she received Norsk kulturråd's debut award. Her first book for an adult audience was "Drama med Hilde" (1987). "Om bare" from 2001 is considered her most important novel, and a roman à clef.
  
  Hjorth has three children and lives in Asker.

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  Irvin D. Yalom

  Irvin David Yalom, M.D., is an author of fiction and nonfiction, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, an existentialist, and accomplished psychotherapist.
  
  Born in a Jewish family in Washington DC in 1931, he grew up in a poor ethnic area. Avoiding the perils of his neighborhood, he spent most of his childhood indoors, reading books. After graduating with a BA from George Washington University in 1952 and as a Doctor of Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine in 1956 he went on to complete his internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and his residency at the Phipps Clinic of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and completed his training in 1960. After two years of Army service at Tripler General Hospital i

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  Svend Brinkmann

  Svend Brinkmann (født 23. december 1975) har været professor i almenpsykologi og kvalitative metoder på Det Humanistiske Fakultet på Aalborg Universitet siden 2009. Han er uddannet cand.psych. fra Aarhus Universitet.
  
  Svend Brinkmann har skrevet og redigeret en lang række bøger og mere end 150 artikler. Derudover har han udgivet artikler og bogkapitler på syv forskellige sprog. I almenheden blev han i 2014 kendt for bogen Stå fast, hvori han gør op med, hvad han beskriver som tidens (selv)udviklingstyranni. Svend Brinkmann har også medvirket i radioprogrammet Netværket på P1 fra 2009-2016 og var i 2014 vært på DRK programmet Lev Stærkt.
  
  Svend Brinkmann har gennem sin karriere modtaget mange priser og legater. Blandt andet modtog han i 2015 DR'

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  Gündüz Vassaf

  Gündüz Vassaf (d. 1946, ABD), Türk yazar ve psikolog.
  
  Liseyi İstanbul Robert Koleji'nde tamamladıktan sonra 1968'de George Washington Üniversitesi'nde psikoloji eğitimi gördü. 1977'de Ankara Hacettepe Üniversitesi'nden doktorasını alan Vassaf, uzun bir süre Ankara Üniversitesi Mediko-Sosyal Merkezi'nde öğrencilere psikolojik danışmanlık yaptı. Uluslararası Psikologlar Konseyi yönetim kurulu üyeliğinde bulunan Gündüz Vassaf, 12 Eylül askeri darbesinden sonra öğretim üyeliği yaptığı Boğaziçi Üniversitesi'nden istifa etti.
  
  O tarihten sonra Kassel, Bremen ve Marburg Üniversitelerinde öğretim üyeliği, Kanada'da McGill Üniversitesi Center for Developing Area Studies'te konuk akademisyen, Amsterdam'da Averoes Stichting'de klinik psikolog, Viyana'da

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  Friedrich Engels

  German social theorist Friedrich Engels collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto in 1848 and on numerous other works.
  
  With the help of Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867-1894).
  
  Friedrich Engels, a philosopher, political, historian, journalist, revolutionary, and also a businessman, closest befriended his lifelong colleague.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedri...
  

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  Engin Geçtan

  Uzmanlık alanı psikiyatri olan Engin Geçtan 1975-1987 yılları arasında meslek dışı okuyucular tarafından da ilgiyle karşılanan dört kitap yazdı. Çok sayıda basım yapmış ve yapmakta olan, kendi bilimsel disipliniyle ilgili bu dörtlünün ardından (İnsan Olmak, Varoluşçu Psikiyatri, Normaldışı Davranışlar ve Psikanaliz ve Sonrası), psikiyatri alanının çerçevesinden çıkma isteği doğrultusunda roman-senaryo çalışmalarına başladı. Ankara ve İstanbul'daki dört üniversitede öğretim üyeliği yaptı ve psikoterapist olarak çalıştı.

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  Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu

  Dr. Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu, Ankara’da doğdu. TED Ankara Koleji’nden mezun olduktan sonra eğitimine Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi’nde devam etti. Öğrenciliği sırasında, TRT televizyonlarında spikerlik ve sunuculuk yaptı. İhtisasını yaptığı Hacettepe Üniversitesi Psikiyatri bölümünde, on yıl da öğretim görevlisi olarak hizmet verdi. Yıllarca muayene hekimliği yaptıktan sonra, 2005’te Türkiye’nin ilk psikiyatri merkezi olan ve halen Ankara ve İstanbul’da hizmet veren Madalyon Psikiyatri Merkezi-Madalyon Klinik’i kurdu. Madalyonun İçi, Günahın Üç Rengi, Hayata Dön ve Kral Kaybederse kitaplarının yazarı Budayıcıoğlu, televizyon dizisi İstanbullu Gelin’in de eser sahibidir. Psikiyatri bilimini hikâye ve romanlar yoluyla insanlara ulaştırmaya d

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  Melisa Kesmez

  MELİSA KESMEZ, Eylül 1980’de İstanbul’da doğdu. Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi’nde Sosyoloji okudu. Bir dönem Londra’da yaşadı. Çeşitli dergi ve gazetelerde yazıları ve söyleşileri yayımlandı. Çeviriler yaptı. İstanbul’da yaşıyor. Keriman isimli bir kedisi var.

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  Aylin Balboa

  1980 yılında İzmit’te doğdu. Öğrencilik yıllarını Ankara’da geçirdi. Çeşitli dergilerde yazıları yayımlandı. Halen İstanbul’da yaşıyor. Balık adında bir köpeği var.

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  Michel Alcoforado

  Antropólogo

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  Darian Leader

  Darian Leader is a British psychoanalyst and author. He is a founding member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR).
  
  Darian Leader is President of the College of Psychoanalysts, a Trustee of the Freud Museum, and Honorary Visiting Professor in Psychoanalysis at Roehampton University.
  
  From Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_L...

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  Rollo May

  Rollo May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist. He authored the influential book Love and Will during 1969.
  
  Although he is often associated with humanistic psychology, his philosophy was influenced strongly by existentialist philosophy. May was a close friend of the theologian Paul Tillich. His works include Love and Will and The Courage to Create, the latter title honoring Tillich's The Courage to Be.
  
  Biography
  May was born in Ada, Ohio in 1909. He experienced a difficult childhood, with his parents divorcing and his sister becoming schizophrenic. His educational career took him to Michigan State College majoring in English and Oberlin College for a bachelor's degree, teaching for a time in Greece, to U

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  Marc Augé

  Marc Augé is a French anthropologist. His career can be divided into three stages, reflecting shifts in both his geographical focus and theoretical development: early (African), middle (European) and late (Global). These successive stages do not involve a broadening of interest or focus as such, but rather the development of a theoretical apparatus able to meet the demands of the growing conviction that the local can no longer be understood except as a part of the complicated global whole.

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  Wilhelm Reich

  Wilhelm Reich (24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was a Jewish Austrian-American doctor of medicine, psychiatrist/psychoanalyst and a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. Author of several influential books, he became one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry.
  
  Reich was a respected analyst for much of his life, focusing on character structure, rather than on individual neurotic symptoms. He promoted adolescent sexuality, the availability of contraceptives and abortion, and the importance for women of economic independence. Synthesizing material from psychoanalysis, cultural anthropology, economics, sociology, and ethics, his work influenced writers such as Alexander Lowen, Fritz Perls, Paul Goodma

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  Karen Horney

  Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views, particularly his theory of sexuality, as well as the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis and its genetic psychology. As such, she is often classified as Neo-Freudian.

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  Joanna Field

  pseudonym of Marion Milner

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  İlhan Berk

  İlhan Berk was a leading contemporary Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry (termed, "İkinci Yeni"; "The second new generation") and was very influential among Turkish literary circles.
  Berk was born in Manisa, Turkey in 1918 and received a teacher's training in Balıkesir. He graduated from the French Language Department of Gazi University in Ankara. Between 1945-1955, Berk served as a teacher. He later began to work for the publishing office of Ziraat Bank as a translator (1956–1969). He became specialized in translation of poetry notably by translating into Turkish works by Arthur Rimbaud and Ezra Pound. In his later years, Berk resided in Bodrum where he died on 28 August 2008.
  Berk's poetry evo

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  Ralph Keyes

  Ralph Keyes is an American author. His 16 books include Is There Life After High School?, The Courage to Write, and The Post-Truth Era. That 2004 book illustrated Keyes’s anticipation of social trends in his writing.
  Keyes’s books have dealt with topics in popular culture such as risk-taking, time pressure, loneliness, honesty, and human height. More recently he has turned to language: researching quotations, words, and expressions. “Nice Guys Finish Seventh” and The Quote Verifier explore the actual sources of familiar quotations. I Love It When You Talk Retro is about common words and phrases that are based on past events. His most recent book is Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms. (The British edition is titled Unmentionables: Fr

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  Dalton Trevisan

  Dalton Jérson Trevisan was a Brazilian author of short stories. He was described as an "acclaimed short-story chronicler of lower-class mores and popular dramas." Trevisan won the 2012 Prémio Camões, the leading Portuguese-language author prize, valued at €100,000.

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  Renata Salecl

  Renata Salecl, a philosopher and sociologist, is professor at the School of Law at Birkbeck College, University of London and senior researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her books include The Tyranny of Choice and On Anxiety.

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