Julia Shaw

Beloved Forest Feast author Erin Gleeson is back with a love letter to travel and delicious vegetarian food from her home state of California Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decades in regards to sexuality, the subject remains one of the most influential but least understood aspects of our lives. For psychologist and bestselling author Julia Shaw, this is both professional and personal--Shaw studies the science of sexuality and she herself is proudly and vocally bisexual. It's an admission, she writes, that usually causes people's pupils to dilate, their cheeks to flush, and their questions to start flowing. Ask people to name famous bisexual actors, politicians, writers, or scientists, and they draw a blank. Despite statistics that show bisexuality is more common than homosexuality, bisexuality is often invisible. In BI: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality, Shaw probes the science and culture of attraction beyond the binary. From the invention of heterosexuality to the history of the Kinsey scale, as well as asylum seekers trying to defend their bisexuality in a court of law, there is so much more to explore than most have ever realized. Drawing on her own original research--and her own experiences--this is a personal and scientific manifesto; it's an exploration of the complexities of the human sexual experience and a declaration of love and respect for the nonconformists among us.

The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality

What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the stories of monstrous acts and the aberrant people who commit them. But evil, Dr. Julia Shaw argues, is all relative, rooted in our unique cultures. What one may consider normal, like sex before marriage, eating meat, or being a banker, others find abhorrent. And if evil is only in the eye of the beholder, can it be said to exist at all? In Evil, Shaw uses case studies from academia, examples from and popular culture, and anecdotes from everyday life to break down complex information and concepts like the neuroscience of evil, the psychology of bloodlust, and workplace misbehavior. This is a wide-ranging exploration into a fascinating, darkly compelling subject.

The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side

Evil

Are you evil?A smart and highly readable exploration of why we think and do bad things.Dr Julia Shaw shows us that the same dispositions that make us capable of heinous crimes may also work to our advantage. And, if evil is within all of us, should it be said to exist at all?In Making Evil, Shaw uses a compelling mix of science, popular culture and real life examples to break down timely and important issues. How similar is your brain to a psychopath's? How many people have murder fantasies? Can A.I. be evil? Do your sexual proclivities make you a bad person? Who becomes a terrorist?This is a wide-ranging exploration into a fascinating, darkly compelling subject.

Making Evil

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Truly fascinating.' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2- Have you ever forgotten the name of someone you've met dozens of times?- Or discovered that your memory of an important event was completely different from everyone else's?- Or vividly recalled being in a particular place at a particular time, only to discover later that you couldn't possibly have been?We rely on our memories every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is, they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are. In The Memory Illusion, forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Julia Shaw draws on the latest research to show why our memories so often play tricks on us - and how, if we understand their fallibility, we can actually improve their accuracy. The result is an exploration of our minds that both fascinating and unnerving, and that will make you question how much you can ever truly know about yourself. Think you have a good memory? Think again. 'A spryly paced, fun, sometimes frightening exploration of how we remember - and why everyone remembers things that never truly happened.' Pacific Standard

Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory

The Memory Illusion

Un saggio rigorosissimo che indaga la bisessualità e come sia stata definita e misurata, ne svela la storia - inaspettatamente lunga e importante - e presenta attiviste e studiose della bisessualità che tutti dovremmo conoscere. Julia Shaw intraprende un "safari" per osservare gli "animali bisessuali" dal punto di vista comportamentale, chiedendosi se esista un "gene della bisessualità"; prova a comprendere perché parlare dell'argomento in certi luoghi, anche sul lavoro, metta ancora a disagio, e descrive le ripercussioni fisiche e mentali dell'essere bisessuale. Ma spiega anche le devastanti conseguenze di atteggiamenti punitivi e colpevolizzanti e le violazioni dei diritti umani basilari che tante persone bisessuali si trovano ad affrontare in tutto il mondo, e come possiamo usare la nostra indignazione per alimentare una rivoluzione bisessuale. L'autrice tenta di capire com'è fatta la persona bisessuale tipo (sempre che esista), esplorando il variopinto mondo delle comunità bisessuali. Infine, si lancia nel tema forse più spinoso del libro, il sesso a tre, analizzando le ricerche sulla non-monogamia consensuale. Riconosciuto come uno dei libri più importanti degli ultimi anni, Bi va ben oltre il già ampio tema che si prefigge di trattare, arrivando al cuore di cosa siano il sesso, l'amore e le relazioni umane.

The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality

„Ich möchte die vielfältige Welt der Bisexualität aus dem Schatten holen.“ – Julia Shaw eröffnet neue Wege, über die eigene sexuelle Identität nachzudenken und sie zu finden. Viele Menschen fühlen sich zu mehr als einem Geschlecht hingezogen. Und trotzdem bekennt sich kaum jemand dazu. Julia Shaw widmet sich in ihrem neuen Buch der größten sexuellen Minderheit – bisexuellen Menschen. Sie macht Bisexualität in Geschichte, Kultur und Wissenschaft sichtbar und zeigt anhand ihrer eigenen Identitätssuche, warum Bisexualität nach wie vor gesellschaftlich im Schatten steht. Dabei geht sie von Fragen aus, die sie selbst bewegen: Woher kommt unser Verständnis von Bisexualität? Warum ist es nach wie vor so schwer, sich zu outen? Julia Shaw beantwortet die Frage, wie sexuelle Identität entsteht, neu. Und sie zeigt, warum vielfältige Liebe endlich mehr Raum erhalten muss.

Vielfältige Liebe entdecken

Wie unser Gehirn Erinnerungen fälscht

Das trügerische Gedächtnis

Von Psychopathen wie Charles Manson oder Serienmördern wie Jack the Ripper geht eine unheimliche Faszination aus. Doch woher kommt sie? Und warum verdrängen wir so gern das alltäglichere Böse – von den eigenen Gewaltphantasien bis zum Machtmissbrauch im Büro? Die Kriminalpsychologin und Bestsellerautorin Julia Shaw taucht das Phänomen des Bösen in neues Licht. Shaw sucht und findet das Böse nicht nur in den Gehirnen von Massenmördern, sondern in jedem von uns. Und sie erläutert mithilfe psychologischer Fallstudien und neuester neurowissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse, wie wir uns mit unserer dunklen Seite versöhnen. Ein augenöffnendes Buch, das die vertrauten Kategorien von Gut und Böse völlig über den Haufen wirft.

Die Psychologie unserer Abgründe

Böse

Tú también podrías confesar un crimen que nunca cometiste. Los recuerdos son nuestras posesiones más preciadas. Confiamos en ellos para cada día de nuestras vidas, nos hacen quienes somos. Pero la realidad es que están lejos de ser un registro preciso del pasado: todos hemos vivido pequeños lapsos de memoria, hemos olvidado qué queríamos al entrar a una habitación o hemos sido incapaces de recordar el nombre de alguien a quien ya hemos visto decenas de veces. Nada de esto nos asusta, pero, ¿y si supiéramos que la mente es tan maleable como para permitir la manipulación e incluso la creación de recuerdos falsos? En este ensayo, la psicóloga e investigadora Julia Shaw demuestra la asombrosa variedad de formas en las que nuestras mentes pueden ser engañadas: cómo podemos acabar creyendo que los recuerdos de otras personas son los nuestros y cómo no estamos tan lejos de llegar a confesar un crimen que no hemos cometido. La ilusión de la memoria nos enseña a desconfiar de la mente humana a la vez que nos revela que solo asumiendo su inestabilidad podremos comprender sus virtudes.

Qué hace tu cerebro cuando recuerda y olvida y cómo se le puede engañar

La ilusión de la memoria

qué hace tu cerebro cuando recuerda y olvida y cómo se le puede engañar

A personal and scientific manifesto for the sexually in-between, from the internationally bestselling author and co-host of Bad People.

Waarom is de mens slecht? Bestsellerauteur en forensisch psycholoog Julia Shaw onderzoekt alles wat je altijd al wilde weten over de donkerste krochten van onze psyche, maar nooit durfde te vragen. Met dubieuze dilemma's als 'Zou ik baby Hitler doden?' en 'Waarom wil ik mijn partner vermoorden?' neemt Julia Shaw ons mee in de intrigerende wereld van de criminele psychologie. Zij werpt nieuw licht op het fenomeen kwaad, en zoekt én vindt het niet alleen in het brein van de massamoordenaar, maar in ieder van ons. Aan de hand van psychologische casestudy's en de nieuwste neurowetenschappelijke bevindingen laat Shaw haar lezers zich verzoenen met hun meest duistere kant. Het kwaad is een baanbrekend boek dat onze definitie van goed en kwaad voorgoed aan banden legt. Dr. Julia Shaw (1987) is de auteur van de internationale bestseller De illusie van het geheugen, die in negentien landen is verschenen. Zij doceert criminologie en psychologie aan de London South Bank University. Ze studeerde cum laude af aan de Universiteit van Maastricht. 'Een fascinerende reis door de duistere kanten van de menselijke gesteldheid die bij lezers de grenzen van hun comfortzones zal verleggen.' Kirkus Reviews Over De illusie van het geheugen: 'Wie het onderhoudende en goed geïnformeerde De illusie van het geheugen leest, zal geen enkele eigen herinnering meer vertrouwen.' De Volkskrant ****

De psychologie van onze duistere kant

Het kwaad

Although the connection of law, passion and emotion has become an established focus in legal scholarship, the extent to which emotion has always been, and continues to be, a significant influence in informing legal reasoning, decision-making, decision-avoidance and legal judgment – rather than an adjunct – is still a matter for critical analysis. Engaging with the underlying social context in which emotional states are a motivational force – and have produced key legal principles and controversial judgments, as evidenced in a range of illustrative legal cases – Law and the Passions: A Discrete History provides a uniquely inclusive commentary on the significance and influence of emotions in the history and continuing development of legal institutions and legal dogma. Law, it is argued, is a passion; and, as such, it is a primarily emotional endeavour.

A Discrete History

Law and the Passions

The “monumental bias” of Buddhist archaeology has hampered our understanding of the socio-religious mechanisms that enabled early Buddhist monks to establish themselves in new areas. To articulate these relationships, Shaw presents here the first integrated study of settlement archaeology and Buddhist history, carried out in the area around Sanchi, a Central Indian UNESCO World Heritage site. Her comprehensive, data-rich, and heavily illustrated work provides an archaeological basis for assessing theories regarding the dialectical relationship between Buddhism and surrounding lay populations. It also sheds light on the role of the introduction of Buddhism in changing settlement patterns.This volume was originally published in 2007 by the British Association of South Asian Studies.

Sanchi Hill and Archaeologies of Religious and Social Change, c. Third Century BC to Fifth Century AD

Buddhist Landscapes in Central India

Joe Cribb

Michael D. Willis

Relics played a key role in early Buddhism. As Buddhism spread across Asia, so did the cult of relics and practice of building shrines to contain them. The 24 reliquaries from Sanchi and neighbouring sites in central India are the earliest examples known. This is a catalogue of this important material. All the reliquaries are illustrated, and critical editions of all the inscriptional texts are provided. The introduction examines early relic worship and the control of sacred space by the early monastic community, provides a reassessment of early Indian history, based on inscriptions and numismatics, and re-evaluates the chronology of early Indian sculpture.

Julia Shaw

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