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WorldShare Books

The Taos Institute is proud to announce the official opening of WORLDSHARE BOOKS.......

Out of a continuing interest in sharing ideas and practices for world well-being, the Taos Institute offers WorldShare Books free of charge for downloading on the internet. Similar to all Taos Institute Publications, WorldShare Books represent contributions relevant to social constructionist theory and practice. Offerings are variously concerned with collaborative practices, dialogue, relational theory, ethics, peace-building, pluralism, education, and communication in organizations, therapy, communities, close relationships, and more. We offer cutting edge work, in addition to reprints of classic works. The offerings are carefully selected and evaluated by an International Publications Board, and may be published in any language.

 

Unofficially we opened the WorldShare Books website to the public some 18 months ago, offering only a few books. As the numbers of books expanded, so did the audience of readers. With this official opening, our offerings have now been downloaded nearly 2,000 times in over 50 countries! If you are a writer whose work is congenial with Taos Institute concerns, we would be pleased to consider your work for publication in WorldShare Books.

 

 

In English

 

Gergen, Kenneth J. & Davis, Keith M.  The Social Construction of the Person, (PDF free version 2012). Original copyright date: 1985, Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.

 

Hosking, Dian Marie, Dachler, H. Peter, & Gergen, Kenneth J. (editors). Management and Organization: Relational Alternatives to Individualism, (PDF free version 2013), reprinted with permission.

 

Kotze, Dirk, Myburg, Johan, Rouxx, & Associates.   Ethical Ways of Being, (PDF free version 2012). Original publication date: 2002, Ethics Alive, Institute for Telling Development, Pretoria, South Africa.

 

Kwee, G.T. Maurits. Psychotherapy by Karma Transformation: Relational Buddhism and Rational Practice (2013).

 

Newbury, Janet. Contextualizing Care: Relational Engagement with/in Human Service Practices, (2012).

 

Quintas, Celia Studart. Ohana and the Creation of a Therapeutic Community, (2013).

 

Shayamal, Saha.  Appreciative Inquiry to Promote Local Innovations among Farmers Adapting to Climate Change, (2013).

 

Schnabel, Landon P. Socially Constructing God: Evangelical Discourse on Gender and the Divine (2013).

 

Shotter, John. Images of Man, (PDF free version 2012). Original publication date: 1975, Methuen, London.

 

Shotter, John. Wittgenstein in Practice: His Philosophy of Beginnings, and Beginnings, and Beginnings, (2012).

 

Smedslund, Jan. From Nonsense Syllables to Holding Hands: Sixty Years as a Psychologist, (2013).

 

 

In Spanish

 

Arce, Gilberto Lim�n. La terapia como di�logo hermen�utico y construccionista: M�rgenes de libertad y deco-construcci�n en los juegos relacionales, de lenguaje y de significado, (2012).

 

Deissler, Klaus G. & McNamee, Sheila (editors). Filo y Sof�a En Di�logo: La poes�a social de la conversaci�n terap�utica, (PDF version 2013), original publicaci�n date 2000. Traducci�n al espa�ol: Mario O. Castillo Rangel.

 

 

In Italian

 

Romaioli, Diego. La terapia Multi-Being. Una prospettiva relazionale in psicoterapia, (2013).

 

 

In German

 

Deissler, Klaus G., & McNamee, Sheila (editors). Phil und Sophie im Dialog Die Soziale Poesie Therapeutischer Gesprache, (PDF version 2013) original publication date 2000.

 

 

In Afrikaans

 

Hulme, Theresa. Piemp (2012)

 

 

And soon to come......

           

  • Thalia Dragonas and Nico Bozatis (Eds.) - The Discursive Turn in Social Psychology
  • Ottar Ness - Therapists in Continuous Education: A Collaborative Approach
  • Loek Schoenmakers - Happily Different: Sustainable Educational Change, a Relational Approach
  • Toshio Sugiman - An Introduction to Group Dynamics
  • Dora Fried Schnitman y Stephen LittleJohn (Eds.) - Novos Paradigmas Em Media��o


WorldShare Books Editors

Senior Editors
  • Kenneth J. Gergen
  • Dan Wulff
International Editorial Board

North America
  • Ron Chenail
  • David Pare
  • Stanley Witkin

Europe
  • Verena Aebischer
  • Marie-Cecile Bertaux
  • Alberta Contarello
  • Thalia Dragonas
  • Eugene Epstein
  • Dian Marie Hosking
  • Bruno Mazzara
  • Ottar Ness
  • Katerina Novotna 
  • Jonathan Potter
  • Risto Puutio
  • Peter Rober
  • Jo�o Manuel Castro Faria Salgado
  • Reinhard Stelter
  • Dusan Stojnov
  • Nadya Zhexembayeva
    
Latin America and Caribbean
  • Patricia Arenas Bautista
  • Cesar Cisneros
  • Angela Maria Estrada
  • Marilene Grandesso
  • Edgardo Morales
  • Jorge Alberto Sanhueza Rahmer
  • Dora Schnitman

Asia
  • Girishwar Misra
  • Toshio Sugiman
  • Shi-Jiuan Wu
  • Liping Yang

Africa
  • Johann Roux
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