Book Reviews

In this issue we again have a wide variety of reviews. Philosophers will find reviews of books on Heidegger and three recent books on Sartre as well as a book about the application of Wittgenstein's ideas to therapy. The theme of opening to life is addressed in one way in a book by Kirk Schnieder and in an entirely different way in a book by Natascha Kampusch about her imprisonment and its aftermath. Both are impressive accounts of resilience in extreme circumstances. Also reviewed is an important book on 'Asbergers Syndrome'. Readers interested in psychotherapy integration will find a book which looks for links between the existential and gestalt perspectives. Insights represented and echoed in more mainstream non-academic books are represented by two of the Sartre books, by the Kampusch book and also by a review of Delusions of Gender, which challenges the current fad for neurological explanations for existential issues, in this case so-called gender differences. These books remind us of the value of non-academic books if only because they are more firmly anchored in our experience in-the-world.