Paul Vitz: Psychological Mythbuster

Wanda Skowronska

• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781398408869
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Humanistic Psychology
• Index: Psychology

American psychologist, Paul Vitz, was a pioneer critic of the 'me, me, me' generation and humanistic psychology which flourished alongside it. He stands out because of the cultural, psychological and spiritual depth of his critique. Mythbusters are rare and Vitz is a mythbuster par excellence, tearing apart several generations of selfism with insight, wisdom and wit. Other critiques came much later. He saw it all at the time.This book takes the reader on a journey into the life and thought of a rare thinker, a questioner of ideological sacred cows, and one of the most original and gifted psychologists of the past century.PAULVITZ WAS A VISIONARY FOR HIS TIME IN CONFRONTING AND MYTHBUSTING HUMANISTICPSYCHOLOGY AMIDST 'A TSUNAMI OF HUMANISTIC ADULATION.'THIS BOOK GIVES PERCEPTIVE INSIGHTS INTO VITZ'S THOUGHT AND TIMES. WELL WORTH READING!– Catherine MacLaurin, Psychologist, Senior Wellbeing Advisor (SWA), Health and Safety Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Training, AustraliaTHE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, PAUL VITZ, HAS BEENA REMARKABLY PRESCIENT AND COURAGEOUS CRITIC OF THE HUMANIST PSYCHOLOGYMOVEMENT, HEADLINED BY CARL ROGERS. IN THIS BOOK, WANDA SKOWRONSKA HASPROVIDED A THOROUGH AND CONVINCING ACCOUNT OF VITZ'S WORK.HER BOOK DESERVES A WIDEREADERSHIP.–Colin Patterson STD, Dean and Permanent Fellow of the former John Paul II Institute, Melbourne, Australia.INHER BOOK, WANDA SKOWRONSKA MASTERFULLY NARRATES THE PHILOSOPHICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY, ESPECIALLY THAT OF CARL ROGERS, THROUGH THE LENS OF PAUL C. VITZ'S LIFE AND PUBLICATIONS. THIS WORK CRITIQUES THE INFLUENCES OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY'S HUMANISTIC ORIGINS OF SELF-FULFILMENT THEORIES AND CULTURAL MARXISM AND HONOURS THE LIFELONG WORK OF PAUL VITZ, WHO IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CATHOLIC PSYCHOLOGISTS OF OUR TIMES.–Professor Craig Steven Titus, S.Th [http://s.th/].D./Ph.D. Divine Word University, USA.