Development
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Development

The History of a Psychological Concept

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Development

The History of a Psychological Concept

About this book

This book details the history of the idea of psychological development over the past two millennia. The developmental idea played a major part in the shift from religious ways of explaining human nature to secular, modern ones. In this shift, the 'elect' (chosen by God) became the 'normal' and grace was replaced by cognitive ability as the essentially human quality. A theory of psychological development was derived from theories of bodily development, leading scholars describe human beings as passing through necessary 'stages of development' over the lifespan. By exploring the historical and religious roots of modern psychological concepts and theories, this book demonstrates that history is a method for standing outside psychology and thereby evaluating its fundamental premises. It will spark new interest in the history, sociology and philosophy of the mind sciences, as well as in the rights of children and developmentally disabled people.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 Development and the Origin of Psychological Concepts
  9. Chapter 2 The History of Christianity and the First Principles of Development: Linear Time, Interiority, Structure
  10. Chapter 3 The History of Education: Rearing the Elect Child
  11. Chapter 4 Pascal on the Ordering of Human Time
  12. Chapter 5 The Normalization of the Elect: Locke to Montesquieu
  13. Chapter 6 The Coining of a Developmental Theory: Leibniz to Bonnet
  14. Chapter 7 Emile: Rousseau’s Well-Ordered Developer
  15. Chapter 8 Nature versus Nurture and Cognitive Ability Testing: Historical Sketches
  16. Postscript Further Targets for Historical Research
  17. Index