A Critical History of Psychology
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A Critical History of Psychology

From Antiquity to Modernity

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

A Critical History of Psychology

From Antiquity to Modernity

About this book

This fully updated and refreshed 9th edition places social, economic and political forces of change alongside psychology's internal theoretical and empirical arguments. It utilizes a critical lens to illuminate the way in which the external world has shaped the development of psychology and, in turn, how psychology from antiquity to modernity has shaped society.

The text approaches the material from an integrative, rather than wholly linear, perspective, carefully examining how issues in psychology reflect and affect concepts that lie outside the field of psychology's technical concerns as a science and profession.

Key features of this edition include:

  • A newly reconsidered structure, including five additional interludes exploring historical background narratives and the rise of modernity, to allow for flexible and adaptable textbook use.
  • Expanded exploration of the two psychologies: the Way of Ideas, driven by epistemology and unique to Europe, and The Way of Human Nature, a universal concern to find a science of human behavior and its management.

Including scientific, applied, and professional psychology, as well as coverage of the social sciences and social policy implications, this book is appropriate for high-level undergraduate and graduate students.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040110744
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Preface: What is new in the ninth edition?
  9. Part I Situating Psychology
  10. Chapter 1 Introduction
  11. Part II Psychology Before Psychology: Discovery of the Mind
  12. Prelude : The World We Have Lost:
  13. Chapter 2 Antiquity: Locating the Mind Within
  14. Chapter 3 Hellenism, Feudalism, and Renaissance:: Tending the Soul
  15. Part III A Science of the Mind
  16. Interlude I Modernity in Mind and the Rise of Science: 1543 TO 1915
  17. Chapter 4 The Way of Ideas: Furnishing the Mind
  18. Chapter 5 Psychology of Consciousness: Looking Inward
  19. Chapter 6 Psychology of Adaptation: Looking Outward
  20. Part IV A Science of Human Nature
  21. Interlude II Modernity, its Disenchantments, and Social Policy: 1-1871
  22. Chapter 7 Social Science before Science: Approaching the Social Problem
  23. Chapter 8 Psychology of the Unconscious: Confronting Irrationality
  24. Chapter 9 Psychology and Social Science: Managing Modern Life
  25. Part V Two Psychologies in the Modern World
  26. Interlude III Late Modernity: War, Peace, and War 1914–Present
  27. Chapter 10 Behaviorism: Ostracizing Mind
  28. Chapter 11 Cognitive Science: Return of the Prodigal
  29. Chapter 12 Applied and Professional Psychology:: Treating the Individual
  30. Chapter 13 The Psychological Society: Coping with (Post)Modernity
  31. Postlude
  32. References
  33. Index