History of Psychology in Autobiography, Leendert Mos

Автор: Long
Название: A History of “Relevance” in Psychology
ISBN: 1137474882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137474889
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Описание: This book represents the first attempt to historicise andtheorise appeals for ‘relevance’ in psychology. It argues that the persistenceof questions about the ‘relevance’ of psychology derives from the discipline’sterminal inability to define its subject matter, its reliance on a sociallydisinterested science to underwrite its knowledge claims, and its consequentfailure to address itself to the needs of a rapidly changing world. The chapters go on to consider the ‘relevance’ debate within SouthAfrican psychology, by critically analysing discourse of forty-five presidential,keynote and opening addresses delivered at annual national psychologycongresses between 1950 and 2011, and observes how appeals for ‘relevance’ wereadvanced by reactionary, progressive and radical psychologists alike.The book presents, moreover, the provocative thesis that therevolutionary quest for ‘social relevance’ that began in the 1960s has beensupplanted by an ethic of ‘market relevance’ that threatens to isolate thediscipline still further from the anxieties of broader society. With powerfulinterest groups continuing to co-opt psychologists without relent, this is adevelopment that only psychologists of conscience can arrest.

Автор: Graham Richards
Название: Psychology, Religion, and the Nature of the Soul
ISBN: 1461426936 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461426936
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Описание: For those making a serious study of the history of psychology, this book will inspire a wave of discussion and inquiry. With eloquence and passion, it analyzes the many functions religion and psychology play in our understanding of the human life and mind.