The Oxford Encyclopedia Of The History Of Modern Psychology Hardcover

The history of psychology as a scholarly field has grown and diversified since the landmark volumes of e. G. Boring s a history of experimental psychology 1929 1950 . It is now a site of scholarly inquiry that attracts practitioners from a range of disciplines. Psychological concepts and practices hold interest for people from all walks of life and from around the globe. The oxford encyclopedia of the history of modern psychology reflects the range of such interest. The essays explore topics from everyday subjective experiences to deep connections among esoteric laboratory sciences and enlightenment philosophies. Authors seek to answer difficult questions about how psychology developed not only in the western world but across the globe. Human history has many examples of how people have used knowledge about themselves others and their world to try and change or improve their lives. How did these experiences help make possible a science and profession of psychology in turn how has scientific and professional psychology shaped or influenced the psychology of everyday life the reader will find key insights into the profound differences that have marked the growth of western modernity-race gender sexuality among them-and what they reveal about selfhood identity and possibilities for human freedom and oppression. In our own time we see the psychological economic and political legacy of past practices and the profound inequities that we now must address. These histories will he...

The history of psychology as a scholarly field has grown and diversified since the landmark volumes of e. G. Boring s a history of experimental...show more