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Author:
Moreno, Jonathan D.
Title:
Impromptu man : J.L. Moreno and the origins of psychodrama, encounter culture, and the social network / Jonathan D. Moreno.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Bellevue Literary Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Moreno, J. L.--(Jacob Levy),--1889-1974.
Psychiatrists--United States--Biography.
Social scientists--United States--Biography.
Social reformers--United States--Biography.
Drama--Therapeutic use.
Humanistic psychology.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-303) and index.
Summary:
"J.L. Moreno (1889-1974), the father of psychodrama, was an early critic of Sigmund Freud, wrote landmark works of Viennese expressionism, founded an experimental theater where he discovered Peter Lorre, influenced Martin Buber, and became one of the most important psychiatrists and social scientists of his time. A mystic, theater impresario and inventor in his youth, Moreno immigrated to America in 1926, where he trained famous actors, introduced group therapy, and was a forerunner of humanistic psychology. As a social reformer, he reorganized schools and prisons, and designed New Deal planned communities for workers and farmers. Moreno's methods have been adopted by improvisational theater groups, military organizations, educators, business leaders, and trial lawyers. His studies of social networks laid the groundwork for social media like Twitter and Facebook. Featuring interviews with Clay Shirky, Gloria Steinem, and Werner Erhard, among others, original documentary research, and the author's own perspective growing up as the son of an innovative genius, Impromptu Man is both the study of a great and largely unsung figure of the last century and an epic history, taking readers from the creative chaos of early twentieth-century Vienna to the wired world of Silicon Valley. Jonathan D. Moreno, called the "most interesting bioethicist of our time" by the American Journal of Bioethics, is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. "-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1934137847 (paperback)
9781934137840 (paperback)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)890107159
LCCN:
2014025363
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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