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03474aam a2200493 i 4500 001 4CE5BD42DE8111E49B1BDBA0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150409010433 008 140130s2014 nyu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2014003921 020 $a 0521189306 (paperback) 020 $a 9780521189309 (paperback) 020 $a 1107007291 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107007291 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)870285939 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d ERASA $d CDX $d UKMGB $d EYM $d OCLCF $d ZCU $d CHVBK $d WAU $d ZLM $d OMB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a BF108.E85 $b A44 2014 084 $a PSY015000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Alexander, Bruce K. 245 12 $a A history of psychology in western civilization / $c Bruce K. Alexander, Simon Fraser University, Curtis P. Shelton, British Columbia Institute of Technology. 264 1 $a New York : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xix, 542 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "This book is a re-introduction to psychology. It focuses on great scholarly thinkers, beginning with Plato, Marcus Aurelius and St Augustine, who gave the field its foundational ideas long before better known 'founders', such as Galton, Fechner, Wundt and Watson appeared on the scene. Psychology can only achieve its full breadth and potential when we fully appreciate its scholarly legacy. Bruce Alexander and Curt Shelton also argue that the fundamental contradictions built into psychology's history have never been resolved, and that a truly pragmatic approach, as defined by William James, can produce a 'layered' psychology that will enable psychologists to face the fearsome challenges of the twenty-first century. A History of Psychology in Western Civilization claims that contemporary psychology has overemphasized the methods of physical science and that psychology will need a broader scientific orientation alongside a scholarly focus in order to fully engage the future"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : Two histories of western psychology -- Rationalism: Plato and the 'just' person -- Stoicism: Marcus Aurelius and the sufficient self -- Christianity: St Augustine and the incomplete soul -- Materialism: Thomas Hobbes and the human machine -- Empiricism: John Locke, David Hume, and experience as reality -- Evolution: Charles Darwin and homo sapiens as a work in progress -- Medicine: Sigmund Freud and the world of neurotics -- Re-imagining psychology -- Appendix A. Plato's nature of intelligence and other faculties -- Appendix B. The search for Aunt Lena. 650 0 $a Psychology $z Europe $x History. 650 0 $a Psychology $x History. 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY / History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Psychology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01081447 651 7 $a Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245064 650 7 $a Geschichte. $0 (DE-588)4020517-4 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Philosophie. $0 (DE-588)4045791-6 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Psychologie. $0 (DE-588)4047704-6 $2 gnd 651 7 $a Westliche Welt. $0 (DE-588)4079237-7 $2 gnd 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Shelton, Curtis P. 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/89309/cover/9780521189309.jpg 941 $a 2 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728020237.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150422011605.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CE5BD42DE8111E49B1BDBA0DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b DIVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search