[ BETWEEN MIND AND NATURE A HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY ] By Smith, Roger ( AUTHOR ) Feb-2013[ Hardback ]

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ISBN 10: 1780230982 / ISBN 13: 9781780230986

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Synopsis:

We live in a psychological age. Psychologists are increasingly prominent and active in every sphere of life and we understand ourselves in psychological terms. It was not always so: psychology has a history. The word psychology flags the idea that there is, or will be, a unified, true knowledge of the mind. Currently, the candidacy of evolutionary neuroscience holds sway. Yet, now and in the past, ‘psychology’ is a family name for a bewildering range of beliefs and preoccupations about what psychologists know and do. There is an intrinsic interest in knowing how people think about themselves, how they see their spiritual or material nature. What people think psychology’s relation is to religion, politics, the arts, social life, the natural sciences and technology is an integral part of our human story. Between Mind and Nature explores the big questions bound up in this history: what is human nature? Is natural science the only rational way of thought? Will psychology provide answers to human problems? Does the very notion of being an individual, of having a ‘self’, depend on social and historical conditions? Can the brain explain mind? Cogently written, this book will reveal much to those who wish to know more about the quest for knowledge of the mind, for historical study of brain and mind and for scientific and humanistic approaches to people. It concludes by posing important questions about the value and direction of psychology today.

About the Author: Roger Smith is Emeritus Reader in History of Science, Lancaster University, and an independent scholar living in Moscow. His previous books include Being Human: Historical Knowledge and the Creation of Human Nature (2007).

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