Part of a two-volume series, this book offers a multicentric
perspective on the history of psychology, situating its development in
relation to developments made in other social sciences and
philosophical disciplines. This first volume, Laying the Foundations
of Independent Psychology, provides a detailed exploration of the
origins and development of European psychology. The book examines
psychology’s beginnings as an independent discipline in the late
19th century through to the emergence of the dominant new schools of
behaviorism, Gestalt psychology and psychoanalysis in the early 1900s.
This volume also offers a broad overview of the early impact of
Darwinism, not only on the psychological study of individual
differences and on American functionalism, but also on the early
evolutionary treatments of cognition in William James, James Baldwin,
Ernst Mach and even Sigmund Freud. Taking this wider perspective, the
book shows that European psychology was continuously present and
active, placing these European developments in their own context in
their own time. An invaluable introductory text for undergraduate
students of the history of psychology, the book will also appeal to
postgraduates, academics and those interested in psychology or the
history of science, as well as graduate students of psychology,
biology, sociology and anthropology with a theoretical interest.
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ISBN
9781003809678
Publisert
2023
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Routledge
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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