Naming the Mind: How Psychology Found Its Language
Kurt Danziger
Intelligence, motivation, personality, learning, stimulation, behaviour and attitude are just some of the categories that map the terrain of `psychological reality'. These are the concepts which, among others, underpin theoretical and empirical work in modern psychology - and yet these concepts have only recently taken on their contemporary meanings.
This fascinating work is a persuasive explanation of how modern psychology found its language. Kurt Danziger develops an account that goes beyond the taken-for-granted quality of psychological discourse to offer a profound and broad-ranging analysis of the recent evolution of the concepts and categories on which it depends. Danziger explores this process and shows how its conse
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Рік:
1997
Видання:
1st
Видавництво:
SAGE Publications
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
224
ISBN 10:
080397762X
ISBN 13:
9780803977624
Файл:
PDF, 13.10 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1997