Metaphors in the History of Psychology Paperback / softback
Edited by David E. (University of Richmond) Leary
Part of the Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology series
Paperback / softback
Description
The contributors to this volume argue that psychologists and their predecessors have invariably turned to metaphor in order to articulate their descriptions, theories, and practical interventions with regard to psychological functioning.
By specifying the major metaphors in the history of psychology, these contributors have offered a new key' to understanding this critically important area of human knowledge.
This book describes and analyses the ways in which psychological accounts of brain functioning, consciousness, cognition, emotion, motivation, learning, and behaviour have been shaped - and are still being shaped - by the central metaphors used by contemporary psychologists and their predecessors.
The volume is a stylistically and substantively coherent work of essays on a theme which has become an issue of central concern in a variety of disciplines ranging from linguistics and literary studies to cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy.
Through the identification of these metaphors, the contributors to this volume have provided a remarkably useful guide to the history, current orientations, and future prospects of modern psychology.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages, 3 Tables, unspecified; 2 Halftones, unspecified; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/07/1994
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- ISBN:9780521421522
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages, 3 Tables, unspecified; 2 Halftones, unspecified; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/07/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521421522
