<strong>An Intellectual History of Psychology</strong> already a classic in its field is nowavailable in a concise new third edition. It presents psychological ... » 

An Intellectual History of Psychology already a classic in its field is nowavailable in a concise new third edition. It presents psychological ideas aspart of a greater web of thinking throughout history about the essentials ofhuman nature interwoven with ideas from philosophy science religion artliterature and politics.Daniel N. Robinson demonstrates that from the dawn of rigorous and selfcritical inquiry in ancient Greece reflections about human nature have beeninextricably linked to the cultures from which they arose and each definablehistorical age has added its own character and tone to this long tradition. AnIntellectual History of Psychology not only explores the most significant ideasabout human nature from ancient to modern times but also examines the broadersocial and scientific contexts in which these concepts were articulated anddefended. Robinson treats each epoch whether ancient Greece or RenaissanceFlorence or Enlightenment France in its own terms revealing the problems thatdominated the age and engaged the energies of leading thinkers.Robinson also explores the abiding tension between humanistic and scientificperspectives assessing the most convincing positions on each side of thedebate. Invaluable as a text for students and as a stimulating and insightfuloverview for scholars and practicing psychologists this volume can be readeither as a history of psychology in both its philosophical and aspiringscientific periods or as a concise history of Western philosophys concepts ofhuman nature. «