Revitalizing Political Psychology: The Legacy of Harold D. Lasswell

by Barbara Hirschfelder-Ascher, William Ascher, Barbara Hirschfelder-Ascher, et al.

Book Overview

The goal of this book is to recapture the diminished roles of affect, psychological needs, and the psychodynamic mechanisms that are crucial for understanding political behavior by explaining and extending the contributions of Harold D. Lasswell, the dominant figure in political psychology in the mid-twentieth-century. Although Lasswell was best known for applying psychodynamic theories to politics, this book also demonstrates how his framework...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00DHMB3SG
• ISBN13: 9781848728929
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"