Unscientific Psychology: A Cultural-Performatory Approach to Understanding Human Life

by Lois Holzman and Fred Newman

Book Overview

Philosopher and psychotherapist Fred Newman and developmental psychologist Lois Holzman challenge psychology's understandings of what a human being is, what mental illness is, and how people develop and learn. They show how these understandings were created, marketed and sold to the American public. Going beyond critique, the authors argue that instead of psychology, what people the world over need is a cultural, performatory approach to human life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595392865
• ISBN13: 9780595392865
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

great book, but this is a simple reprint of the 1996 book

This is an excellent book that promotes a critical view of psychology. However, the first edition came out in 1996 and this 2006 edition is a simple reprint, with nothing new (not even the preface!) in it.