{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-personality-eugene-taylor-9780387981031","title":"The Mystery of Personality: A History of Psychodynamic Theories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Mystery of Personality: A History of Psychodynamic Theories\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed professor and historian Eugene Taylor synthesizes the field's first century and a half into a rich, highly readable account. Taylor situates the dynamic school in its catalytic place in history, re-evaluating misunderstood figures and events, re-creating the heady milieu of discovery as the concept of \"mental science\" dawns across Europe, revisiting the widening rift between clinical and experimental study (or the couch and the lab) as early psychology matured into legitimate science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGradual but vital evolutions form the heart of this chronicle: the ebb and flow of analytic theory and practice, the shift from doctor-centered to client-centered therapy, the movement from exclusionary to multidisciplinary, the evolving role of the therapist. And as can be expected from the author, there is special emphasis on the sublime in psychology: the philosophy\/psychology fusion of the New England transcendentalists, the battle between spiritualism and science in 1880s America, and early versions of today's spiritually-attuned therapies. Pivotal concepts and key individuals covered are: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharcot, Janet, and the origins of dynamic personality theory in the so-called French, Swiss, English, and American psychotherapeutic axis.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePerson and personality: William James's \"radical empiricism\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe rise of psychoanalysis: Freud, the Freudians, and the Neo-Freudians\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdler and Jung, who were never \"students\" of Freud: Toward, within, and beyond the self\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMurray, Allport, and Lewin at Harvard in the 30s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCulture and personality, pastoral counseling, and Gestalt Psychology in New York in the '40s and '50s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn Existential-humanistic and Transpersonally oriented depth psychology in the 60s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe current era: \"science confronts itself\", as neuroscience enters the picture.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudentsof psychology and its history will find in this inspiring narrative both possibilities for further study and a new appreciation of their own work. \u003cem\u003eThe Mystery of Personality: A History of Psychodynamic Theories\u003c\/em\u003e is a stimulating course conducted by a master teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0387981039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780387981031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009","brand":"Eugene Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44583711703295,"sku":"9780387981031","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01924965-f096-4052-b8d5-05ea95eaea12.jpg?v=1701883138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-personality-eugene-taylor-9780387981031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}