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Behind the Shock Machine
New Press, The 2013; US$ 26.95When social psychologist Stanley Milgram invited volunteers to take part in an experiment at Yale in the summer of 1961, none of the participants could have foreseen the worldwide sensation that the published results would cause. Milgram reported that fully 65 percent of the volunteers had repeatedly administered electric shocks of increasing strength... more...
The Jokes of Sigmund Freud
Jason Aronson, Inc. 2007; US$ 26.99The Jokes of Sigmund Freud unravels the intimate connections between Sigmund Freud and his Jewish identity. Author Elliott Oring observes that Freud frequently identified with the characters in the jokes he told, and that there was a strong relationship between these jokes and his own psychological and social state. This analysis offers novel insights... more...
Bartlett, Culture and Cognition
Routledge 1999; US$ 29.99This collection brings together contemporary applications of Bartlett's work in cognitive psychology, including areas Bartlett has ignored: sociocultural psychology and the history and philosophy of science. more...
Performing Psychology
Routledge 2002; US$ 39.95Through essays and stage plays by and about Fred Newman, the controversial American philosopher, psychotherapist, playwright and political activist, Performing Psychology exposes the myths of mainstream psychology. more...
Madness in its Place
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 148.00This fascinating study presents a unique history of psychiatry in the twentieth century. It brings together the memories and narratives of over sixty patients and workers who lived, or were employed, in Severalls Psychiatric Hospital, Essex, UK. Personal accounts are contextualised both in relation to wider developments and issues in twentieth-century... more...
The Jungians
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 40.95The Jungians: A Comparative and Historical Perspective is the first book to trace the history of the profession of analytical psychology from its origins in 1913 until the present. As someone who has been personally involved in many aspects of Jungian history, Thomas Kirsch is well equipped to take the reader through the history of the 'movement',... more...
Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 18.00Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most scathing and powerful critiques of philosophy, religion, science, politics and ethics ever written. This edition offers a new and readable translation by Judith Norman, together with an introduction by Rolf-Peter Horstmann that sets it in its historical and philosophical context. more...
Masters of the Mind
Wiley 2004; US$ 34.95The compelling story of the quest to understand the human mind - and its diseases This engaging presentation of our evolving understanding of the human mind and the meaning of mental illness asks the questions that have fascinated philosophers, researchers, clinicians, and ordinary persons for millennia: What causes human behavior? What processes underlie... more...
Rediscovering the History of Psychology
Springer 2003; US$ 129.00For 25 years, Kurt Danziger's work has been at the center of developments in history and theory of psychology. This volume makes Danziger's work the focal point of a variety of contributions representing several active areas of research. The authors are among the leading figures in history and theory of psychology from North America, Europe and South... more...
Dualism
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 135.00Directed to scholars and senior-level graduate students, this book is an iconoclastic survey of the history of dualism and its impact on contemporary cognitive psychology. It argues that much of modern cognitive or mentalist psychology is built upon a cryptodualism--the idea that the mind and brain can be thought of as independent entities. This dualism... more...









