Humanistic Psychology Concepts and Criticisms / edited by Joseph Royce.

THE FORMATIVE TENDENCY I have often pointed out that in my work with individuals in therapy, and in my experience in encounter groups, I have been led to the con­ viction that human nature is essentially constructive. When, in a ther­ apeutic climate (which can be objectively defined) a person becom...

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Other Authors: Royce, Joseph (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1981.
Edition:1st ed. 1981.
Series:Path in Psychology, Published in Cooperation with Publications for the Advancement of Theory and History in Psychology (Path),
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Table of Contents:
  • I — The Historical Context
  • 1 Psychology: Humanistic or Human?
  • 2 Humanistic Psychology and Metapsychology
  • 3 The Impact of Phenomenological and Existential Philosophies on Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • II — Experiencing and Epistemology
  • 4 Discontinuities: Or Theory as Prayer
  • 5 Why Man is Prior to Science in any Science of Man: The Epistemological Order of Value and Fact
  • 6 Toward an Epistemological Basis for Humanistic Psychology
  • III — Paradigm and Method
  • 7 The Duality of Experience and the Perplexities of Method
  • 8 Descriptive Methods for Inquiry in Human Psychology
  • IV — Interdisciplinary Perspectives
  • 9 The Anthropological Foundations of a Humane Psychology
  • 10 Naturalism, Humanism, and the Theory of Action
  • V — Critical Analysis
  • 11 The very Idea of a “Humanistic Psychology”
  • 12 Humanistic Psychology as a Protest Movement
  • 13 Epilogue
  • Author Index.