Psychological Theory & Schools of Thought

This is Volume XVIII of nineteen in the Abnormal and Clinical Psychology Series. Originally published in 1957 this study offers the history of the ...

In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisitio...

Evaluation, from connotations to complex judgements of value, is probably the most neglected dimension of meaning. Calling for a new understanding...

This is Volume XV of nineteen in the Abnormal and Clinical Psychology series. The psychiatrist by dealing with the total personality, tends to beco...

Stories offer us some of the richest and most enduring insights into the human condition and have preoccupied philosophy since Aristotle. On Storie...

Our encounters with the physical world are filled with miraculous puzzles-wind appears from somewhere, heavy objects (like oil tankers) float on oc...

Wolfgang Pauli, world-renowned physicist, turned to Carl Jung for help, setting a standing appointment for Mondays at noon. Thus bloomed an extraor...

An interdisciplinary collection of papers on Freud's sixth and final case psychogenesis of a case of homosexuality in a woman. To date this case ha...

First published in 1999. This is Volume VI of six of a series on Anthropology and Psychology. Written in 1923, this book is a collection of essays ...

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figu...

Published in 1973, "L'Etourdit" was one of the French philosopher Jacques Lacan's most important works. The book posed questions that traversed the...

This thorough revision of the highly successful first edition of Life-Span Development offers the reader a wide-ranging and thought provoking accou...

A feminist and psychoanalytic investigation of the contemporary fascination with impersonation. The questions raised by female impersonations in a ...

Income inequality has become the defining issue in the U.S. since the end of the recession. With stagnant wages and declining mobility among the wo...

José Luis Bermúdez introduces the philosophy of psychology as an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature and mechanisms of cognition. Philosoph...

The work of Jaques Lacan, eminent French psychoanalyst and influential thinker (1901-1981), is recognized as being of vital importance to psychoana...

The relentless exploitation of the earth's resources and technologys boundless growth are a matter of urgent concern. When did this race towards th...

Psychology, the study of mind and behaviour, has developed as a unique discipline in its brief history. Whether as it currently takes place, or how...

Jung's interest in the East was deep-rooted and life-long, and the traditional teachings of China and India played an important role in his persona...

Behavioural economics and behavioural finance are rapidly expanding fields that are continually growing in prominence. While orthodox economic mode...

First published in 1999. This is Volume III of twenty-one of the Individual Differences Psychology series. Written in 1923, this is a study in the...

First Published in 1999. Readers will find in this book no direct analysis of child morality as it is practised in home and school life or in child...

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figu...

First published in 1999. This is Volume XIV of thirty-two in the Developmental Psychology series. Written in 1919, this book tests the hypothesis t...

Drawing on the emerging field of narrative theory in sociology and psychology, this book argues that an individual’s response to job loss is a prod...

Over a period of six decades, Jean Piaget conducted a program of naturalistic research that has profoundly affected our understanding of child deve...

First published in 1999. The author presents a passionate argument for a therapeutic practice based on the physician's love for the deeply deprived...

The final reader in the Child Development in Social Context series shows how the study of child development is inevitably bound up in more ephemer...

Since the so-called 'cognitive revolution' in psychology in the 1960s, it has often been said that 'behaviourism is dead'. This book demonstrates w...

Behavioural economics and behavioural finance are rapidly expanding fields that are continually growing in prominence. While orthodox economic mode...

Group Communication introduces applications of small group dynamics. Hartley shows how an understanding of how groups work and interact can improve...

In an era of increasingly patient-centered healthcare, understanding how health and illness play out in social context is vital. This volume opens ...

Intended for psychologists, clergy, and therapists and school guidance counselors specializing in treating dysfunctional families, grief counseling...

Published in 1973, "L'Etourdit" was one of the French philosopher Jacques Lacan's most important works. The book posed questions that traversed the...

These newly discovered clinical seminars of Wilfred Bion, which include supervisions, personal case presentations, and lectures on psychoanalytic t...

Michel Foucault has had an extraordinary impact on writers in the human sciences since his first book Madness and Civilization appeared in English....

First Published in 1999.This is Volume V of twelve in the Analytical Psychology series. Written in 1956, this text provides the tale of Amor and P...

The best popular introduction to the human brain and how to make the most of it!

It is unlikely that Jacques Lacan and Alice Munro were ever aware of each other's work. Yet, because of Munro's intuitive grasp of the complexities...

Group Communication introduces applications of small group dynamics. Hartley shows how an understanding of how groups work and interact can improve...

How can we talk about evil? How can we make sense of its presence all around us? How can we come to terms with the sad fact that our involvement in...

What do we mean when we say of others, of family members, and particularly of our elders, that they are "a hard act to follow"? Are we speaking of ...

Sensory Marketing offers a global view of the use of senses in marketing strategy based on consumers' perception and behaviour. Integrating the com...

'I've been talking to brick walls' says Lacan, meaning: 'Neither to you, nor to the Big Other. I'm speaking by myself. And this is precisely what i...

Thinking through Fairbairn offers parallel perspectives on Fairbairn's work. It explores an extended interpretation of his 'psychology of dynamic s...

How can we talk about evil? How can we make sense of its presence all around us? How can we come to terms with the sad fact that our involvement in...