How to Rethink Psychology

Name: How to Rethink Psychology
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

How to Rethink PsychologyNew metaphors for understanding people and their behavior\nAuthor(s): Bernard Guerin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138916548, 978-1138916548\nSynopsis\nBased on the authors forty years of experience in psychology, philosophy, and the social sciences, How to Rethink Psychology argues that to understand people we need to know more about their contexts than the dominant modes of thinking and research presently allow. Drawing upon insights from sources as diverse as Freud, CBT, quantum physics, and Zen philosophy, the book offers several fascinating new metaphors for thinking about people and, in doing so, endeavors to create a psychology for the future.\n\nThe book begins by discussing the significance of the key metaphor underlying mainstream psychology today the particle or causal metaphor and explains the need for a shift towards new wave or contextual metaphors in order to apprecia.