50 ideas in 500 words
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The 50 most influential philosophers to shape our world. From the classical thinkers to modern economic theories, and from the groundbreaking advances in psychology to the cutting-edge of postmodernist theory, the Little Book of Big Ideas: Philosophy discusses those thinkers, thoughts and ideas that have advanced knowledge, society, and human life, and why they are important. Whether on the rights of man or the rights of woman, the origin of the species or the origins of morality, the existence of the Ego or the existence of God, here are the greatest ideas from the greatest thinkers that humankind has ever known."
Psychology: 50 Ideas in 500 Words sheds light on these and other crucial questions by examining the ideas and work of fifty of the world's greatest psychologists. From B. F. Skinner to Noam Chomsky, Sigmund Freud to Abraham Maslow, this beautifully concise, richly informative little book discusses the ideas and experiments that have defined the course of psychology as it has developed over the last 150 years.
Beginning with psychology's iconic founders, Wundt and William James, and concluding with features on contemporary psychiatrists, Aaron Beck and Robin Murray, the guide is presented chronologically, giving readers a distinct sense of the development of psychology and a coherent overview of the field.
Beginning with psychology's iconic founders, Wundt and William James, and concluding with features on contemporary psychiatrists, Aaron Beck and Robin Murray, the guide is presented chronologically, giving readers a distinct sense of the development of psychology and a coherent overview of the field.