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Psychologies of Mind Dr Rachael Henry

Psychologies of Mind By Dr Rachael Henry

Psychologies of Mind by Dr Rachael Henry


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Demonstrates that what is seemingly new in psychology is so often not new at all but frequently consists of ill-informed corruptions of earlier, discarded, misguided attempts. This collection offers critical analysis of the detrimental philosophical blunders of academic psychology in the 20th century.

Psychologies of Mind Summary

Psychologies of Mind: The Collected Papers of John Maze by Dr Rachael Henry

John Maze was a giant among philosophers of psychology. This exciting, new collection of his published work demonstrates that what is seemingly new in psychology is so often not new at all but frequently consists of ill-informed corruptions of earlier, discarded, misguided attempts. Their collection together is timely in the current, innovatory era of cross-disciplinary exploration and integration on the borderlands of psychology and philosophy, where there is a visible danger that the welcome loosening of barriers to mutual communication also generates some 'wild' theorizing, familiar enough in the history of psychology itself. A corpus remarkable for its coherence, intellectual virtuosity and radicalism over 50 years, it speaks meaningfully to the wide range of psychological theory throughout its history up to the present day. Written with elegance and eloquence, the essays entail a thoroughgoing critical analysis of the most detrimental philosophical erroers of academic psychology in the 20th century, the relegation to history by the 20th century academy of some of the conceptually most promising lines of research, the cost that has been borne by the discipline of psychology, and the most promising future direction for the discipline.

Psychologies of Mind Reviews

'John Maze's writings demonstrate an astounding breadth of interest and depth of analysis that covers over 50 years of psychology's recent development. A gifted and sensitive observer of the discipline, he brooked no fuzzy theorizing and tolerated neither pompous scientism nor faddish relativism. At home in psychoanalytic formulations as well as the scientific heartland of psychology, his analysis stands the test of time and remains an important guidepost to the discipline that psychology might yet be.' Henderikus J. Stam, Editor, Theory & Psychology -- Henderikus J. Stam
Born out of a time when psychology undergraduates actually read Freud, when philosophy and psychology departments regularly held joint seminars and theoretical work on the foundations of psychology was a valued academic activity, reading Maze's collected works could make one very nostalgic. In a comprehensive and sustained investigation that traverses behaviourism and psychoanalysis, through the so called cognitive revolution' to the post-structuralism of Derrida, Maze restores the rigour of philosophical analysis to the often unquestioned foundations of the major psychologies of the 20th century. This meticulously edited collection of papers ought to be required reading for a new generation of psychologists, psychoanalysts and philosophers. If the future of psychology is not to repeat the logical impasses and fruitless debates of its fragmented past, Maze's work is essential. Andrew J. Lewis, Deakin University, Australia -- Professor Andrew J. Lewis

About Dr Rachael Henry

Rachael Henry is an object relations child psychotherapist in private practice in Australia. She is also Director of the Institute of Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Sydney. She is the author of Psychodynamic Foundations of Morality, several book chapters and is an experienced teacher in clinical psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Rachael Henry; Psychological Theory: The Concept of Motivation; Introduction by Rachael Henry; J.R. Maze (1952) Instincts and impulses. Australian Journal of Psychology, 4, 77-93.; J.R. Maze (1953) On some corruptions of the doctrine of homeostasis.; Psychological Review, 60, 405-412.; J. R. Maze (1954) Do intervening variables intervene? Psychological Review, 61, 226-234.; J. R. Maze (1973) The concept of attitude. Inquiry, 16, 168-205.; J. R. Maze (1987a) The composition of the ego in a deterministic psychology. In Wm. J. Baker et al. (Eds.) Current Issues in Psychological Theory. Elsevier Science Publishers B. V. (North Holland).; Maze, J.R. (1987b) John Anderson: Implications of his philosophic views for psychology. Dialectic, 30 50-59.; Epistemology and the Nature of Cognition; Introduction by Rachael Henry; J. R. Maze (1991) Representationism, realism and the redundancy of 'mentalese.' Theory & Psychology, 1, 163-185.; J. R. Maze & R. M. Henry (1996a) Psychoanalysis, epistemology and intersubjectivity: theories of Wilfred Bion. Theory & Psychology, 6, 401-421.; J. R. Maze (2001) Social constructionism, deconstructionism and some requirements of discourse. Theory & Psychology, 11, 393-417.; Psychoanalytic Metapsychology; Introduction by Rachael Henry; J. R. Maze (1993) The complementarity of object-relations and instinct theory. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74, 459-470.; J. R. Maze & R. M. Henry (1996b) Problems in the concept of repression and proposals for their resolution. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 77, 1085-1100.; Psychoanalytic Readings of Literature, History and Art; Introduction by Rachael Henry; J. R. Maze (1995) Psychoanalytical literary criticism and the interpretation of fantasy. Australian Journal of Psychotherapy.; J. R. Maze (1979) Doctoevsky's problems with the concept of conscience: Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov. International Review of Psychoanalysis, 6, 499-509.; J. R. Maze (1981b) Epilepsy, mysticism and homosexuality in Dostoevsky's life and work. American Imago, 38, 155-183.; J. R. Maze (1981a) Classical female Oedipal themes in To the Lighthouse. International Review of Psychoanalysis, 8, 155-171.; J. R. Maze (1983) Virginia Woolf: Ideas of marriage and death in The Voyage Out. International Review of Psychoanalysis, 10, 95-104.; J.R. Maze (1973) A grammar of painting? Arna, 19, 26-32.;.J. R. Maze & G. J. White (1981) Harold L. Ickes: a psychohistorical perspective. The Journal of Psychohistory, 8, 421-446.

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NPB9780826435514
9780826435514
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Psychologies of Mind: The Collected Papers of John Maze by Dr Rachael Henry
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2009-03-20
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