Does a proper respect for science require psychologists to view
man as an impotent reactor whose responses are completely
determined by his physical constitution and the forces impinging
upon him? In this wise and well-argued book, Isidor Chein invites
his readers to lift their eyes from experimental research for a
time to consider the relationship between science and the image of
man.
Few psychologists, even the most gifted and dedicated among
them, pause to consider the philosophical underpinnings of their
work. It is almost as though the humanist secretly lurking in each
of them is fearful of the bad news he might finally be forced to
accept--that man is essentially an exquisitely complicated robot.
This fear is misplaced and harmful. It is largely responsible for
the disturbing fact that scientific psychology has produced, in
Chein's estimate, so little that is relevant to the humanities, so
little, as he puts it, "that has lived up to psychology's promise
to itself."
What must be more widely understood is that it does not follow
that behavioral law is reducible to physiological law, or that
physiological law is reducible to physical law. With an
uncompromising commitment to scientific method, Chein shows that,
when closely analyzed, there is actually no need to assume an
unbridgeable gap between scientific psychology and psychoanalytic,
humanistic psychology. This is a lucid and powerful theoretical
work of importance for scholars in all fields sharing the belief
that the proper study of mankind is man.
"The Science of Behavior and the Image of Man "is written by the
most intellectually stimulating and respected representative of
scientific humanistic psychology.""--Robert B. Holt, Professor of
Psychology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "New York
University"
"Isidor Chein" was professor of psychology at the Research
Center for Human Relations, New York University. He is the author
of "The Road to H, The Reactions of Jewish Boys to Various Aspects
of Being Jewish," and "The Family of the Addict."
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