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The Hidden Roots of Critical Psychology - Understanding the Impact of Locke, Shaftesbury and Reid (Paperback)
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`Billig's is a fascinating work of brilliant scholarship. It is
written in an elegant style, spiced with humour, and gives one the
feeling that it was a labour of love. It can be recommended without
reservation' - Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
`This is a quite extraordinary and original book. Billig has
managed seamlessly to interweave History of Philosophy, History of
Psychology, Critical Psychology and a deep grasp of the social
nature of language and, moreover, do so in a very readable fashion'
- Graham Richards, Formerly Professor of History of Psychology,
Staffordshire University and Director of the British Psychological
Society History of Psychology Centre, London `I can't quite capture
how much I enjoyed this book. In beautiful, witty prose and through
exemplary scholarship, Billig has produced an historical work that
engages with profoundly important ideas not just for contemporary
critical psychology but for psychology in general. Books as good as
this are rare' - Alan Collins, Senior Lecturer in Psychology,
Lancaster University Today new forms of critical psychology are
challenging the cognitive revolution that has dominated psychology
for the past three decades. This book explores the historical roots
of these new psychologies. It demonstrates that their ideas are not
quite as new as is often supposed. In the early modern period,
thinkers like the Earl of Shaftesbury and Thomas Reid reacted
against Locke's cognitive psychology in ways that were surprisingly
modern, if not post-modern. However, until now, they have been
virtually written out of psychology's history. It is now time to
recognize the great originality of their psychological thinking.
Writing in a non-technical style, Michael Billig seeks to overturn
the dominant views of psychology's history. In so doing, he gives a
fascinating account of the times, bringing psychology's hidden past
vividly back to life.
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