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Sigmund Koch (1917-1996) was one of the twentieth century's most
penetrating and wide-ranging critics of the scientistic ambitions
of psychology. Writing in a style sometimes scathing, sometimes
witty, always lucid, he decried any psychology that attempted to
eradicate the human dimension from the study, scientific and
otherwise, of human experience and action. A philosopher and
humanist by nature, Koch also sought to change the multifaceted
field of psychology by moving it closer to the humanities and arts.
The broad scope of essays in "Psychology in Human Context"--which
began as the basis for the eagerly anticipated postscript to Koch's
seminal "Psychology: A Study of a Science"--reveals his writings to
be as fresh and relevant today as ever. Carefully edited by two of
Koch's close associates, this collection places psychological and
philosophical issues in the context of twentieth-century thought
and provides intellectual and moral signposts for future travelers
in what Koch regarded as the irreducibly rich and human realm of
the psychological studies.
Sigmund Koch was University Professor of Psychology and Philosophy
at Boston University, the editor of the landmark six-volume series
"Psychology: A Study of a Science" (1959-1963) and coeditor of "A
Century of Psychology as Science." He served as the president of
three divisions of the American Psychological Association and was
director of the Ford Foundation program in the Humanities and the
Arts (1964-1967).
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