Reviews for A Manual of Psychology

The average rating for A Manual of Psychology based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-01-09 00:00:00 Robert Paun The range of subjects covered by these essays is a tribute to the influence of Freud in so many different aspects of modern culture. The book opens with Fredrick Crews aggressive dismissal of Freud, and superficially he's the only "anti-Freudian" in the book, however many of the contributors reveal their ambiguous attitudes to both Freud and his theories. The overall effect is not a finite answer to either "Whose Freud?" or "Who is Freud?" but a range of possibilities worth pursuing including an invitation to go back to what the man wrote (with its developments, about turns and contradictions) rather than popular ideas about what he might have said. Like many conference proceedings the papers are arranged into sessions and the discussions that followed each set of papers is included.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-09-18 00:00:00 Kenneth Shadford A really good book to understand how our past affects our thoughts and actions. It also helps you to work on your past traumas and heal, so you don't repeat the cycle.