Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology

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	"Uses an examination of controversies in psychology's past and present to draw lessons about the nature of psychology as a reflexive human science"

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	"Uses analysis of psychology's history to inform an understanding of current theoretical positions in the discipline"

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	"A wide ranging examination of the reflexive nature of psychology, and of how that influences its claims about human nature"

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	"An edited collection that surveys the breadth of critical thought and practice in psychology"

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	"Focussing on applied areas of psychology, this gives a coherent picture of the influence of social context on the development of psychology"

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	"Now much more accessible for the student or casual reader, this gives an excellent overview of the fundamental philosophical and conceptual issues in psychology"

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	"Covers a range of key issues in psychology. More concrete than the Bem & de Jong, and at a more introductory level, but not as integrated in its coverage."

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	"Not cheap in the UK, but to my mind the best general history of psychology, focussing on the social context of psychology's development."

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	"There are many general histories of psychology. This is one of the better ones, as is..."

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	"...this one"

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	"As close to a standard in history of psychology textbooks as you'll find"

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	"Any list like this has to have at least one book by Kurt Danziger. Naming the Mind looks at the contingent nature of psychology's categories"

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	"A good standard coverage of conceptual and historical issues in psychology, but to my mind doesn't look enough at the socially embedded nature of psychology"