Putting Psychology in its Place: Critical Historical Perspectives

The third edition of Putting Psychology in its Place builds on the previous two editions, introducing the history of Psychology and placing the discipline within a historical context. It aims both to answer and raise questions about the role of Psychology in modern society by critically examining issues such as how Psychology developed, why psychoanalysis had such an impact and how the discipline has changed to deal with social issues such as religion, race and gender.This new third edition contains two completely new chapters: "Emotion: The Problem or the Whole Point?" and "Funding and Institutional Factors." An expanded epilogue has also been added which incorporates a discussion of the conceptual issues raised in the book and which corresponds with the new BPS requirements for undergraduate courses. Other chapters, including those on Psychology and the Brain, Social Psychology and the Psychology of madness, as well those on gender, religion and race have also been substantially revised.Putting Psychology in its Place is imaginatively written and accessible to all. It is an invaluable introductory text for undergraduate students of the history of Psychology and will also appeal to postgraduates, academics and anyone interested in Psychology or the history of science.Richards, Lucy is the author of 'Putting Psychology in its Place: Critical Historical Perspectives', published 2010 under ISBN 9780415455800 and ISBN 0415455804.