Uncovering Lives

The Uneasy Alliance of Biography and Psychology
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-19-511379-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 534 g

Psychobiography is often attacked by critics who feel that it trivialises complex adult personalities, `explaining the large deeds of great individuals,' as George Will wrote, `by some slight the individual suffered at a tender age - say, 7, when his mother took away a lollipop.' Yet, as Alan Elms argues in Uncovering Lives, in the hands of a skilled practictioner, psychobiography can rival the very best traditional biography in the insights it offers.

In presenting his case Elms offers his own vivid psychological portraits of prominent personality theorists (Freud, Jung, Allport, Skinner), imaginative writers (including Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson, L. Frank Baum, and Vladimir Nabokov), and political figures (such as George Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Saddam Hussein).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elms, Alan C.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie Psychologische Diagnostik, Testpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Über Autor(innen)

Alan C. Elms is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Personality in Politics and other books, as well as many articles in popular magazines and professional journals.