The Global Origins of Psychology

Neurology, Language and Culture in the Ancient World
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-49945-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 587 g

Reihe: A New History of Western Psychology

This book offers a historical introduction to the remote origins of psychology, and is the first book in a series on the history of the subject. Combining a deep history approach with the study of ancient civilisations, it places psychology in a historical and global context using rigorous academic research.

This book begins by separating the Greek components of psychology – psyche and logos – in order to trace their histories, separate and together, through the global Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The author develops a toolkit by deconstructing the writing of history, modern psychology, and analysis of culture, and by introducing theories from neuroscience and cultural psychology that can be tested against the data. He then takes readers on a journey back in time, from the borders of our current climatic envelope (the Holocene) towards the present, through Ancient Iraq, Egypt, Israel, and China. Each chapter deepens the reader’s understanding of psychology in its global context outside the boundaries of Western culture. In so doing, the book initiates a post-colonial re-narration showing that the story of psychology is wider and deeper than many contemporary origin stories suggest.

Presented in an accessible manner, this is an excellent resource for students of psychology, philosophy, history, linguistics, archaeology, and anthropology, as well as general readers who want to learn more about the origins of this fascinating subject.

This title precedes Shamanism and Psychology in Ancient Greece and India: The Evolution of Psyche, which applies the same framework to the Indo-European world.

Zielgruppe

AS/A2, General, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valentine, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: Toolkit

1. History

2. Psychology

3. Culture

Part 2: Workshop

4. New stones, new cosmos

5. Ancient Iraq

6. Ancient Egypt

7. Ancient Israel

8. Ancient China

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Valentine is a researcher and cultural consultant for the induction of international students into UK universities, and has extensive experience leading multimedia online education platforms. He has published essays, articles, and policy pieces for higher education in physics, psychology and religious studies. He is a member of the British Psychological Society as an occupational consultant with experience in developing and applying intelligence and personality profiling products. Before moving into psychology, his academic background was in philosophy and the natural sciences.