More examples, less theory : historical studies of writing psychology / Michael Billig.

In his new book, Michael Billig uses psychology's past to argue that nowadays, when we write about the mind, we should use more examples and less theory. He provides a series of historical studies, analysing how key psychological writers used examples. Billig offers new insights about famous analyst...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Billig, Michael (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Psychology > Authorship.
Psychology > Authorship > Case studies.
Communication in psychology.
Psychology > Research.
Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:viii, 285 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Locke and Shaftesbury: foster father and foster son
  • Tucker and James: in the same stream of thought
  • Freud: writing to reveal and to conceal himself
  • Lacan: an ego in pursuit of the ego
  • Lewin: is there nothing as practical as a good example?
  • Tajfel and Bernstein: the limits of theory
  • Jahoda: the ultimate example
  • Concluding remarks.