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I've got to give Tom Butler-Bowdon credit. At first I was quite skeptical of his work, as he doesn't really add a lot of value in his writing - he's really just summarizing the works of other writers.However, after reading 50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It and 50 Success Classics: Winning Wisdom for Life and Work from 50 Landmark Books, I've got to give Butler-Bowdon credit for mastering such a large body of knowledge.He focuses on the clear, the practical, the "...
50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing In the Introduction, Butler-Bowdon provides an overview on the development of modern psychology as a field of study, once “early titans” (e.g. Williams James, Sigmund Freud, Jung, and Adler) had written books that the general public could understand. Within the Introduction, he also suggests seven themes that offer different perspectives on “who we...
Provides a crash course in psychology classics. I appreciate that Bowdon also included works not written by psychologists, but which are interesting books on the subject nonetheless. Great for getting to grips with the development of psychology from its inception to the present
Good for starter, It gives you an Eagle's view to a lot of psychology writers. Since I am already into the topic, I find some information, not required, since this book was made to find what you are interested regarding psychology.
Essentially an elaborate Table of Contents—or outline—to help in determining which primary sources to read. It also introduced me to some names I’d previously bypassed, which was a plus.
I loved this book! The summaries are beefy and left me wanting more from each classic. My reading list has expanded yet again, after reading this. It was also really nice to get a refresher on some of the classics I've already read. You can never get enough of those. I'll be moving on to this author's 60 Spiritual Classics next. Woo hoo!
50 Psychology Classics-Who We AreIt is a nice collection of 50 famous psychologists views recommended for psychology and philosophy fans.
Very long audio book...This was the science-literary equivalent of a "NOW! This is what I call Psychology!" album, playing all of the "hits" from the past 175ish years.I did not get the impression that the author/editor themselves knew much about psychology and hadn't worked in the field, but was just reporting their research on others' research. Seeing that the author has also produced similar books but pertaining to philosophy, religion, economics, and so forth, I suppose that makes sense. And...
A fascinating dip into the world of psychology that showed me how much more there is to the subject than I initially thought. Butler-Bowden did a fantastic job of exploring a wide variety of psychological works in just enough detail to teach me something while keeping me interested. Really well done.
This book is an easy introduction to the current state of popular psychology (or rather to the arrival of serious psychological research into mainstream culture). It is particularly valuable for anyone whose education in these matters ended before the massive flow of insights since the early 1980s on sexual difference, techniques of persuasion, emotional intelligence and the actual rather than theoretical workings of the unconscious.A quiet revolution has taken place since the Generation of '68
This book as the title implies, briefly surveys 50 psychology classics. Is the abstractions good enough to provide you with the big picture? I don't think so. I couldn't figure out what the purpose of this book was, yet I managed to add several titles for further readings. Amongst these 50 titles I already have consumed 8 of them and the presentations provided in the book by no means were crafted in a worthy manner. So, I would not recommend this book since it neither provides you with any coher...
The book offers an interesting snapshot on psychology and the self. It's a good starting point to find out basic information about several great minds and ideas, and each subject can be followed up by reading the books related to certain chapters. I specifically liked the parts relating to authentic happiness, the brain and its phantoms, genuineness and non-possessive love, feelings as mirrors of our thoughts, thinking patterns, communicational situations, the differences between the wiring of m...
In an effort to become the supreme expert on everything important within my friend cycle I have been reading smart not hard.To cover the natural sciences I simply read "A short history of nearly everything"; for history a read "The story of man", "The Mental Floss History of the World" and "Fifty Things You Need to Know about World History"; I covered genetics and biology in one with Richard Dawkins "The selfish gene"; Philosophy was more difficult and I might have made the wrong move with "The
This was an interesting book to read especially since it's a book that reviews other books. I think I added 30+ books to my to-read list and im okay with that I love reading. Anyway I would have rated this book higher but the author just pissed me off on a section in which he was describing the biological differences between men and women and because of those physical differences we then cannot be equal on femminists standards...I don't think he quite understands that the equality we seek isn't
I believe that this is a good book for everyone. Is basically a summary of all publications in Psychology and major books, Psychologists of the last century. The trio of Andler, Froyd, Frank are must read as books of their own, however, the EQ, IQ, Ego, Confidence building are also topics that one should cover, if not extensively at least on high-level concepts. Ayn Rand has such big influence in the USA that is another must as for the Kinsey, I saw the movie so its OK. This is a good summary an...
-I am less than half way though this book and i am already totally excited about it. It represents 50 psychological fields illustrated from specialised books in each feild. -I am starting to wonder, as Freud did believe that psychological issues root from repressed sexual feelings, and similarly Alfred Alder came up with the term "inferiorty complex", stating that your sense of inadequecy makes you desire to overachieve, and that the feeling of inferiorty and insecuirty determines the goals of h...
This book serves a great introduction to the field of psychology, offering general brief information about 50 classic psychology books. I'd highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get into the field of psychology, but doesn't know quite where to start. This book has opened many doors for me, as i am now reading on further into books by people such as c.g jung, d. goleman, d. burns, ect. This book will open many doors for anyone interested the in growing field of psychology.
I feel that I’ve missed out on a large part of my education and am only coming to terms now with the breadth of my ignorance in many fields. One of those is Psychology, which up until recently I had mostly disregarded as being philosophy for those not really smart enough to do philosophy. But I’ve found myself becoming increasingly fascinated by the consistent and logically surprising errors we humans are all too prone to. It seems there is more to psychology than either wanting to have sex with...
A good introduction to some of the most prominent figures in Psychology, with a summary of the most important ideas, similar books and a short bio on each of the 50 personalities.Read this if you want a brief intro and lots of recommendations for future lectures.
This book "50 Psychology Classics" is a short cut to the topic of human nature, a summary of 50 psychology classic book by several famous psychology talking about characteristics in human nature, include prejudice, fear, and many other things. It takes time to understand, but it is even harder and take more time to understand if you read the original books that "50 Psychology Classics" has summarized. so if you are interested in the topic of human nature, but you don't want to be professional at...