In Resituating Humanistic Psychology, Patrick Whitehead and Miles Groth urge psychologists to return to the aims and goals of the psychology as it first emerged. In the past 130 years, the field has veered greatly from its initial conception. To illustrate this, Whitehead and Groth trace the growth of the discipline from its conception in the late 1800s to the humanistic revolution of the 1960s to the current period of social unrest. They touch on Wilhelm Wundt's and William James's vision for the field; the lasting changes made to clinical psychology, methods of investigation, and psychology of learning in the 60s; and the effects of isolation, extreme connectivity, and social politics on psychology today. This book is recommended for scholars and students of psychology, history, and philosophy.
Resituating Humanistic Psychology : Finding Meaning in an Age of Medicalization, Digitization, and Identity Politics