Studies the burgeoning field of psychohistory - from Freud, its primogenitor, to its present-day academic practitioners - and argues that little, if any, psychohistory is good history. The author systematically points out the pitfalls, sheer irrationality, and ultimately ahistorical nature of this mode of historical inquiry.
| ISBN: | 9780195027358 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 1980 |
| Author: | David E Stannard |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
History: theory and methods Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology |
Studies the burgeoning field of psychohistory - from Freud, its primogenitor, to its present-day academic practitioners - and argues that little, if any, psychohistory is good history. The author systematically points out the pitfalls, sheer irrationality, and ultimately ahistorical nature of this mode of historical inquiry.
Shrinking History features in the following genres: History: theory and methods, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology
Shrinking History is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook
Shrinking History was written by David E Stannard and published by Oxford University Press Inc
Shrinking History has 208 pages