The Dilemma and Way Out of the Modern Psychological Paradigm: A Study of Postmodern Psychological Thought

Author: Gao Fengqiang
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: Based on a wealth of primary sources, the author analyzes the sociocultural, philosophical, scientific, and psychological backgrounds of postmodern psychology. He attempts to elucidate the historical logic, methodology, research orientation, and theoretical construction of postmodern psychological thought from a dialectical materialist perspective. The book critiques the negation of modern scientific psychology by postmodern psychology, explores its connections with behaviorism, psychoanalysis, and humanistic psychology, and uncovers the postmodern perspectives of psychoanalysis and the postmodern implications of humanistic psychology. It both affirms the positive significance of postmodern psychological thought and identifies its limitations and future prospects.