{"product_id":"the-global-origins-of-psychology-9781032499444","title":"The Global Origins of Psychology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a historical introduction to the remote origins of psychology, and is the first book in a series on the history of the subject. Combining a deep history approach with the study of ancient civilisations, it places psychology in a historical and global context using rigorous academic research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book begins by separating the Greek components of psychology  psyche and logos  in order to trace their histories, separate and together, through the global Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The author develops a toolkit by deconstructing the writing of history, modern psychology, and analysis of culture, and by introducing theories from neuroscience and cultural psychology that can be tested against the data. He then takes readers on a journey back in time, from the borders of our current climatic envelope (the Holocene) towards the present, through Ancient Iraq, Egypt, Israel, and China. Each chapter deepens the reader's understanding of psychology in its global conte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spellbinding, unique, and original, \u003ci\u003eThe Global Origins of Psychology \u003c\/i\u003estuns me with this fresh look into the ancient study of \u003cem\u003epsyche\u003c\/em\u003e. What is true of \u003ci\u003epsyche\u003c\/i\u003e is also true of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e: word, reason, argument, language, theory, the laws to be discovered, the human capacity for accessing experience and penetrating to its underlying laws – all the senses of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e – predate Greek philosophy. The journey of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e through the Fertile Crescent, Ancient Iraq, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, and Ancient China delineates a new world map so that we understand how we reason in our mind in different areas of the world, historically, and cross-culturally.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuyu Hung\u003c\/b\u003e, Distinguished Professor, National Chiayi University, Taiwan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Valentine provides a readable, fascinating review of the psyche through time, a sweeping tapestry of cultural and historic shifts in understanding the laterality of the brain. He brings forward ancient views of the mind and offers a thought provoking and insightful perspective on the challenges humanity has encountered and still faces.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarcia Narvaez\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Notre Dame, USA, and author of \u003ci\u003eNeurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Toolkit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. History \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Psychology \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Culture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Workshop\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. New stones, new cosmos \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Ancient Iraq \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Ancient Egypt \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Ancient Israel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Ancient China \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019090592087,"sku":"9781032499444","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032499444.jpg?v=1750779272","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-global-origins-of-psychology-9781032499444","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}