Fool's Paradise: The Unreal World of Pop Psychology
Through the channels of the mass media, celebrity psychologists urge us to realize that society has robbed us of our authentic selves. That every moral standard or prohibition imposes on our selfhoods. That what we have inherited from the past is false. That we ourselves are the only truth in a...
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Through the channels of the mass media, celebrity psychologists urge us to realize that society has robbed us of our authentic selves. That every moral standard or prohibition imposes on our selfhoods. That what we have inherited from the past is false. That we ourselves are the only truth in a world of lies. That we must challenge "virtually everything." That we must "wip
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ISBN:
9781566636285
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Pages no: 262
Edition language: English
I don't read pop psychology. I read pop neuroscience! This book is a condemnation of pop psych that embodies the reasons I don't read it: Where is the science?!? Show me the peer reviewed journal articles (in, like, JAMA, not New Monterey est Review, thank you very much) or I'm outta here. I agr...