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Psychology's sanction for selfishness : the error of egoism in theory and therapy

Title
Psychology's sanction for selfishness : the error of egoism in theory and therapy / Michael A. Wallach and Lise Wallach.
Author
Wallach, Michael A.
Publication
San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, ©1983.

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Additional Authors
Wallach, Lise.
Description
xi, 307 pages; 21 cm
Series Statement
A Series of books in psychology
Uniform Title
Series of books in psychology
Subject
  • Psychology > Philosophy
  • Self-interest
  • Egoism
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Humanistic psychology
  • Behaviorism (Psychology)
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Ego
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Behaviorism
  • psychoanalysis
  • philosophy
  • psychology
  • 77.02 philosophy and theory of psychology
  • Egoism
  • Humanistic psychology
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychology > Philosophy
  • Self-interest
  • Egoismus
  • Psychologie
  • Egoïsme
  • Motivatie
  • Psychoanalyse
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 275-296.
Contents
Should we be "looking out for number one"? -- Freud and the selfishness legacy: Freud's basic ideas -- Freud and the selfishness legacy: why did Freud think this way? -- Freud and the selfishness legacy: other forms of motivation -- Sullivan, Horney, and Fromm: the significance of the social -- Sullivan, Horney, and Fromm: opposing prescriptions and restraints, promoting self-realization -- Maslow and Rogers: further calls to actualize and be oneself -- Maslow and Rogers: determination from within ourselves, not from outside -- Current academic psychology on human conduct -- Must psychology promote selfishness? the assumption of egoism -- Must psychology promote selfishness? therapeutic benefits from turning outward -- The place of ethics.
ISBN
  • 0716714663
  • 9780716714668
  • 0716714655
  • 9780716714651
LCCN
82018391
OCLC
  • ocm08927954
  • 8927954
  • SCSB-612612
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library