James William Anderson

Psychobiography (eBook, PDF)

In Search of the Inner Life

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Psychobiography is the study, through a psychological lens, of influential and important figures in history, politics, literature, and other fields. A psychological approach is necessary to reveal what moves and motivates these people. Many psychobiographies have been faulty because they throw psychological jargon at their subjects and treat them simplistically. Anderson shows how to study psychobiographical subjects sensitively and compellingly.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197602102
• Artikelnr.: 72258801

Autorenporträt

James William Anderson is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University. There he teaches courses on Personality Psychology and the Psychology of Film. He also serves on the faculty of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. He received degrees from Princeton University, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago. For several decades, as a licensed clinical psychologist, he has conducted psychotherapy. In his research, he focuses on psychobiography and has published pieces on William and Henry James, Abraham Lincoln, Edith Wharton, Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, D. W. Winnicott, Woodrow Wilson, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1 Introduction: In Search of the Inner Life
* Chapter 2 Research, the Foundation of Psychobiography
* Chapter 3 Research Materials of Special Value to the Psychobiographer
* Chapter 4 The Relationship of Psychobiographers with Their Subjects
* Chapter 5 The Relevance of Culture to Psychobiography
* Chapter 6 Use Psychological Theory, Don't Let It Use You
* Chapter 7 Narrative Identity for Psychobiographers (written with Dan
P. McAdams)
* Chapter 8 Analysis and Interpretation in Psychobiography
* Chapter 9 Psychobiography of Literary Artists
* Chapter 10 Executing Psychobiography: The Case of William and Henry
James
* Chapter 11 Why Might a Psychobiography Go Wrong?
* References
* Index