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Uncovering lives
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- Book Synopsis
- Psychobiography is often attacked by critics who feel that it trivialises complex adult personalities, `explaining the large deeds of great individuals,' as George Will wrote, `by some slight the individual suffered at a tender age - say, 7, when his mother took away a lollipop.' Yet, as Alan Elms argues in Uncovering Lives, in the hands of a skilled practictioner, psychobiography can rival the very best traditional biography in the insights it offers. In presenting his case Elms offers his own vivid psychological portraits of prominent personality theorists (Freud, Jung, Allport, Skinner), imaginative writers (including Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson, L. Frank Baum, and Vladimir Nabokov), and political figures (such as George Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Saddam Hussein).
- About The Author
- Alan C. Elms is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Personality in Politics and other books, as well as many articles in popular magazines and professional journals.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780195113792
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (04 September 1997)
- Number of Pages
- 328
- Weight
- 467 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 228 x 147 x 24.6 mm
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