Doubt: A Psychological Exploration

ISBN-13: 9781032252049 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 200 str.

UK) Beattie Geoffrey (Edge Hill University

Opis

Blending the latest academic research with case studies of famous figures, this highly insightful book presents ‘doubt’ as a central concept for psychology. It is a concept which has been oddly neglected in the past, despite its ubiquitous nature and far-reaching influence.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  1. Introduction: The Nature and Meaning of Doubt  2. Alone in Doubt  3. Jung’s Dream  4. Feeling Like a Fraud  5. ‘I, the King’  6. The Perils of a Doubt-Free Life  7. Treating Doubt the Hard Way  8. Manufacturing Doubt  9. Our House is on Fire  10. Concluding Remarks  References  Index

O autorze

Geoffrey Beattie is a prize-winning academic, author and broadcaster. He received his PhD from Trinity College Cambridge and is now Professor of Psychology at Edge Hill University, as well as fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Arts.