Abstract
ABOUT fifteen years ago Prof. Scripture, of Yale, published his book upon “The New Psychology.” The psychology which was “new” then was experimental psychology; now the new psychology is something very different—the study of the non-rational processes of the human mind. Most of the material of Mr. Tansley's book consists in theories which are contained in the works of Prof. Freud, of Vienna; of Dr. Jung, of Zurich; and of Mr. William McDougall, who is just now leaving Oxford to settle at Harvard. The work of these three researchers has achieved world-wide renown; Mr. Tansley has done a good service in presenting some important elements of them in a compact and readable form. Mr. McDougall's books are accessible enough, but the views of the two Continental savants are scattered through various publications in a way which is rather baffling to the English reader. With the help of Mr. Tansley anyone can now make himself acquainted with the main points at issue.
The New Psychology and its Relation to Life.
By A. G. Tansley. Pp. 283. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1920.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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H., H. The New Psychology and its Relation to Life . Nature 105, 770–771 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105770a0
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