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"In this Beginner's Psychology I have tried to write, as nearly as might be, the kind of book that I should have found useful when I was beginning my own study of psychology. Hence I have, in this book, written an inordinately long introduction, and have kept continually harping on the difference between fact and meaning. I try to make the reader see clearly what I take Science to be. The present work has its due share of the mistakes and minor contradictions that are inevitable to a first writing; at many points it falls short of my intention, and I daresay that the intention itself is not within measurable distance of the ideal. It is, nevertheless, the best I can do at the time; and it is also, I repeat, the kind of book that I should have liked to have when I began psychologising. Psychological text-books usually contain a chapter on the physiology of the central nervous system. The reader will find no such chapter here; for I hold, and have always held, that the student should get his elementary knowledge of neurology, not at second hand from the psychologist, but at first hand from the physiologist. I have added to every chapter a list of Questions, looking partly to increase of knowledge, but especially to a test of the reader's understanding of what he has just read. I have also added a list of References for further reading. It depends upon the maturity and general mental habit of the student whether these references--made as they are, in many cases, to authors who do not agree either with one another or with the text of the book--should be followed up at once, or only after the text itself has been digested"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
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What is there left to say about the human condition after the so-called "end of anthropology"? Never before have conceptions of what it means to be a human being been as diverse and fragmented as in the late modern age - with severe consequences for democratic discourse and liberal, "Western" societies as a whole. Examining the work of American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), the book presents new insights into the intersection of anthropological thought and ethical orientation. Niebuhr, motivated by his perception of profound political and social crises in "Western" societies, develops an innovative, pragmatic and "realistic" type of theological anthropology. His anthropological approach functions as the basis of a much larger endeavor: rescuing Christianity and democracy itself. Reading Niebuhr today opens up a refreshing perspective on current debates on public theology and the so-called "crisis of democracy". In this context, the book argues, theological anthropology can be reclaimed as an essential social resource: It offers a comprehensive understanding of human nature both at its best and at its worst, providing the indispensable basis for the survival and vitality of democracy.
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