| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (127 pages) |
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text file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
In Admirable Evasions, Theodore Dalrymple explains why human self-understanding has not been bettered by the false promises of the different schools of psychological thought. Most psychological explanations of human behavior are not only ludicrously inadequate oversimplifications, argues Dalrymple, they are socially harmful in that they allow those who believe in them to evade personal responsibility for their actions and to put the blame on a multitude of scapegoats: on their childhood, their genes, their neurochemistry, even on evolutionary pressures. Dalrymple reveals how the fashionable sch. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Self-perception.
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Self-perception. |
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Self-reliance.
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Self-reliance. |
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Psychotherapy.
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Psychotherapy. |
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Psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalysis. |
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Psychology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Psychology -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dalrymple, Theodore. Admirable evasions. First American edition. New York ; London : Encounter Books, [2015] 9781594037870 (DLC) 2014037247 (OCoLC)884814966 |
| ISBN |
9781594037887 (electronic book) |
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1594037884 (electronic book) |
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9781322955063 (MyiLibrary e-book) |
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1322955069 (MyiLibrary e-book) |
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9781594037870 |
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1594037876 |
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