Critical Reviews of Recent Books

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(Strong, Edward K., Jr. Psychological Aspects of Business. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1938. Pp. 629.) Reviewed by Herbert Moore

(Brown, J. F. Psychology and the Social Order. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936. Pp. 529.) Reviewed by Lawrence M. Baker     

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(Ellis, H. My Life: Autobiography. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1939.) Reviewed by Goodwin Watson

(Wechsler, David. The Measurement of Adult Intelligence. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1939. Pp. 229.) Reviewed by     

Critical Reviews of Recent Books

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(Katz, D., & Schanck, R. L. Social Psychology. New York: Wiley, 1938. Pp. 700.) Reviewed by Gladys C. Schwesinger     

Critical Reviews of Recent Books

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(Burrow, Trigant. The Biology of Human Conflict. New York: Macmillan, 1937. Pp. 435.) Reviewed by Jane Darroch     

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(Allport, Floyd H. Theories of Perception and the Concept of Structure. New York: Wiley, 1955. Pp. 709.) Reviewed by Ralphf. Hefferline     

Books Reviews

Books reviewed:
Dennis Des Chene, Spirits and Clocks: Machine and Organism in Descartes
Jorge Secada, Cartesian Metaphysics: the Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy
James Van Cleve, Problems from Kant
Sandra Jane Fairbanks, Kantian Moral Theory and the Destruction of the Self
Philip Stratton-Lake, Kant, Duty and Moral Worth
Frederick Neuhouser Foundations of Hegel's Social Theory: Actualizing Freedom
Dermot Moran, Introduction to Phenomenology
Eli Friedlander, Signs of Sense: Reading Wittgenstein's Tractatus
Alexander Bird, Thomas Kuhn
Gabriel Segal, A Slim Book about Narrow Content
Nuel Belnap, Michael Perloff and Ming Xu, Facing the Future: Agents and Choices in our Indeterminist World     

Reviews: Books

ZEN MASTERS: A MAVERICK, A MASTER OF MASTERS, AND A WANDERING POET. By John Stevens, 161 pp. Kodansha International: Tokyo/NY/London, 1999. $13.00. THE DEVELOPING MIND: TOWARD A NEUROBIOLOGY OF INTERPERSONAL EXPERIENCE. By Daniel J. Siegel. 394 pp. New York: The Guilford Press, 1999. $37.95. JESUS: A PSYCHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY. By Donald Capps. 288 pp. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2000. $29.99.     

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THE MYSTICAL MIND: PROBING THE BIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. By Eugene d'Aquili and Andrew Newberg. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1999. $20.00. WHY GOD WON'T GO AWAY: BRAIN SCIENCE AND THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF. By Eugene d'Aquili and Andrew Newberg. New York: Ballantine Books, 2001. $14.00. THE TREE AS IT IS: NEW AND SELECTED HAIKU POETRY. By Bernard l. Einbond. 73 pp. Red Moon Press, 2000. $12.00. FEMALE SEXUALITY: CONTEMPORARY ENGAGEMENTS. Edited by Donna Bassin. 507 pp. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1999. $60.00. DAMANGED BONDS. By Michael Eigen. 179 pp. London & New York: Karnac Books. $29.95. TRANSCENDING: REFLECTIONS OF CRIME VICTIMS. By Howard Zehr. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2001. $18.95. ATTACHMENT THEORY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS. By Peter Fonagy. 261 pp. New York: Other Press, 2001. $35.00.THE HANDY RELIGION ANSWER BOOK. By John Renard. 582 pp. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 2002. $21.95.THE MANY FACES OF FAITH: A GUIDE TO WORLD RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS. By Richard R. Losch. 187 pp. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001. $19.00. THE BRONTES AND RELIGION. By Marianne Thornmahlen. 287 pp. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. $60.00.     

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ATTACKED BY POISON IVY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING. By Ann Belford Ullanov, 203 pp. York Beach, ME: Nicholas-Hays, Inc., 2001. $18.95. WHERE WAS GOD ON SEPTEMBER 11? SEEDS OF FAITH AND HOPE. By Donald B. Kraybill and Linda Gehman Peachy (Eds.). Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2002. $10.95. GENETIC TURNING POINTS: THE ETHICS OF HUMAN GENETIC INTERVENTION. By James C. Peterson. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm B. Eerdmans Year, 2001. $22.00. RELIGIOUS THERAPEUTICS: BODY AND HEALTH IN YOGA, AYURVEDA, AND TANTRA. By Gregory P. Fields. 222 pp. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001. $17.95. TRANSCENDING: REFLECTIONS OF CRIME VICTIMS. By Howard Zehr. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2001. $18.95. SANDPLAY THERAPY, A STEP-BY-STEP MANUAL FOR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS OF DIVERSE ORIENTATIONS. By Barbara Labovitz Boik and E. Anna Goodwin, 278 pp. New York: W. W. Norton &; Company, 2000. $35.00. CELTIC PARABLES. By Robert Van De Weyer, 64 pp. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. $10.00. SECOND OPINION: REFLECTING ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BIOETHICS. By Bruce Hilton. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001. $12.00. PROTECTING THE EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ILL CHILD: THE ESSENCE OF THE CHILD LIFE PROFESSION. By Evelyn K. Oremland, Ph.D., edited by Jerome D. Oremland, M.D., 266 pp. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press, 2000. $45.00.     

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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND BUDDHISM: AN UNFOLDING DIALOGUE. Edited by Jeremy D. Safran. 443 pp. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003. 19.95 (paperback). THE HOUSE OF JOSHUA. By Mindy Thompson Fullilove. 160 pp. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. $. MAGIC OF THE ORDINARY: RECOVERING THE SHAMANIC IN JUDAISM. By Gershon Winkler. Pp Place: North Atlantic Books, 2003. $. RAISING AMERICA: EXPERTS, PARENTS AND A CENTURY OF ADVICE ABOUT CHILDREN, by Ann Hulbert. 450 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. $27.50.. HONKY. By Dalton Conley. 207 pp. New York: Vintage Books, 2001. $12.00.     

Books Reviews Section

Book reviews in this article: Hill , Thomas M., Haynes , W. Warren and Baumgartel , Howard with the collaboration of Samuel Paul. Vroom , Victor H. and Yetton , Philip W. Leadership and Decision-making. Fleishman , Edwin A. and Hunt , James G. (Editors) Current Developments in the Study of Leadership. Roeber , Richard J. C. The Organization in a Changing Environment. Galbraith , Jay . Designing Complex Organizations. Tagliere , Daniel A. People, Power and Organization. Wolman , Benjamin B. Victims of Success: Emotional Problems of Executives. Jun , Jong S. and Storm , William B. Tomorrow's Organizations: Challenges and Strategies. Dunnette , Marvin D. (Editor) Work and Nonwork in the Year 2001. Rush , Harold M. F. Organization Development: A Reconnaissance. Partin , J. Jennings . (Editor) Current Perspectives in Organization Development. Pfeiffer , J. William and Jones , John E. (Editors) A Handbook of Structured Experiences for Human Relations Training. Engel , Herbert M. Handbook of Creative Learning Exercises. Drake , Richard I. and Smith , Peter J. Behavioural Science in Industry. Fleishman , Edwin A. and Bass , Alan R. (Editors) Studies in Personnel and Industrial Psychology. Davis , Gary A. Psychology of Problem Solving: Theory and Practice. Koberg , Don and Bagnall , Jim . The Universal Traveler: A Companion for Those on Problem-solving Journeys and a Soft-systems Guidebook to the Process of Design. Seidenberg , Robert . Corporate Wives–Corporate Casualties? Jain , Harish C. and Jain , Hem C. Staffing an Organization. Hampton , David R., Summer , Charles E. and Webber , Ross A. Organizational Behavior and the Practice of Management. Hepner , Harry W. Psychology Applied to Life and Work. Marks , Winifred . Preparing an Employee Handbook. Bowley , Arthur . Salary Structures for Management Careers. Mörgan , Henry H. and Cogger , John W. The Interviewer's Manual. Blase , Melvin G. Institution Building: A Source Book. Rosenzweig , Mark R. and Porter , Lyman W. (Editors) Annual Review of Psychology     

Reviews: Books

SCHOPENHAUER'S PORCUPINES: INTIMACY AND ITS DILEMMAS. By Deborah Anna Luepnitz. 275 pp. New York: Basic Books, 2002. $25.00. CITY OF ONE A MEMOIR. By Francine Cournos. 253 pp. New York: Plume, 2000. $12.95. YIDDISHE KOP: CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IN JEWISH LEARNING, LORE, AND HUMOR. By Rabbi Nilton Bonder. Boston: Shambhala, 1999.     

Reviews: Books Photography

RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: THE EMERGENCE OF A TRADITION. Edited by Stephen A. Mitchell and Lewis Aron. 514 pp. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, 1999. $39.95. D.H. LAWRENCE AND THE PARADOXES OF PSYCHIC LIFE. By Barbara Ann Schapiro. 155 pp. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. $17.95. TECHNOLOGY AS MAGIC: THE TRIUMPH OF THE IRRATIONAL. By Richard Stivers. 240 pp. New York: Continuum Press. 1999. $24. REFLECTIONS ON A RAVAGED CENTURY. By Robert Conquest. 317 pp. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000, $27.95. THE MYSTERIES WITHIN A SURGEON REFLECTS ON MEDICAL MYTHS. By Sherwin B. Nuland. 274 pp. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000, $24.00. DISEASE, PAIN, AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR. By Elisabeth Stenager and Egon Stenager. 127 pp. New York: The Haworth Medical Press, 1998. $17.95. TRAUMA ASSESSMENTS: A CLINICIAN'S GUIDE. By E. B. Carlson. 307 pp. New York: The Guilford Press, 1997. $30. ON INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD: AN ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOK. By David A. Freedman, M.D. 247 pp. Madison: International Universities Press, Inc., 1999. $27.95. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE. By Mitch Albom. 192 pp. New York: Doubleday, 1997. $21. THE SORROWS OF THE QUAKER JESUS; JAMES NAYLER AND THE PURITAN CRACKDOWN ON THE FREE SPIRIT. By Leo Damrosch. 322 pp. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, $39.95. THE PASTORAL CARE OF DEPRESSION: A GUIDEBOOK. By Binford W. Gilbert. 127 pp. New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press, 1998. $19.95. LEARNING DISABILITIES AND PSYCHIC CONFLICT: A PSYCHOANALYTIC CASEBOOK. By Arden Aibel Rothstein, Ph.D., and Jules Glenn, M.D. 504 pp. Madison: International Universities Press, Inc., 1999. $78. HAUNTED CHILDREN: RETHINKING MEDICATION OF COMMON PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS. By Arthur F. Roemmelt, MD. 196 pp. New York: State University of New York Press, 1998. $17.95. NAVIGATING THE DEEP RIVER: SPIRITUALITY IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES. By Archie Smith, Jr. 181 pp. Cleveland, Ohio: United Church Press, 1997. $15.95. AL-JUNUN: MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD. Edited by Ihsan Al-Issa. 382 pp. Madison: International Universities Press, 2000. $48. Witnessing the Lack of Sanctuary     

Book Reviews and Books Received

Elizabeth Richardson: The Teacher, the School and the Task of Management. London: Heinemann, 1973. £5.

Elizabeth Richardson: Authority and Organisation in the Secondary School. London: Macmillan, 1975. £2.25.

Gerry Stimson and Barbara Webb: Going to See the Doctor: the Consultation Process in General Practice. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. £4.95.

G. Rose and T.F. Marshall (eds.): Counselling and School Social Work. Chichester: Wiley, 1975. £6.50.

Paul Kline: Psychology of Vocational Guidance. London: Batsford, 1975. £5.50.

H.D. Burck, H.F. Cottingham, and R.C. Reardon: Counselling and Accountability: Methods and Critique. New York: Pergamon, 1973. £3.

A.W. Bolger: Child Study and Guidance in Schools. London: Constable, 1975. £5 hardback; £2.95 paperback.