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Personality and Ideology

Towards a Materialist Understanding of the Individual

  • Textbook
  • © 1984

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Authors:
  1. Peter Leonard
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Part of the book series: Critical Texts in Social Work and the Welfare State (CTSWWS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: The Need for a Materialist Understanding of the Individual

    1. Introduction: The Need for a Materialist Understanding of the Individual

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 1-8

  3. Materialism and Psychological Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Limitations of Psychology

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 11-38

    3. Materialism, Instinct and Intention

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 39-75

    4. Personality Theory from within Historical Materialism

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 76-101

    5. Key Concepts in a Materialist Analysis

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 102-118

  4. Personality Development Within Capitalism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Entering the Social Order

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 121-152

    3. Working in the Social Order

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 153-179

    4. Marginality in the Social Order

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 180-201

    5. Personality Development and Collective Action

      • Peter Leonard
      Pages 202-217

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 218-228
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... This is a powerful, well-written and sensitive text. It will and should become an essential text for all those seeking a career in applied psychology, most especially those who see their work currently in terms of individual needs and individual pathology.' Stephen J.Murgatroyd BPS Bulletin.

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