Performing Psychology: A Postmodern Culture of the Mind [Hardcover]

Lois Holzman (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 11, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0415922046 | ISBN-13: 978-0415922043 | Edition: 1

More than an academic critique, Performing Psychology offers a new methodology for understanding human life. Arguing that both psychological activity and its study are essentially performance, Neuman and his colleagues expose the myths of mainstream psychology and the limitations of its postmodern challengers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Performing Psychology: A Postmodern Culture of Mind is a rather unusual hybrid of various strands of critical psychology, including an unusual form of therapy combined with arguments about the nature of performance.
–APA Review of Books

About the Author

Lois Holzman is Director of Educational Programs at the East Side Institute for Short Term Psychotherapy in New York. Among her publications are Schools for Growth: Radical Alternatives to Current Educational Models (1997) and The End of Knowing: A New Developmental Way of Learning, with Fred Newman (Routledge, 1996).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (May 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415922046
• ISBN-13: 978-0415922043
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,531,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lois Holzman is co-founder (with Fred Newman) and director of the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, which for nearly three decades has functioned as an independent research, training and organizing center at the forefront of new approaches to human development, learning, therapeutics and community building. As a leading proponent of a cultural approach to human learning and development, she has made the writings of Lev Vygotsky relevant to the fields of psychotherapy, education and organizational and community development. She is known internationally for her pioneering work in exploring the human capacity to perform and as the founder and main organizer of the Performing the World conferences. She currently leads the Institute's International Class, a unique training program combining New York City residencies with distance learning for social change innovators from around the world.