Psychoanalysis, General Custer, and the Verdicts of History and Other Essays on Psychology in the Social Scene

Table of contents

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• Title Page iv
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• The Author xiii
• 1 - Psychoanalysis, General Custer, and The Verdicts of History 1
• 2 - Posterity, The Cruelest of Critics 21
• 3 - Thoughts About Robinson's Love's Story Told: a Life Of Henry A. Murray 43
• 4 - American Psychology and The Needs for Transcendence And Community 76
• 5 - The American Worldview: Optimism, Superiority, Pluralism, Ahistoricalism, And Disconnectedness 100
• 6 - The Mystery Of Alexander Bryan Johnson 119
• 7 - Explaining the Sixties 139
• 8 - Leadership and Machiavelli 173
• 9 - The Failure Of Presidential Leadership In Educational Reform 197
• 10 - The Failure of The Deinstitutionalization Policy Makers 213
• 11 - The Blind Spot In the Health Care Nonsystem 236
• References 263