Psychology & Culture eBooks
The Psychology of Salesmanship
Psychology & Culture, by William Walker AtkinsonPsychology in business and salesmanship
The Science of Living
Psychology & Culture, by Alfred AdlerAlfred W. Adler (February 7, 1870 – May 28, 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of inferiority - the inferiority complex - is recognized as isolating an element which plays a key role in personality development.
The significance of psychoanalysis for the mental sciences
Psychology & Culture, by Otto RankOtto Rank (April 22, 1884 – October 31, 1939) was an Austrian psychoanalyst, writer, and teacher within the then developing non-dual theoretical paradigm (Bohr [physics], Gödel [mathematics], Wittgenstein [philosophy]). Born in Vienna as Otto Rosenfeld, he was one of Sigmund Freud's closest colleagues for 20 years, a prolific writer on psychoanalytic themes, an editor of the two most...
The Souls of Black Folk
Psychology & Culture, by W.E.B DuBoisA description and analysis of Black Folks during and Coming Out of Slavery
The Way of the Bow
Psychology & Culture, by Paulo Coelho“The Way of the Bow” relates the story of Tetsuya, the best archer of the country, who conveys his teachings to a boy in his village. Using the metaphor of archery the author leads us through several essential thoughts : our daily efforts and work, how to overcome difficulties, steadfastness, and courage to take risky decisions.
Theory of Collective Behavior
Psychology & Culture, by Neil SmelserA psychology of Collective Behavior
Totem and Taboo
Psychology & Culture, by Sigmund FreudThe first and shortest of the four essays concerns incest taboos adopted by societies believing in totemism. Freud uses examples mostly from the Australian Aborigines, gathered and discussed by anthropologist James George Frazer. He points out, with some surprise, that although the Aborigines do not seem to have any sexual restrictions, there's an elaborate social organization whose sole...
Villette
Psychology & Culture, by Charlotte Bronte.Charlotte Bronte's final masterpiece powerfully portrays a woman struggling to reconcile love, jealousy, and a fierce desire for independence. Having fled a harrowing past in England, Lucy Snowe begins a new life teaching at a boarding school in the great capital of a foreign country. There, as she tries to achieve independence from both outer necessity and inward grief, she finds that her...
What caused the Salem witch trial hysteria of 1692?
Psychology & Culture, by C> 2002 The DBQ ProjectOn September 19, 1692, 81-year-old Giles Cory lay beneath several rough-sawn boards piled high with rocks. A tough old man, Giles had refused to testify on his own behalf in the Salem witchcraft trials. As another stone was added, his last words are believed to have been ""More weight!"" Something had gone terribly wrong. Why in the summer months of 1692 was Giles Cory pressed to death and 19...
Youth
Psychology & Culture, by G Stanley HallThe classic psychological work by a pioneer of the field
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