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Book Review 491 BOOK REVIEW Phenomenological, Existential, and Humanistic Psychologies: A Historical Survey, by Henryk Misiak, Ph.D. and Virginia Staudt Sexton, Ph.D., Grune & Stratton, New York, 1973, 162 pp. $3.95 (paperback). The advent of this volume is itself welcome testimony to the increasingly substantive character of Third Force psychol- ogy. This testimony is all the more significant in view of the authors' established reputations as psychology historians. Mi- siak, who has taught history of psychology and psychological systems for almost 30 years, has closely followed the develop- ment of the Third Force psychology, and personally knew many of its representatives discussed in this volume. He regards this new orientation as an indispensable complement to Amer- ican psychology. Although Sexton has worked in the areas of personality and therapy evaluation, her abiding concern has been history and systems, with a particular interest in philo- sophical issues. She teaches a seminar in Humanistic psychol- ogy, and regards the Third Force as a needed change of direc- tion for a psychology excessively devoted to instrumental technology. Nevertheless, in this text the tone is that of unen- gaged observation, including systematic review of the prevailing criticisms against each of the three psychologies. At http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

Book Review

Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 4 (2): 491 – Jan 1, 1974
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Brill
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© 1974 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0047-2662
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1569-1624
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10.1163/156916274X00090
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491 BOOK REVIEW Phenomenological, Existential, and Humanistic Psychologies: A Historical Survey, by Henryk Misiak, Ph.D. and Virginia Staudt Sexton, Ph.D., Grune & Stratton, New York, 1973, 162 pp. $3.95 (paperback). The advent of this volume is itself welcome testimony to the increasingly substantive character of Third Force psychol- ogy. This testimony is all the more significant in view of the authors' established reputations as psychology historians. Mi- siak, who has taught history of psychology and psychological systems for almost 30 years, has closely followed the develop- ment of the Third Force psychology, and personally knew many of its representatives discussed in this volume. He regards this new orientation as an indispensable complement to Amer- ican psychology. Although Sexton has worked in the areas of personality and therapy evaluation, her abiding concern has been history and systems, with a particular interest in philo- sophical issues. She teaches a seminar in Humanistic psychol- ogy, and regards the Third Force as a needed change of direc- tion for a psychology excessively devoted to instrumental technology. Nevertheless, in this text the tone is that of unen- gaged observation, including systematic review of the prevailing criticisms against each of the three psychologies. At

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