Uncovering Lives
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Uncovering Lives shows that, in the hands of a skilled practitioner, psychobiography can rival the very best traditional biography in the insights it offers. The book features many fascinating case studies of over a dozen prominent figures, among them Sigmund Freud (the father of psychobiography), B.F. Skinner, Isaac Asimov, L. Frank Baum, Vladimir Nabokov, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, and Henry Kissinger. Elms supports each study with extensive research, much of it never presented before.Reviews
"Methodology, writing skill, and subject all combine in this book in the most exciting tradition of creative scholarship." --Extrapolation
"Professor Elms has gotten to the heart of the problem of biography: how to apply psychological understanding without bogging down in detail or drowning in theory. With quick wit and splendid erudition he dissects the lives of major figures in science, politics, literature, and the arts . . . . A landmark contribution to the integration of clinical and biographical studies of human development."--Peter Ostwald, M.D. , author of Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius and Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness
About the Author(s)
Alan C. Elms is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Personality in Politics and other books, as well as many articles in popular magazines and professional journals.
