George W. Bush and the Redemptive Dream - A Psychological Portrait

Informationen zum Autor Dan P. McAdams is professor of psychology and professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University. He is a Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern, and he is also the director of the Foley Center for the Study of Lives, an interdisciplinary research enterprise at Northwestern that studies personality and social development in the adult years. An international leader in personality psychology and the narrative study of lives, McAdams is the author of over 150 scientific articles and chapters and the editor of 9 books. In addition, he has written five books: Power, Intimacy, and the Life Story: Personological Inquries into Identity (1985, Dorsey Books, Guilford Press); Intimacy: The Need To Be Close (1989, Doubleday); The Person: An Introduction to the Science of Personality Psychology (five editions: 1990, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2009; Harcourt Brace, John Wiley & Sons). Klappentext Although there are many popular biographies of George W. Bush, McAdams' is the first true psychological analysis based on established theories and the latest research. Short and focused, written in an engaging style, this book offers a truly penetrating look at our forty-third president. Zusammenfassung Although there are many popular biographies of George W. Bush, McAdams' is the first true psychological analysis based on established theories and the latest research. Short and focused, written in an engaging style, this book offers a truly penetrating look at our forty-third president.

Product details

• Authors: Dan P. McAdams, Dan P./ Schultz McAdams, McAdams Dan P.
• Assisted by: Todd Schultz (Editor of the series), Schultz Todd (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2010
• EAN: 9780199752089
• ISBN: 978-0-19-975208-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Inner Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; MEDICAL / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Clinical psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Medical specialties, branches of medicine, Other branches of medicine