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American psychologist, Paul Vitz, was a pioneer critic of the 'me, me, me' generation and humanistic psychology which flourished alongside it. He stands out because of the cultural, psychological and spiritual depth of his critique. Mythbusters are rare and Vitz is a mythbuster par excellence, tearing apart several generations of selfism with insight, wisdom and wit. Other critiques came much later. He saw it all at the time.
This book takes the reader on a journey into the life and thought of a rare thinker, a questioner of ideological sacred cows, and one of the most original and gifted psychologists of the past century.
PAUL VITZ WAS A VISIONARY FOR HIS TIME IN CONFRONTING AND MYTHBUSTING HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY AMIDST 'A TSUNAMI OF HUMANISTIC ADULATION.' THIS BOOK GIVES PERCEPTIVE INSIGHTS INTO VITZ'S THOUGHT AND TIMES. WELL WORTH READING!
- Catherine MacLaurin, Psychologist, Senior Wellbeing Advisor (SWA), Health and Safety Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Training, Australia
THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, PAUL VITZ, HAS BEEN A REMARKABLY PRESCIENT AND COURAGEOUS CRITIC OF THE HUMANIST PSYCHOLOGY MOVEMENT, HEADLINED BY CARL ROGERS. IN THIS BOOK, WANDA SKOWRONSKA HAS PROVIDED A THOROUGH AND CONVINCING ACCOUNT OF VITZ'S WORK. HER BOOK DESERVES A WIDE READERSHIP.
- Colin Patterson STD, Dean and Permanent Fellow of the former John Paul II Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
IN HER BOOK, WANDA SKOWRONSKA MASTERFULLY NARRATES THE PHILOSOPHICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY, ESPECIALLY THAT OF CARL ROGERS, THROUGH THE LENS OF PAUL C. VITZ'S LIFE AND PUBLICATIONS. THIS WORK CRITIQUES THE INFLUENCES OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY'S HUMANISTIC ORIGINS OF SELF-FULFILMENT THEORIES AND CULTURAL MARXISM AND HONOURS THE LIFELONG WORK OF PAUL VITZ, WHO IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CATHOLIC PSYCHOLOGISTS OF OUR TIMES.
- Professor Craig Steven Titus, S.Th [http://s.th/].D./Ph.D. Divine Word University, USA.
About the author
Wanda Skowronska is a Catholic psychologist and author, living and working in Sydney, Australia. She completed a PhD. at the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne, in 2011, where she did sessional lecturing. She is author of several books including To Bonegilla from Somewhere (2012) Angels Incense and Revolution: Catholic Schooldays of the 1960s (2019) and Paul Stenhouse: a Life of Rare Wisdom, Compassion and Inspiration (2021). She has written for several periodicals, including Annals Australasia, Quadrant, Homiletic and Pastoral Review and The Catholic Weekly.
