A Brooklyn Boyhood. Struggles of the Mind. The Making of a Psychologist. Monkey Man. Explorer of Sex and Dominance. At the Center of the Psychological Universe. Idylls with the Blackfoot Indians. Revelations at Brooklyn College. Glimmerings of Self-Actualization. California Interlude. Back to Brooklyn and Onward. Pioneering at Brandies. Disappointments and New Dreams. Slow Rhythms of Mexico. Enlightening Managers, Mystics, and Entrpreneurs. Uneasy Hero of the Counterculture. California Rescue: The "Postmortem" Life.
Edward Hoffman, Ph.D. (New York, NY), is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 20 years of professional experience emphasizing psychological evaluation.
Brandeis psychologist Maslow (1908-1970), a founder of humanistic psychology, was an uneasy hero of the 1960s counterculture. As spiritualistic fads swept the country, he scolded Esalen Institute instructors for their smugness and warned his followers that too much inwardness is not psychologically healthy. This apostle of self-actualization and creative ``peak experiences'' was an intensely private man who rarely discussed his own mystical highs. Hoffman, biographer of Wilhelm Reich, has interviewed Maslow's friends, family and students, and while he never fully pierces his subject's calm, scholarly demeanor, his thoughtful biography has its rewards. We meet Maslow the youthful sexologist of the 1930s (his findings were championed decades later by feminists); the socialist-leaning rebel who married his cousin and lived on a commune; the professor who actively disliked conformist students. The first full-scale biography of Maslow, this profile will be of interest to the many people touched by his humanistic vision of personal growth. Photos not seen by PW. (May)
$18.95. psych This is the first comprehensive biography of Maslow (1908-1970), a founder of the humanistic psychology movement. Skillfully revealing Maslow's attractive personality and enormous zeal, clinical psychologist Hoffman shows how the early career was distinguished by rigorous empirical researchspecifically in his studies in dominance and motivationand his later career by an admirable creative clarity regarding a comprehensive theory of human motivation and a metapsychology of higher needs and aspirations. Given Maslow's many distinguished friends and mentors, this captivating and sympathetic biography is a major intellectual history of four decades of American psychology. William Abrams, Portland State Univ. Lib., Ore.
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