Catching Up With Aristotle

"A classic in Psychology has been born! Among other things this small book will have major consequences for economic theory as it defines and discusses the concept of self-interest and 'other-interest.' If you are the slightest interested in psychology, this book is short, clear, and very easy to read." ( Jesper Dopping, Mahidol University International College, Thailand) "This book-different from many written in psychology-is a masterful exposure of basic ideas that have lingered on for two millennia. The reader can have the pleasure of thinking together with the author. It is a rare treat of honest intellectual sharing." ( Jaan Valsiner, Aalborg University, Denmark)

This Brief presents the argument for the need to re-establish the theoretical focus of general psychology in contemporary psychological research.This Brief presents the argument for the need to re-establish the theoretical focus of general psychology in contemporary psychological research. It begins with a detailed account of the current “crisis” of psychology and our modern disconnect from general psychology. Chapters present the works of Aristotle and A.N. Leontiev, using their ideas to outline a long wanted general psychology. The general psychology delineates the four corner posts of the domain of psychology: Sentience, Intentionality, Mind, and Human Consciousness, and explains why they are all necessary but not the same. Besides a historical discussion, which aims to demonstrate how Marxism got it right, and then not, this Brief presents a new radical theory of human evolution, which credits the Adam-and-Eve story with a vital link hitherto missed by Marxism, Darwinism, and paleoanthropology. In addition, it argues why a new understanding is important in the Anthropocene Age. 
Catching Up with Aristotle will be of interest to psychologists, undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers.