Genius without the "Great Man": New possibilities for the historian of psychology

History of Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-83

  Ball, Laura C ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genius; Great Man; Historical psychology; Historiography; History of psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84861663598     PISSN: 10934510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023247     Document Type: Article

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