Maddi (psychology and social behavior, U. of California) and Costa (senior investigator, National Institute on Aging) provide an analysis of the lives and theories of the three major champions
of humanism: Allport, Maslow, and Murray. Through their analysis, they have compiled arguments for an alternative to the extreme behaviorism of Skinner and the logical positivism of Freud. This
volume of critical evaluation correlates the contemporary theory of humanism with a detailed study of the men who shaped its course over the past four decades. This volume is a new printing of
the original 1971 edition. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
