Shakespeare and the Experimental Psychologist

Shakespeare and the Experimental Psychologist
Fathali M Moghaddam
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10 Jun 2021 UK
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9781108798365
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Gain a better understanding of human behavior by exploring thought experiments in Shakespearean plays and the historical roots of experimental psychology within early modern literature. This book combines scientific psychology with English literature to discuss thought experiments in selected Shakespeare plays and examine the central role of thought experiments in the natural sciences. Thought experiments are essential for progress in scientific research. Indeed, Albert Einstein and a number of other leading scientists relied almost exclusively on thought experiments. Thought experiments also play a pivotal role in English literature, particularly in Shakespeare plays. By focussing on thought experiments and experimental psychology' s place within early modern English literature, the volume establishes a more wholistic approach to understanding human behavior.
' Moghaddam here profitably uses the tools of experimental psychology to re-read Shakespeare' s dramatic structures. Recasting Hamlet and Prospero as researchers running human field studies, and reading Macbeth and King Lear as failed behavioral thought experiments, Moghaddam employs science' s early and recent experimental models to powerfully reimagine the organizing principles of Shakespeare' s plays. ' Elizabeth Hodgson, Professor of English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver ' The play is indeed the thing to catch the conscience of the king, as Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet. And in this creative, eye-opening, and entertaining book, his plays are bound to capture the conscience of contemporary experimental psychologists and every other scientist who thinks of the humanities as a distant shore. ' Richard A. Shweder, Harold Higgins Swift Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago ' By exploring the historical roots of experimental psychology through his discussions of thought experiments in Shakespeare' s plays, Moghaddam has demonstrated the importance of breaking out of disciplinary boundaries for deeper and better explanations of human behavior. ' Philip G. Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University, California, and author of The Lucifer Effect
Fathali M. Moghaddam is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science at Georgetown University, USA. Since 2014, he has served as Editor-in-Chief of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (an APA journal). His extensive publications include over thirty books and approximately 300 papers.
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ISBN-13: 9781108798365
Published: 10 Jun 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 317g
Pages: 200

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