Uncompromising, yet with a deep passion for his field, Lawrence LeShan talksbout the expectations that rose with the birth of psychology, how the newcience started off on the wrong foot, and why it might still be the onlyool to solve the deepest issues of our time: war, pollution, andverpopulation. In order to improve the human condition, LeShan argues,sychology has to make humanity and human life its focus. Witty and full ofmaginative examples, this visionary roadmap to a more authentic, more vitalsychology will fascinate anyone concerned about the mental health of today'society. * LeShan is a "grandmaster of psychology" who has worked as alinical psychologist and psychotherapist for more than 50 years * Newxpanded edition includes a timely introduction by the renowned Dr. Stanleyrippner