The Hope Circuit Book

Review by joe smith.

The hope circuit book. This is not a book i would normally read but it cropped up on a few reading lists on linkedin so i gave it a try. The hope circuit is a fascinating read for anyone interested in learning more about the history of psychology and the personality of one of the most prominent psychologists of all time by scott. The hope circuit is a masterful blend of memoir and recent intellectual history specifically the history of trying to understand how we can live richer and more meaningful lives. The hope circuit is a masterful blend of memoir and recent intellectual history specifically the history of trying to understand how we can live richer and more meaningful lives.

New book by martin e p. Seligman one of the most influential living psychologists looks at the history of his life and discipline and paints a much brighter future for everyone. This book could only have been written by someone who has played a vital role in that inquiry cares passionately about it and has the literary skill to carry that. This book could only have been written by someone who has played a vital role in that inquiry cares passionately about it and has the literary skill to carry that.

This book is a highly selective and partisan account of a long span of time and a huge range of topics involving seligman s life in psychology. The hope circuit is martin marty seligman s autobiography. The hope circuit by martin seligman. If you didn t know i didn t marty is a professor of psychology and did a lot of work in the past on helplessness.

Yes on one level it is it is a memoir one of a fascinating life lived amidst tectonic shifts in the field of psychology and psychiatry. The reviews of dr. And local standards for both physical education and health education will find that this book provides them a. All the while seligman works out his theory of psychology making a compelling and deeply personal case for the importance of virtues like hope anticipation gratitude and wisdom for our mental health.

The problems with memoirs are they are valedictory by definition. You will walk away from this book not just educated but deeply enriched. They regard it a memoir and review it as such. Seligman first encountered psychology in the 1960s the field was devoted to eliminating misery.

It was the science of how past. If you didn t know i didn t marty is a professor of psychology and did a lot of work in the past on helplessness. This is not a book i would normally read but it cropped up on a few reading lists on linkedin so i gave it a try. The hope circuit is martin marty seligman s autobiography.