The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism

by Martin E.P. Seligman

Book Overview

One of the most influential living psychologists looks at the history of his life and discipline, and paints a much brighter future for everyone.

When Martin E. P. Seligman first encountered psychology in the 1960s, the field was devoted to eliminating misery: it was the science of how past trauma creates present symptoms. Today, thanks in large part to Seligman's Positive Psychology movement, it is ever more focused not on what cripples...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610398734
• ISBN13: 9781610398732
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 9.4"