Do you know anyone who has that motivation?Would you like to delve into some of the historical facts of this science and discover how it has progressed?Ignacio Solares’ book “Letters to a Young Psychologist” collects historical data that you will certainly like.
Today we present a book written with love for all who love the subject and are ready to satisfy their curiosity.
- Ignacio Solares has written more than two hundred pages to answer his daughter’s question.
- Hence the book’s proximity tone.
- Similar to the style of other famous books you may have read.
- Such as The World of Sofia.
- The target? Help her make a good professional decision.
“Why do psychology seem so funny to you?”
Ignacio Solares is a Mexican writer with a track record of more than 15 published titles, has received several awards and an award that bears his name for his dedication to historical storytelling.
It should be noted that he is not an expert in the field of applied psychology, but is an expert in the fields of philosophy, letters and history, this is where most of his work takes on value. but very valuable bibliography.
The letters to a young psychologist were first published in 2003 in Mexico City, the text belongs to the epistolar genre, that is, it consists of a series of letters, each of the twelve letters that make up this text gives us a theoretical and historical vision. review of the topics that Ignacio Solares considers important to a “young psychologist”. Know.
The book is not unique; you may have heard other titles, such as
There is a constant in these books: the young man (novice, beginner, profane; age does not matter) has an accessible door to enter an area so wide that it can overwhelm him at the beginning of his study. field is psychology.
As we have already said, Ignacio Solares is part of his daughter’s question to write twelve letters in which he will try to explain the object of study of psychology and its evolution, covering topics such as psychoanalysis, collective unconsciousness, the theory of synchronicity, conductism, pragmatism, among others. These cards also play an important role in laying the foundations for science. They are written with a fluid and easy-to-understand narrative.
Did you ever imagine that you could read some of the conversations that the thinkers of the time had?Ignacio Solares takes several pieces of correspondence from different authors, such as Jung and Freud, Freud and Charcot, among others.
It also contains fragments of notes from some of them, such as Mesmer, for example. There is certainly extensive material dealing with the subject, but including everything is not one of the book’s claims.
Therefore, your work can meet many other people who want to know a little more about the subject, people who, like their daughter, are undecided and do not know if psychology is for them or not, this work can inspire the beginning of a great career as a psychologist.
I think that as avid readers, we like to imagine and think in different contexts and times, do you want a better way to do it than in the area that interests us or that interests us ?, like psychology, for example?
We cannot forget the title of this book, since the book is mainly intended for “young psychologists”, that is, psychologists who are starting their studies, young people who are undecided about the career they will choose, etc.
Although you do not know the region, Ignacio Solares offers a long journey in time, but at the same time with your feet on earth, trying to expose and explain the most important facts that have occurred in the growth of psychology as a branch of knowledge (or as much as science: this is one of the criticisms that can be made to the book).
Your reading won’t make you an expert, of course, but the time spent on it will benefit you.
Because this is the beginning of a topic, the idea is that after reading the book, you approach the original authors to know firsthand your way of thinking and their most important contributions to psychology. The book is a map for explorers that, at the same time, will help you continue to learn about the topics mentioned.