以史观人 以心通史——评《历史名人的心理传记》

Viewing People with History and Knowing History with Heart——Comments on Psychological Biography of Historical Celebrities

心理传记学是一个建立在心理学、历史学等诸多临近学科基础上,采用心理学理论和方法对个体的人生经历进行分析,试图增进人类理解自身的心理学研究领域。《历史名人的心理传记》一书的出版为心理传记学研究增添了浓重的一笔,为心理学相关研究领域提供了新的研究视角,开辟了新的研究路径。该书从心理传记学的视角窥探历史名人的心路历程和成长轨迹,能使后人以史观人,以心通史。具体来看,本书具有如下几大特色:一是以整体的“人”为分析单元,体现出心理学研究生活化的特点;二是以动态的心理动力体系为分析核心,体现了交叉学科的特色,三是体现出通过悬疑性问题对心理学研究边界拓展的特点。

Psychobiography is a research field of psychology,which is based on psychology,history and many other adjacent disciplines.It uses psychological theories and methods to analyze the individual's life experience and attempt to improve human understanding of their own.The publication of“Psychological Biography of Historic Celebrities”adds a strong brush to the study of psychobiography,and provides a new research perspective and a new research path for the related fields of psychology.From the perspective of psychobiography,this book explores the psychological course and growth path of historical celebrities,which can enable future generations to view People with history and known history with heart.Specifically,this book has the following characteristics:first,it reflects the living characteristics of psychological research,second,it reflects the characteristics of integration psychology and history,and third,it reflects the characteristics of suspense issues to expand the boundaries of psychological research.