Dreyer Kruger

Dreyer Kruger obtained his doctoral degree in 1960 from the University of South Africa. In 1966 he was appointed Professor of Psychology at Fort Hare University and later transferred to Rhodes University in 1974, where he still teaches as Professor in the Department of Psychology. The author, who has worked as a social worker, vocational psychologist, personnel consultant, clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, has published extensively in the area of transcultural psychology, psychotherapy and clinical psychology as well as the establishment of psychologyas a truly human science. Currently his main research interest is in. problems of interpretation in psychotherapy. In 1987 Dreyer Kruger was made an award by the Psychological Association of South Africa for his contributions to psychology — this award being the highest form of recognition and honour offered by the Associatign.

The book embraces the following: The first chapter discusses the influence of the 19th century on psychology in general, after which a characterization is given of Behaviorism and Depth Psychology. The second chapter comprises a fluent review of the philosophical prehistory of phenomenological psychology in the 19th and in the 20th century. The third chapter deals with perception, memory, and imagination and provides a phenomenological interpretation of the unconscious. Chapter four introduces the reader to the field of phenomenological, empirical, and experimental research. Chapter five comprises a summary of the meaning of phenomenology for psychopathology and for psychotherapy. The last chapter provides. The reader with a defense of the standpoint taken up by the phenomenologist, namely, that psychology concerns itself with interpersonal events — that is, never with intrapsychic ones. “This book may be recommended to anyone who seriously wants to familiarize himself with phenomenology without facing insuperable communicative barriers. It is well written and to the point. It should be eminently useful to the student of psychology.” by Prof. Dr. UH. van den Berg, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Psychologie