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Dr. Touroff is a distinguished educator who taught pedagogy at the University of Jerusalem. He is also an excellent writer who has already enriched the modern Hebrew library with many contributions on psychology and pedagogy and thus has greatly contributed to the dissemination of modern psychological concepts in the Hebrew literature. This work on contemporary psychology shows him at his best in revealing the erudition and zeal with which he is so deeply endowed.
The first volume deals with the psychology of the individual. The author begins by accepting the psychoanalytic premises as the modern aspect of psychology. Although the discussion of freudian concepts takes up the major portion of the first chapter, Dr. Touroff also pays tribute to the teachings of Adler and Jung.
The second volume is devoted to a thorough and detailed presentation of mass psychology. It opens with a discussion of the various theories of heredity and environment. In the study of the psychology of nations, Dr. Touroff, as a confirmed Zionist, does not fail to include a special chapter on the psychology of the Jewish people. This volume also contains an appendix dealing with the phenomena of telepathy and physiognomy. Dr. Touroff is to be complimented for again having made a valuable contribution to Hebrew literature.