Critical Psychology
Contributions to an Historical Science of the Subject
Published on 23. November 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-0-521-03100-4 (ISBN)
Description
Critical psychology constitutes a radical critique and reconstruction of scientific psychology from a dialectical and historical-materialistic point of view. Its aim is to provide a firmer foundation than presently exists for a psychology that is methodologically sound, practically relevant and theoretically determinate. This book was first published in 1991.
Reviews / Votes
"...will prove to be provocative reading for psychologists interested in the social and historical construction of human consciousness." Harvard Educational Review "This is a valuable English-language introduction to the basic concepts of Critical Psychology...." Philip Wexler, Theory and PsychologyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
465 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-03100-4 (9780521031004)
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Content
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Critical psychology: an overview Charles W. Tolman; 2. Critical psychology: historical background and task Wolfgang Maiers; 3. Societal and individual life processes Klaus Holzkamp; 4. Experience of self and scientific objectivity Klaus Holzkamp; 5. Psychoanalysis and Marxist psychology Klaus Holzkamp; 6. Emotion, cognition, and action potence Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 7. Action potence, education, and psychotherapy Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 8. Personality: self-actualization in social vacuums? Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 9. The concept of attitude Morus Markard; 10. Client interests and possibilities in psychotherapy Ole Dreier; 11. Play and Ontogenesis Karl-Heinz Brawn; 12. Functions of the private sphere in social movements Frigga Haug; Bibliography; Index.