Psychology without Foundations
History, Philosophy and Psychosocial Theory
Steven Brown author Paul Stenner author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
Published:3rd Aug '09
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- Hardback£156.00(9780761972266)
For many years, for many people social psychology has been deemed a discipline in crisis.
This new book proposes a way out of the crisis by letting go of the idea that psychology needs new foundations or a new identity, whether biological, discursive or cognitive. The psychological is not narrowly confined to any one aspect of human experience; it is quite literally everywhere.
The book proposes a strong process-oriented approach to the psychological, which studies events or occasions. Aspects of experience such as communication or embodiment are treated as thoroughly mediated - the product of multiple intersecting relationships between the biological, the psychic and the social. The outcome is an image of a mobile, reflexively founded discipline which follows the psychological wherever it takes us, from the depths of embodiment to the complexities of modern global politics.
`On the showing of this book, "Critical Psychology" (for want of a better label) has a long way to run, and a lot of work to do yet. It may well become required reading, so get in early - but expect some mind-stretching and moments of bewilderment. Oh - and recommend it to undergraduate students too; tell them how "accessible" it is - and run. They′ll thank you when writing up their doctorates′ - History and Philosophy of Psychology
ISBN: 9780761972273
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 440g
248 pages