Postmodern Psychologies, Societal Practice, and Political Life

Postmodern Psychologies, Societal Practice, and Political Life
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9781317795179
ISBN-13 : 1317795172
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Synopsis Postmodern Psychologies, Societal Practice, and Political Life by : Lois Holzman

After over a decade of theoretical writing, it is now possible and timely to evaluate the impact of postmodernism on psychology. This book brings together a group of highly respected contributors to the postmodern debate in psychology. Their chapters reflect on achievements and limitations of attempts to develop postmodern approaches to psychology. The essays are interactive, reflective and the authors are often in active debate. This volume introduces the general reader to such topics as Marxist and feminist psychology, social constructionism and deconstructionism. Postmodern Psychologies is the first book to assess postmodernism's impact on psychology, both within the discipline of psychology and the broader culture.

Postmodern Psychologies, Societal Practice, and Political Life

Postmodern Psychologies, Societal Practice, and Political Life
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 0415925568
ISBN-13 : 9780415925563
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Postmodern Psychologies, Societal Practice, and Political Life by : Lois Holzman

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology

The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology
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Publisher : SAGE Publications
Total Pages : 761
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ISBN-10 : 9781452211800
ISBN-13 : 1452211809
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology by : Kirk J. Schneider

The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology is a landmark in the resurgent field of humanistic psychology and psychotherapy. Their range of topics is far-reaching--from the historical, theoretical, and methodological, to the spiritual, psychotherapeutic, and multicultural. Students and professionals are looking for the fuller, deeper, and more personal psychological orientation that this Handbook promotes.

Humanistic Psychology

Humanistic Psychology
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 553
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ISBN-10 : 9781315392929
ISBN-13 : 1315392925
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Synopsis Humanistic Psychology by : Richard House

This book provides a thought-provoking examination of the present state and the future of Humanistic Psychology, showcasing a rich international contributor line-up. The book addresses head-on the current state of a world in crisis, not only placing the current conjuncture within a wider evolutionary context, but also demonstrating the specifically humanistic-psychological values and practices that can help us to transform and transcend the world’s current challenges. Each chapter looks in depth at a variety of issues: counselling and psychotherapy, creativity and the humanities, post-traumatic stress, and socio-political movements and activism. The book amply confirms that Humanistic Psychology is as alive, and as innovative and exciting, as it ever has been, and has tremendous relevance to the uncertainties that characterize the unprecedented individual and global challenges of the times. It celebrates the diverse and continuing significance of Humanistic Psychology by providing a robust and reliable roadmap for a new generation of counsellors and psychotherapists. In these richly diverse chapters will be found inspiration, pockets of resistance, mature critical reflexivity and much much more - a book accurately reflecting our present situation, and which is an invaluable addition to the psychology literature.

Childhood Re-imagined

Childhood Re-imagined
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9781134173716
ISBN-13 : 1134173717
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Synopsis Childhood Re-imagined by : Shiho Main

Childhood Re-imagined considers Carl Jung’s psychological approach to childhood and argues that his symbolic view deserves a place between the more traditional scientific and social-constructionist views of development.

Vygotsky at Work and Play

Vygotsky at Work and Play
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9781317384106
ISBN-13 : 1317384105
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Synopsis Vygotsky at Work and Play by : Lois Holzman

Vygotsky at Work and Play is an intimate portrayal of the Vygotskian-inspired approach to human development known as ‘social therapeutics’ and ‘the psychology of becoming’. Holzman provides an accessible, practical-philosophical portrayal of a unique performance-based methodology of development and learning that draws upon a fresh reading of Vygotsky. This expanded edition includes new content dealing with how Lev Vygotsky’s work can be applied to profound social issues of our times, including worsening police/community relations, authoritarianism in schools, the medical-model approach to social/emotional life, and the erosion of play in Western cultures. Holzman also weaves together Vygotsky’s discoveries with qualitative case studies from organizations that practice the approach in psychotherapy offices, classrooms, outside-of-school programs, corporate workplaces and virtual learning environments. The new edition of Vygotsky at Work and Play poses a practical-critical challenge to more traditional conceptions and methods of psychology and education, introducing performance as a new ontology and the author’s own activist research performance as a new way to do psychology. It is an essential read for researchers and professionals in educational and developmental psychology, psychotherapy, cultural historical activity, social science, performance studies and education.

Unfolding Social Constructionism

Unfolding Social Constructionism
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9780387229751
ISBN-13 : 0387229752
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Unfolding Social Constructionism by : Fiona J. Hibberd

For more than half of the 20* century, psychologists sought to locate the causes of behaviour in individuals and tended to neglect the possibility of locating the psy chological in the social. In the late 1960s, a reaction to that neglect brought about a "crisis" in social psychology. This "crisis" did not affect all social psychologists; some remained seemingly oblivious to its presence; others dismissed its signifi cance and continued much as before. But, in certain quarters, the psychological was re-conceptualised as the social, and the social was taken to be sui generis. Moreover, the possibility of developing general laws and theories to describe and explain social interaction was rejected on the grounds that, as social beings, our actions vary from occasion to occasion, and are, for many reasons, unrepeatable. There is, so it was thought, an inherent instability in the phenomena of interest. The nomothetic ideal was said to rest on individualistic cause-effect positivism of the kind which (arguably) characterised the natural sciences, but social psychology (so it was said) is an historical inquiry, and its conclusions are necessarily historically relative (Gergen, 1973). Events outside psychology converged to give impetus to the "crisis" within.

Handbook of the History of Social Psychology

Handbook of the History of Social Psychology
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : 9781848728684
ISBN-13 : 1848728689
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of the History of Social Psychology by : Arie W. Kruglanski

"This is the first ever handbook to comprehensively cover the historical development of the field of social psychology, including the main overarching approaches and all the major individual topics. Contributors are all world renowned scientists in their subfields who engagingly describe the people, dynamics, and events that have shaped the discipline"--Provided by publisher.

Social Psychology and Theories of Consumer Culture

Social Psychology and Theories of Consumer Culture
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 9781135081492
ISBN-13 : 1135081492
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Psychology and Theories of Consumer Culture by : Matthew McDonald

Social Psychology and Theories of Consumer Culture: A Political Economy Perspective presents a critical analysis of the leading positions in social psychology from the perspective of classical and contemporary theories of consumer culture. The analysis seeks to expand social psychological theory by focusing on the interface between modern western culture (consumer culture) and social behaviour. McDonald and Wearing argue that if social psychology is to play a meaningful role in solving some of society’s most pressing problems (e.g. global warming, obesity, addiction, alienation, and exclusion) then it needs to incorporate a more comprehensive understanding and analysis of consumer culture. Wide-ranging and challenging, the book offers a fresh insight into critical social psychology appropriate for upper undergraduate and postgraduate courses in personality, social psychology, critical and applied psychology. It will also appeal to those working in clinical, counselling, abnormal, and environmental psychology and anyone with an interest in the integration of social psychology and theories of consumer culture.