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The Critique of Psychology


The Critique of Psychology

From Kant to Postcolonial Theory
Library of the History of Psychological Theories

von: Thomas Teo

CHF 118.00

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 18.07.2006
ISBN/EAN: 9780387253565
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 240

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<P>Closely paralleling the history of psychology is the history of its critics, their theories, and their contributions. <STRONG>The Critique of Psychology</STRONG> is the first book to trace this alternate history, from a unique perspective that complements the many existing empirical, theoretical, and social histories of the field.</P>
<P>Thomas Teo cogently synthesizes major historical and theoretical narratives to describe two centuries of challenges to—and the reactions of—the mainstream. Some of these critiques of content, methodology, relevance, and philosophical worldview have actually influenced and become integrated into the canon; others pose moral questions still under debate. All are accessibly presented so that readers may judge their value for themselves:</P>
<P>- Kant’s critique of rational and empirical psychology at the end of the 18th century</P>
<P>- The natural-scientific critique of philosophical psychology in the 19th century</P>
<P>- The human-scientific critique of natural-scientific psychology</P>
<P>- The Marxist traditions of critique </P>
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<P>- Feminist and postmodern critiques and the contemporary mainstream
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<P>- Postcolonial critiques and the shift from cross-cultural to multicultural psychology
<P>This is not a book of critique for critique’s sake: Teo defines the field as a work in progress with goals that are evolving yet constant. In emphasizing ethical and political questions faced by psychology as a discipline, this visionary book points students, academics, and practitioners toward new possibilities for their shared future.</P>
On the Historiography of the Critique of Psychology.- Metatheory and the Critique of Psychology.- Kant and Early 19th Century Critics of Psychology.- The Natural-Scientific Critique.- The Human-Scientific Critique.- The Marxist Critique.- The Feminist Critique.- The Postmodern Critique.- The Postcolonial Critique.- Reflections on the Ethical-Political Character of Psychology.
<P>Thomas Teo is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the "History and Theory of Psychology Program" at York University, Toronto, Canada. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in Austria. His research areas and publications include the historical, epistemological, and ontological foundations of psychology, the critical reflection of psychology as a human science, the history and theory of the concept of race and racism, and the history and theory of German psychology. He is teaching on a regular basis courses on the "History of Psychology," on "Theories of Human Nature," and on "Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Contemporary Psychology."</P>
Provides a unique perspective in addressing the history of psychology from the perspective of the history of the critique of psychology The author employs a systematic overview that covers the most important historical and current critiques of psychology Original research, with completely new information, is included within the chapters Does not promote a single perspective but keeps the reader open-minded about the strengths and weaknesses of various critiques of psychology Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
<P>This work is the <EM>first</EM> book to look at the history of psychology in a different way: from the perspective of a history of the critique of psychology, rather than from the perspective of a great pioneer, Zeitgeist, or the cumulative progress of knowledge. In this unique perspective, which focuses on the last 200 years, historical and theoretical reconstructions are combined.</P>

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