Revolution in psychology : alienation to emancipation / Ian Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Ian, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A radical methodological approach to psychology that is open to social change - in an anti-capitalist, anti-racist and feminist politics." Antonio Negri Psychology is meant to help people cope with the afflictions of modern society. But how useful is it? Ian Parker argues that current psychological practice has become part of the problem, rather than the solution.Ideal for undergraduates, this book deconstructs the discipline to reveal the neoliberal sensitivities that underlie its theory and practice. Psychology focuses on the happiness of 'the individual'. Yet it neglects the fact that the happiness of the individual depends on their social and political surroundings. Ian Parker argues that a new approach to psychology is needed. He offers an alternative vision, outlining how the discipline can be linked to political practice and how it can help people as part of a wider progressive agenda. This groundbreaking book is at the cutting edge of current thinking on the discipline and should be required reading on all psychology courses.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

What Is Psychology? Meet the Family

Psychology as Ideology: Individualism Explained

Psychology at Work: Observation and Regulation of Alienated Activity

Pathologising Dissent: Exploitation Isolated and Ratified

Material Interests: the Manufacture of Distress

Spiritless Conditions: Regulating Therapeutic Alternatives

Professional Empowerment: Good Citizens

Historical, Personal and Political: Psychology and Revolution

Commonsense: Psychological Culture on the Left

Elements of Opposition: Psychological Struggles Now

Transitional Demands: Taking on Psychology

What Next? Reading and Resources

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611733032

9781849643238

1849643237

9781281733030

1281733032

OCLC:

654104830