Critical Psychology

Author: I. Prilleltensky, D. Fox, S. Austin

When we say psychology, the things that come to our mind are increasingly topics such as madness, TV series, wedding programs, morning shows, personal development books, ways to be good parents. Although these are reflections of psychology in popular culture, you will not find them nor mainstream psychological knowledge in this book. As Dennis Fox, editor and co-author of the book Critical Psychology, puts it, "One of the hardest things to deal with is the belief that most psychologists' work is apolitical. Most psychologists think they're just helping people. When in fact they're trying to help people." "Even though they are working, their work often carries assumptions of which they are not aware."

Critical Psychology looks at psychology from a different perspective; It tries to understand people within the social context they live in and to treat people as a subject that has the potential to influence society as much as it affects them. “Critical psychology is an effort to counter the forces within mainstream psychology that support the perpetuation of political, economic, and other social structures that are unequal.”

In fact, this book is a good resource for those who want to re-look at society with psychology and who want to see what role psychology can play in social change. In addition, a glossary explaining important concepts, a suggested reading list, websites that may be useful and discussion questions are provided in each chapter so that everyone who is interested in psychology can read it.



Number of Pages: 592

Year of Printing: 2012


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Details Publications

First Printing Year: 2012

Number of Pages: 592

Language Turkish