Critical Psychology: Contributions to an Historical Science of the Subject

ISBN-10: 0521031001
ISBN-13: 9780521031004
Series: Critical Psychology
Category: Psychology
Pages: 284
Language: English
Published: 2006-11-23
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Authors: Wolfgang Maiers, Charles W. Tolman

Description

In this volume, Klaus Holzkamp and his colleagues provide a coherent and broadly elaborated description of Critical Psychology--a theory of the evolution of the social constitution of human consciousness and forms of mental activity--which has been in development in Germany for more than twenty years and constitutes a radical critique and reconstruction of scientific psychology from a dialectical and historical- materialistic point of view. Its aim is to provide a firmer foundation than presently exists for a psychology that is methodologically sound, practically relevant, and theoretically determinate. In this volume, Tolman and Maiers coordinate the contributions of several German psychologists led by Klaus Holzkamp and his colleagues. Infused with theoretical sophistication, the papers detail the implications of Critical Psychology on several fronts: a theory of emotions, forms of psychotherapy, the impact of automation in the workplace, and a theory of learning. Chapters build upon each other, going from general issues of methodology to more specific issues. Critical Psychology: Contributions to an Historical Science of the Subject is the first book to make Critical Psychology accessible to an English-speaking audience. As a central force in the exploration of activity theory, this work will be of interest to cognitive psychologists, developmental psychologists, social anthropologists, and educators.

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Critical Psychology: Contributions to an Historical Science of the Subject
- 1991-04-26
- 284 pages
- Paperback
- Cambridge University Press
Critical Psychology: An Introduction
- 2009-02-16
- 496 pages
- Ebook
- SAGE
Critical Psychology
- 2004
- 657 pages
- Paperback
- Juta and Company Ltd
Critical Psychology: Voices for Change
- 2000
- 256 pages
- Paperback
- Palgrave Macmillan

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