Critical Psychology Conceptual Foundations

28 January 1998

Dear Radpsynetters,

I'm putting together a reading pack for a core module in Critical Psychology for our MSc programme (scheduled to start this September).

I would like your reactions and thoughts (different things?). We're going to use the Fox & Prilleltensky book Critical Psychology: An Introduction as our main text with classic papers from the radical traditions in psychology in a dialogue with it.

If you think one of these isn't 'critical' or you have a suggestion for something that is a classic that really should be included, please let me know asap (and maybe send me a copy, realmail?).

Thanks in advance,

Ian

Ian Parker Professor of Psychology Discourse Unit Psychology Bolton Institute Deane Road Bolton BL3 5AB UK e-mail: i.a.parker@bolton.ac.uk website: http://www.sar.bolton.ac.uk/psych/ tel: (+44) (0)1204 903150 fax: (+44) (0)1204 399074

Part One: History and Theory Part Two: Individuality and Abnormality Part Three: Culture and Difference Part Four: Moral/Political Engagement [Website note: Chapters listed as "F&P" refer to Critical Psychology: An Introduction. The book's full contents are listed below. Introductions to all 19 chapters are available on the web.]

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Part One: History and Theory

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F&P Chapter - Intro. Prilleltensky and Fox

Ingleby, D. (1972) Ideology and the human sciences: Some comments on the role of reification in psychology and psychiatry.

F&P Chapter - History. Harris

Wertz, F. J. (1994) Of rats and psychologists: A study of the history and meaning of science.

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2

F&P Chapter - Critical Theory. Richardson and Fowers

Sampson, E. (1989) The deconstruction of the self.

F&P Chapter - Discursive. Parker

Holzkamp, K. (1992) On doing psychology critically.

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F&P Chapter - Intelligence. Cernovsky

Rose, N. (1979) The psychological complex: Mental measurement and social administration.

Carey, A. (1977) The Lysenko syndrome in western social science. *?

F&P Chapter - Law. Fox

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Part Two: Individuality and Abnormality

4

F&P Chapter - Personality. Sloan

F&P Chapter - Developmental. Burman

Riegel, K. F. (1976) The dialectics of human development. ?or anti dev from Morss?

Haraway, D. (1989) Metaphors into hardware: Harry Harlow and the technology of love.

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Sampson, E. (1981) Cognitive psychology as ideology.

Billig, M. (1985) Prejudice, categorization and particularization.

Ratner, C. (1971) Totalitarianism and individualism in psychology.

Broughton, J. (1988) The masculine authority of the cognitive.

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F&P Chapter - Abnormal. Hare-Mustin and Maracek

Brown, P. (1981) Antipsychiatry and the left.

Jacoby, R. (1975) Theory and Therapy II: Laing and Cooper.

Pilgrim, D. (1992) Psychotherapy and political evasions.

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Part Three: Culture and Difference

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F&P Chapter - Social. Pancer

Harre (1974) The positivist-empiricist approach and its alternative.

Moghaddam, F. M. (1987) Psychology in the three worlds: As reflected by the crisis in social psychology and the move toward indigenous third world psychology.

Plon, M. (1974) On the notion of conflict and its study in social psychology.

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F&P Chapter - Cross-Cultural. Moghaddam and Studer

Bulhan, H. A. (1993) Imperialism in studies of the psyche: A critique of African psychological research.

Howitt, D. and Owusu-Bempah, J. (1994) The racism of psychology chapter.

Sloan, T. S. (1990) Psychology for the Third World?

F&P Chapter - Feminist. Wilkinson

Weisstein, N. (1973) Psychology constructs the female: Or, the fantasy life of the male psychologist.

F&P Chapter - Lesbian and Gay. Kitzinger

Brown, L. S. (1989) New voices, new visions: Toward a lesbian/gay paradigm for psychology.

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Part Four: Moral/Political Engagement

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F&P Chapter - Qualitative. Kidder and Fine

Danziger, K. (1985) The methodological imperative in psychology.

F&P Chapter - Ethics. Brown

Mixon, D. (1974) If you won't deceive what can you do?

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F&P Chapter - Political. Montero

Martin-Baro, I. (1994) chapter from the Liberation Psychology book.

F&P Chapter - Community. Prilleltensky and Nelson

Riger, S. (1993) What's wrong with empowerment?

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F&P Chapter - Critical look. Rappaport and Stewart

F&P Chapter - Practice. Nightingale and Neilands

Chamberlin, J. (1990) The ex-patients' movement: Where we've been and where we're going.

Oliver, M. & Zarb, G. (1989).The Politics of Disability: A New Approach. Disability, Handicap and Society, 4(3), 221-239

 

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Critical Psychology: An Introduction

Dennis Fox and Isaac Prilleltensky, Editors

1997. Sage Publications.

Part I: Critical Overviews
1.	Introducing Critical Psychology: Values, Assumptions and the Status Quo	Isaac Prilleltensky & Dennis Fox
2.	Repoliticizing the History of Psychology	Benjamin Harris
3.	Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology: A Radical Tradition	Louise H. Kidder & Michelle Fine
4.	Ethics in Psychology: Cui Bono?	Laura S. Brown
5.	Understanding and Practicing Critical Psychology	David Nightingale & Tor Neilands
Part II: Critical Arenas
6.	Theories of Personality: Ideology and Beyond	Tod Sloan
7.	Abnormal and Clinical Psychology: The Politics of Madness	Rachel T. Hare-Mustin & Jeanne Marecek
8.	A Critical Look at Intelligence Research	Zack Z. Cernovsky
9.	Developmental Psychology and its Discontents	Erica Burman
10.	Social Psychology: The Crisis Continues	S. Mark Pancer
11.	Community Psychology: Reclaiming Social Justice	Isaac Prilleltensky & Geoffrey Nelson
12.	Cross Cultural Psychology: The Frustrated Gadfly's Promises, Potentialities and Failures	Fathali M. Moghaddam & Charles Studer
13.	Lesbian and Gay Psychology: A Critical Analysis	Celia Kitzinger
14.	Psychology and Law: Justice Diverted	Dennis Fox
15.	Political Psychology: A Critical Perspective	Maritza Montero
Part III: Critical Theories
16.	Feminist Psychology	Sue Wilkinson
17.	Critical Theory, Postmodernism, and Hermeneutics: Insights for Critical Psychology	Frank C. Richardson & Blaine J. Fowers
18.	Discursive Psychology	Ian Parker
Part IV: Critical Reflections
19.	A Critical Look at Critical Psychology: Elaborating the Questions	Julian Rappaport & Eric Stewart