Rethinking Psychology

Rethinking Psychology

by Luk Van Langenhove (Editor), Luk Van Langenhove (Editor), Rom Harre (Editor), Jonathan A Smith (Editor)

Synopsis

In recent years, a range of perspectives across psychology have challenged the experimental, positivist and cognitivist orientation that has dominated the field for so long. This critique of the mainstream has come out of a broad spectrum of theoretical influences, from phenomenology and symbolic interactionism to cultural and feminist approaches, and also takes in the new emphasis on discourse.

Rethinking Psychology overviews these developments. The outstanding international contributors have produced a coherent and wide-ranging guide to the key strands of theory, showing how they feed into the debate about the creation of a new psychology.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 07 Sep 1995

ISBN 10: 0803977352
ISBN 13: 9780803977358

Author Bio
Jonathan A. Smith is Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London, UK where he leads the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) research group. He has written many articles applying IPA to a range of areas in health, clinical and social psychology. He is co- author (with Paul Flowers and Michael Larkin) of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research (Sage, 2009). He also has a wider interest in qualitative psychology generally and has co-edited a number of books in the area. Rom Harr is a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford and Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC