| Re-Sizing Psychology in Public Policy and the Private Imagination 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Furlong, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137584289 ISBN-13: 9781137584281 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling - Psychology | Industrial & Organizational Psychology - Psychology | Social Psychology |
| Dewey: 150 |
| LCCN: 2016950008 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.03" W x 8.71" (1.17 lbs) 325 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book interrogates the current reputation of Psychology, both as an industry and as part of the academy. It disputes Psychology's claim to be a science, questions its claims to effectiveness and examines relationships with other disciplines and fields. Just as Psychology's role in the design of addictive gaming machines has been underplayed so too has the conservative aspect of its regulation of normality and pathology. The discipline of Psychology affects our understanding of identity and subjectivity to position the self as amoral and disconnected. This book questions this assumption and, more generally, the received status of Psychology. |