Critical Discursive Psychology

by I. Parker

Overview

Critical Discursive Psychology addresses issues in critical discursive research in psychology, and outlines the historical context in the discipline for the emergence of qualitative debates. Key critical theoretical resources are described and assessed and a series of polemics is staged that brings together writers who have helped shape critical work in psychology. It also sets out methodological steps for critical readings of texts and arguments for the role of psychoanalytic theory in qualitative research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349429912
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Edition description:	1st ed. 2002
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ian Parker is Professor of Management in the School of Management at the University of Leicester, and Honorary Professor in Manchester Institute of Education at the University of Manchester. He is co-Director of the Discourse Unit (www.discourseunit.com) and a visiting professor at universities in the UK, Brazil, Belgium, South Africa and Spain.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Theoretical Discourse, Subjectivity and Critical Psychology PART I: ENLIGHTENMENT, REALISM AND POWER (and their reverse) Against Postmodernism: Psychology in Cultural Context Against Relativism in Psychology: On Balance Against Wittgenstein: Materialist Reflections on Language in Psychology PART II: THE TURN TO DISCOURSE AS A CRITICAL THEORETICAL RESOURCE Discursive Psychology Uncut Discourse: Definitions and Contradictions PART III: CRITICAL DISCURSIVE RESEARCH, SUBJECTIVITY AND PRACTICE Reflexive Research and Grounding of Analysis: Psychology and the Psy-Complex Tracing Therapeutic Discourse in Material Culture Constructing and Deconstructing Therapeutic Discourse Critical Reflections

Editorial Reviews

"Critical Discursive Psychology collects more than a decade's intellectual work into a single volume...readers now have easy-access to some of the most pertinent, theoretically inspiring, and discursively engaged of Parker's contributions." - Catriona Macleod and Lindy Wilbraham, Psychology in Society

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