Understanding Critical Social Psychology.(Book review)

From: New Zealand Journal of Psychology | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Keith Tuffin (2005) London: Sage. 202 + ix. ISBN: 076195497X

Critical psychology refers to a new array of approaches for studying social life which has blossomed in the last decade or so. An important thread of critical work in psychology is that it critiques the discipline for playing handmaiden to an unjust and undesirable social order. Another key feature of critical psychology is that is has spearheaded the development of new, largely qualitative, analytic tools for exploring the rich complexity of social worlds. A feature that distinguishes critical psychology from ...

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