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Psychology and postmodernism

Title
Psychology and postmodernism / edited by Steinar Kvale.
Publication
London : Sage, 1992.

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Additional Authors
Kvale, Steinar, 1938-2008.
Description
x, 230 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Explores the basis for a postmodern psychology. Contributors examine key themes within postmodernist/post-structuralist theory such as: the nature of knowledge, the central role of language, concept of self, and their implications for reworking psychology in the "postmodern world".
Series Statement
Inquiries in social construction
Uniform Title
Inquiries in social construction.
Subject
  • Psychology > Philosophy
  • Postmodernism
  • Postmoderne
  • Psychologie
  • Postmodernisme
  • Psychologie
  • Psicologia (filosofia e teorias)
  • Psicanalise
  • Aarus <1989>
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Introduction: from the archaeology of the psyche to the architecture of cultural landscapes / Steinar Kvale -- Toward a postmodern psychology / Kenneth J. Gergen -- Postmodern psychology: a contradiction in terms? / Steinar Kvale -- 'Getting in touch': the meta-methodology of a postmodern science of mental life / John Shotter -- Postmodern subjects: toward a transgressive social psychology / Mike Michael -- Postmodernism and the human sciences / Patti Lather -- An introduction to deconstructionist psychology / Paul Richer -- Postmodernism and subjectivity / Lars Løvlie -- Postmodern self-psychology mirrored in science and the arts / Neil Young.
ISBN
  • 0803986033
  • 9780803986039
  • 0803986041
  • 9780803986046
LCCN
  • 92056380
  • 33020544
OCLC
  • ocm28115262
  • 28115262
  • SCSB-9583151
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library