The Critique of Psychology: From Kant to Postcolonial TheorySpringer Science & Business Media, 2005 M09 23 - 240 pages Closely paralleling the history of psychology is the history of its critics, their theories, and their contributions. The Critique of Psychology is the first book to trace this alternate history, from a unique perspective that complements the many existing empirical, theoretical, and social histories of the field. Thomas Teo cogently synthesizes major historical and theoretical narratives to describe two centuries of challenges to—and the reactions of—the mainstream. Some of these critiques of content, methodology, relevance, and philosophical worldview have actually influenced and become integrated into the canon; others pose moral questions still under debate. All are accessibly presented so that readers may judge their value for themselves: - Kant’s critique of rational and empirical psychology at the end of the 18th century - The natural-scientific critique of philosophical psychology in the 19th century - The human-scientific critique of natural-scientific psychology - The Marxist traditions of critique - Feminist and postmodern critiques and the contemporary mainstream - Postcolonial critiques and the shift from cross-cultural to multicultural psychology This is not a book of critique for critique’s sake: Teo defines the field as a work in progress with goals that are evolving yet constant. In emphasizing ethical and political questions faced by psychology as a discipline, this visionary book points students, academics, and practitioners toward new possibilities for their shared future. |
Contents
On the Historiography of the Critique of Psychology | 1 |
Metatheory and the Critique of Psychology | 19 |
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES | 20 |
PSYCHOLOGY AS A PROBLEMATIC SCIENCE | 32 |
Kant and Early 19th Century Critics of Psychology | 39 |
KANTS CRITIQUE OF RATIONAL AND EMPIRICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 41 |
EARLY 19TH CENTURY CRITICS OF PSYCHOLOGY | 51 |
The NaturalScientific Critique | 59 |
REFLECTIONS ON METHODOLOGY | 129 |
The Postmodern Critique | 135 |
THE END OF METANARRATIVES | 138 |
THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE | 140 |
SUBJECT AND POWER | 142 |
ETHICS | 148 |
AESTHETICS AND LIBERATION | 150 |
The Postcolonial Critique | 155 |
LANGES CRITIQUE OF PSYCHOLOGY | 60 |
THE PROBLEM OF SPECULATION | 68 |
CONTROVERSIES IN NATURALSCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY | 72 |
The HumanScientific Critique | 77 |
DILTHEYS REJECTION OF NATURALSCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY | 78 |
THE GERMANSPEAKING CONTEXT | 85 |
THE ENGLISHSPEAKING TRADITION | 89 |
The Marxist Critique | 93 |
KARL MARXS CRITIQUE OF PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 94 |
VYGOTSKYS CRITIQUE OF PSYCHOLOGY | 98 |
HOLZKAMPS CRITIQUE OF TRADITIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 101 |
FRENCH REFLECTIONS | 110 |
The Feminist Critique | 113 |
THE FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF SCIENCE | 117 |
CRITIQUE OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SUBJECT MATTER AND ITS RELEVANCE | 121 |
CHALLENGES TO SUBJECT MATTER RELEVANCE AND METHODOLOGY | 124 |
THE PROBLEM OF ONTOLOGY | 158 |
THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT | 162 |
SCIENTIFIC RACISM | 164 |
HIDDEN NEOCOLONIAL THINKING | 165 |
THE PROBLEM WITH PROBLEMATIZATION | 172 |
AN EXAMPLE OF A POSTCOLONIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 177 |
Reflections on the EthicalPolitical Character of Psychology | 181 |
MODELS FOR THE SCIENCEPOLITICS RELATIONSHIP | 183 |
EVALUATIVE SCENARIOS FOR THE SCIENCEPOLITICS RELATIONSHIP | 184 |
FACTS AND DECISIONS IN THE HUMAN AND NATURAL SCIENCES AND POLITICAL AFFORDANCES | 188 |
TRUTH POLITICS AND AN ETHICALPOLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 189 |
Notes | 191 |
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