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Section 1: Theoretical resources |
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1 | (272) |
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2 | (8) |
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Critical psychology: The basic co-ordinates |
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10 | (14) |
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10 | (1) |
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Critical psychology as orientation rather than theory |
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11 | (1) |
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Theory, context, practice: Three points of focus |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (2) |
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Psychology as ideological |
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14 | (1) |
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A politics of knowledge and subjectivity |
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15 | (1) |
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Psychology as a powerful form of knowledge |
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15 | (1) |
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Psychological imperialism |
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16 | (2) |
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Depoliticising experience |
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18 | (1) |
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Ways of knowing ourselves |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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A South African critical psychology |
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20 | (4) |
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Psychology: An African perspective |
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24 | (29) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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The context of psychology in developing societies |
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25 | (1) |
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The knowing subject: The self in traditional psychology |
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26 | (1) |
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The nature of knowledge: Western psychology and the place of values |
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27 | (1) |
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Links with critical psychology |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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Do we need an African-based psychology? |
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30 | (5) |
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An African metaphysical system |
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35 | (7) |
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The notion of vitality or life force |
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42 | (2) |
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The principle of cosmic unity |
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44 | (2) |
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Communal life and personhood |
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46 | (2) |
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Criticisms of the `self-in-community' |
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48 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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Sociocultural approaches to psychology: Dialogism and African conceptions of the self |
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53 | (31) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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Vygotsky and the social origins of mental functioning |
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54 | (5) |
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59 | (11) |
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70 | (5) |
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The dialogical self: Comparisons with African approaches |
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75 | (8) |
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83 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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Frantz Fanon, Steve Biko, `psychopolitics' and critical psychology |
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84 | (31) |
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84 | (1) |
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Introduction: The `psychopolitics' of Fanon |
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85 | (3) |
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The politics of psychology in the colonial context |
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88 | (16) |
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Psychology and the politics of resistance |
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104 | (5) |
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Criticisms of Fanon and Biko |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (2) |
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Fanon and the psychoanalysis of racism |
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115 | (24) |
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115 | (1) |
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Introduction: The psychological analysis of power |
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116 | (1) |
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The `psychic life of colonial power' |
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116 | (6) |
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122 | (8) |
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Fanon's psychoanalytic interpretation of racism |
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130 | (7) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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Psychoanalysis and critical psychology |
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139 | (23) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (3) |
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What is, and what is not, psychoanalysis? |
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143 | (4) |
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Essentialist psychoanalysis: Opportunities and dangers |
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147 | (5) |
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Pragmatic psychoanalysis: Questioning subjectivity and history |
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152 | (6) |
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Cultural psychoanalysis: Working inside and alongside its discourse |
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158 | (3) |
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Conclusions and connections |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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Marxism and critical psychology |
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162 | (25) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (11) |
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Social theory, and a theory of the social |
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176 | (3) |
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The lived experience (materialist psychology) of everyday life |
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179 | (6) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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Psychology and the regulation of gender |
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187 | (23) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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Psychology's role in the construction of sex/gender difference |
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189 | (7) |
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Pathologising and regulatory discourses in psychology |
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196 | (2) |
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Retheorising gender difference? A feminist post-structuralist account of gender |
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198 | (9) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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Foucault, disciplinary power and the critical pre-history of psychology |
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210 | (29) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (2) |
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Pre-disciplinary eras of power |
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213 | (3) |
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216 | (12) |
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Psychology as disciplinary apparatus |
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228 | (5) |
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Critiquing Foucault's notion of disciplinary power |
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233 | (3) |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (2) |
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Governmentality and technologies of subjectivity |
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239 | (34) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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The notion of governmentality |
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241 | (21) |
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Technologies of subjectivity |
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262 | (9) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (2) |
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Section 2: The South African context |
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273 | (142) |
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274 | (4) |
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Feminist critical psychology in South Africa |
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278 | (38) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (7) |
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Critical psychology and feminist practice |
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286 | (3) |
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289 | (3) |
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The `liberal' tradition in psychology |
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292 | (2) |
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Focusing on developmental psychology |
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294 | (2) |
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Feminism in an African context |
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296 | (3) |
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Prospects and challenges for feminist theory and practice in Africa: Focus on HIV/Aids |
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299 | (7) |
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Essentialism in theory: Psychology's engagement with difference |
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306 | (5) |
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Feminist psychology and post-colonial theory |
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311 | (3) |
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314 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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Critical reflections on community and psychology in South Africa |
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316 | (19) |
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Thabani Ngonyama Ka Sigogo |
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316 | (1) |
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Introduction: Thinking about `communities' |
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317 | (3) |
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Philosophical assumptions |
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320 | (4) |
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Critical community practice |
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324 | (5) |
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Africanist community practice |
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329 | (2) |
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Critical community research methods |
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331 | (2) |
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333 | (1) |
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Critical thinking questions |
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334 | (1) |
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The role of collective action in the prevention of HIV/Aids in South Africa |
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335 | (25) |
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335 | (1) |
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Introduction: What do we mean by `critical' health psychology? |
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336 | (1) |
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What are the drivers of social change? |
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337 | (2) |
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How does participation in collective action impact on the sexual health of a community? |
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339 | (2) |
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Towards a `social psychology of participation' |
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341 | (10) |
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Case study: Peer education by commercial sex workers in South Africa |
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351 | (5) |
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356 | (3) |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (1) |
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South African psychology and racism: Historical determinants and future prospects |
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360 | (29) |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (1) |
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Psychology and racism prior to 1994 |
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362 | (17) |
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Psychology and racism: Post-1994 |
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379 | (8) |
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387 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (26) |
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389 | (1) |
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Introduction: Inside outsiders, black conscious critical psychology |
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390 | (1) |
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The birth of black US-American psychology |
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390 | (8) |
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Psychologists sans a psychology |
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398 | (14) |
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412 | (1) |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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Section 3: Forms of practice |
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415 | (188) |
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416 | (9) |
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Activity Theory as a framework for psychological research and practice in developing societies |
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425 | (20) |
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425 | (1) |
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426 | (1) |
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The irrelevance of psychology |
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427 | (1) |
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People-centred development as a paradigm for the critical psychologist |
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427 | (4) |
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431 | (6) |
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Development interventions as Activity systems and the role of the psychologist in `learning by expanding' |
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437 | (1) |
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Case study: Facilitating development |
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438 | (5) |
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443 | (1) |
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443 | (1) |
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444 | (1) |
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Participatory Action Research and Local knowledge in community contexts |
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445 | (20) |
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445 | (1) |
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446 | (1) |
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Psychology and development |
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446 | (5) |
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The role of local knowledge in people-centred development |
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451 | (3) |
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Participatory Action Research |
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454 | (8) |
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Conclusion: The challenges of being a Participatory Action Researcher |
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462 | (1) |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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Community psychology: Emotional processes in political subjects |
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465 | (22) |
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465 | (1) |
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466 | (2) |
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Community psychology and psychoanalysis: An unlikely partnership? |
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468 | (3) |
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The significance of emotion in community psychology |
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471 | (8) |
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Emotional pain and the investment in power |
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479 | (3) |
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Emotional and structural power |
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482 | (1) |
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483 | (3) |
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486 | (1) |
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486 | (1) |
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Discursive practice: Analysing a Lovelines text on sex communication for parents |
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487 | (36) |
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487 | (1) |
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488 | (1) |
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488 | (6) |
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494 | (8) |
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502 | (3) |
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505 | (7) |
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512 | (5) |
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Constituting safe families |
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517 | (1) |
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518 | (2) |
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520 | (1) |
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521 | (2) |
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Writing into action: The critical research endeavour |
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523 | (17) |
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523 | (1) |
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Introduction: Critical psychology and the politics of research |
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524 | (1) |
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525 | (2) |
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The posing of research questions |
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527 | (2) |
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529 | (3) |
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532 | (3) |
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Knowledge dissemination and social action |
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535 | (3) |
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538 | (1) |
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538 | (1) |
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539 | (1) |
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Human development in `underdeveloped' contexts |
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540 | (19) |
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540 | (1) |
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541 | (1) |
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Development: A sociocultural perspective |
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542 | (3) |
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Defining `underdeveloped' contexts |
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545 | (2) |
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`Underdevelopment' and minority group contexts |
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547 | (2) |
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Locating studies of human development in the African context |
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549 | (8) |
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557 | (1) |
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557 | (1) |
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558 | (1) |
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559 | (44) |
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559 | (1) |
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560 | (1) |
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561 | (8) |
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569 | (3) |
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572 | (3) |
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Psychology and its vicissitudes |
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575 | (7) |
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The psychology of oppression |
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582 | (3) |
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Psychological consequences of oppression |
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585 | (5) |
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Towards an emancipatory psychology |
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590 | (8) |
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598 | (3) |
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601 | (1) |
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601 | (1) |
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602 | (1) |
| Bibliography |
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603 | (42) |
| Index |
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