9781919713885

Contributors

Section 1: Theoretical resources

(272)

Summary

(8)

Anthony Collins

Critical psychology: The basic co-ordinates

(14)

Derek Hook

Learning outcomes

(1)

Critical psychology as orientation rather than theory

(1)

Theory, context, practice: Three points of focus

(1)

Power and psychology

(2)

Psychology as ideological

(1)

A politics of knowledge and subjectivity

(1)

Psychology as a powerful form of knowledge

(1)

Psychological imperialism

(2)

Depoliticising experience

(1)

Ways of knowing ourselves

(1)

Psychology as politics

(1)

`Psychopolitics'

(1)

A South African critical psychology

(4)

Psychology: An African perspective

(29)

Nhlanhla Mkhize

Learning outcomes

(1)

Introduction

(1)

The context of psychology in developing societies

(1)

The knowing subject: The self in traditional psychology

(1)

The nature of knowledge: Western psychology and the place of values

(1)

Links with critical psychology

(1)

Indigenous psychologies

(2)

Do we need an African-based psychology?

(5)

An African metaphysical system

(7)

The notion of vitality or life force

(2)

The principle of cosmic unity

(2)

Communal life and personhood

(2)

Criticisms of the `self-in-community'

(1)

The family community

(1)

Personhood as a process

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

(1)

Recommended readings

(1)

Sociocultural approaches to psychology: Dialogism and African conceptions of the self

(31)

Nhlanhla Mkhize

Learning outcomes

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Vygotsky and the social origins of mental functioning

(5)

Bakhtin's dialogism

(11)

The dialogical self

(5)

The dialogical self: Comparisons with African approaches

(8)

Critical thinking tasks

(1)

Recommended readings

(1)

Frantz Fanon, Steve Biko, `psychopolitics' and critical psychology

(31)

Derek Hook

Learning outcomes

(1)

Introduction: The `psychopolitics' of Fanon

(3)

The politics of psychology in the colonial context

(16)

Psychology and the politics of resistance

104

(5)

Criticisms of Fanon and Biko

109

(3)

Conclusion

112

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

113

(1)

Recommended readings

113

(2)

Fanon and the psychoanalysis of racism

115

(24)

Derek Hook

Learning outcomes

115

(1)

Introduction: The psychological analysis of power

116

(1)

The `psychic life of colonial power'

116

(6)

The phobogenic object

122

(8)

Fanon's psychoanalytic interpretation of racism

130

(7)

Conclusion

137

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

138

(1)

Recommended readings

138

(1)

Psychoanalysis and critical psychology

139

(23)

Ian Parker

Learning outcomes

139

(1)

Introduction

140

(3)

What is, and what is not, psychoanalysis?

143

(4)

Essentialist psychoanalysis: Opportunities and dangers

147

(5)

Pragmatic psychoanalysis: Questioning subjectivity and history

152

(6)

Cultural psychoanalysis: Working inside and alongside its discourse

158

(3)

Conclusions and connections

161

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

161

(1)

Recommended readings

161

(1)

Marxism and critical psychology

162

(25)

Grahame Hayes

Learning outcomes

162

(1)

Introduction

163

(2)

Defining Marxism

165

(11)

Social theory, and a theory of the social

176

(3)

The lived experience (materialist psychology) of everyday life

179

(6)

Conclusion

185

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

185

(1)

Recommended readings

186

(1)

Psychology and the regulation of gender

187

(23)

Tamara Shefer

Learning outcomes

187

(1)

Introduction

188

(1)

Psychology's role in the construction of sex/gender difference

189

(7)

Pathologising and regulatory discourses in psychology

196

(2)

Retheorising gender difference? A feminist post-structuralist account of gender

198

(9)

Conclusion

207

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

208

(1)

Recommended readings

208

(2)

Foucault, disciplinary power and the critical pre-history of psychology

210

(29)

Derek Hook

Learning outcomes

210

(1)

Introduction

211

(2)

Pre-disciplinary eras of power

213

(3)

Disciplinary power

216

(12)

Psychology as disciplinary apparatus

228

(5)

Critiquing Foucault's notion of disciplinary power

233

(3)

Conclusion

236

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

237

(1)

Recommended readings

271

(2)

Section 2: The South African context

273

(142)

Summary

274

(4)

Peace Kiguwa

Feminist critical psychology in South Africa

278

(38)

Peace Kiguwa

Learning outcomes

278

(1)

Introduction

279

(7)

Critical psychology and feminist practice

286

(3)

Questioning research

289

(3)

The `liberal' tradition in psychology

292

(2)

Focusing on developmental psychology

294

(2)

Feminism in an African context

296

(3)

Prospects and challenges for feminist theory and practice in Africa: Focus on HIV/Aids

299

(7)

Essentialism in theory: Psychology's engagement with difference

306

(5)

Feminist psychology and post-colonial theory

311

(3)

Conclusion

314

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

314

(1)

Recommended readings

315

(1)

Critical reflections on community and psychology in South Africa

316

(19)

Thabani Ngonyama Ka Sigogo

Oscar Tso Modipa

Learning outcomes

316

(1)

Introduction: Thinking about `communities'

317

(3)

Philosophical assumptions

320

(4)

Critical community practice

324

(5)

Africanist community practice

329

(2)

Critical community research methods

331

(2)

Summary

333

(1)

Critical thinking questions

334

(1)

The role of collective action in the prevention of HIV/Aids in South Africa

335

(25)

Catherine Campbell

Learning outcomes

335

(1)

Introduction: What do we mean by `critical' health psychology?

336

(1)

What are the drivers of social change?

337

(2)

How does participation in collective action impact on the sexual health of a community?

339

(2)

Towards a `social psychology of participation'

341

(10)

Case study: Peer education by commercial sex workers in South Africa

351

(5)

Conclusion

356

(3)

Critical thinking tasks

359

(1)

Recommended readings

359

(1)

South African psychology and racism: Historical determinants and future prospects

360

(29)

Norman Duncan

Garth Stevens

Brett Bowman

Learning outcomes

360

(1)

Introduction

361

(1)

Psychology and racism prior to 1994

362

(17)

Psychology and racism: Post-1994

379

(8)

Conclusion

387

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

388

(1)

Recommended readings

388

(1)

About black psychology

389

(26)

Kopano Ratele

Learning outcomes

389

(1)

Introduction: Inside outsiders, black conscious critical psychology

390

(1)

The birth of black US-American psychology

390

(8)

Psychologists sans a psychology

398

(14)

Conclusion

412

(1)

Creative thinking tasks

413

(1)

Recommended readings

414

(1)

Section 3: Forms of practice

415

(188)

Summary

416

(9)

Nhlanhla Mkhize

Activity Theory as a framework for psychological research and practice in developing societies

425

(20)

Hilde van Vlaenderen

David Neves

Learning outcomes

425

(1)

Introduction

426

(1)

The irrelevance of psychology

427

(1)

People-centred development as a paradigm for the critical psychologist

427

(4)

Activity Theory

431

(6)

Development interventions as Activity systems and the role of the psychologist in `learning by expanding'

437

(1)

Case study: Facilitating development

438

(5)

Conclusion

443

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

443

(1)

Recommended readings

444

(1)

Participatory Action Research and Local knowledge in community contexts

445

(20)

Hilde van Vlaenderen

David Neves

Learning outcomes

445

(1)

Introduction

446

(1)

Psychology and development

446

(5)

The role of local knowledge in people-centred development

451

(3)

Participatory Action Research

454

(8)

Conclusion: The challenges of being a Participatory Action Researcher

462

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

463

(1)

Recommended readings

464

(1)

Community psychology: Emotional processes in political subjects

465

(22)

Kerry Gibson

Leslie Swartz

Learning outcomes

465

(1)

Introduction

466

(2)

Community psychology and psychoanalysis: An unlikely partnership?

468

(3)

The significance of emotion in community psychology

471

(8)

Emotional pain and the investment in power

479

(3)

Emotional and structural power

482

(1)

Conclusion

483

(3)

Critical thinking tasks

486

(1)

Recommended readings

486

(1)

Discursive practice: Analysing a Lovelines text on sex communication for parents

487

(36)

Lindy Wilbraham

Learning outcomes

487

(1)

Introduction

488

(1)

Theoretical framework

488

(6)

Methodology matters

494

(8)

The text

502

(3)

Discourse analysis

505

(7)

Disciplining adolescents

512

(5)

Constituting safe families

517

(1)

Concluding comments

518

(2)

Critical thinking tasks

520

(1)

Recommended readings

521

(2)

Writing into action: The critical research endeavour

523

(17)

Catriona Macleod

Learning outcomes

523

(1)

Introduction: Critical psychology and the politics of research

524

(1)

Theory and method

525

(2)

The posing of research questions

527

(2)

Investigative practices

529

(3)

Researcher reflexivity

532

(3)

Knowledge dissemination and social action

535

(3)

Conclusion

538

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

538

(1)

Recommended readings

539

(1)

Human development in `underdeveloped' contexts

540

(19)

Mambwe Kasese-Hara

Learning outcomes

540

(1)

Introduction

541

(1)

Development: A sociocultural perspective

542

(3)

Defining `underdeveloped' contexts

545

(2)

`Underdevelopment' and minority group contexts

547

(2)

Locating studies of human development in the African context

549

(8)

Conclusion

557

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

557

(1)

Recommended readings

558

(1)

Liberation psychology

559

(44)

Don Foster

Learning outcomes

559

(1)

Introduction

560

(1)

Central concerns

561

(8)

Emancipation and utopia

569

(3)

Modernity and its ills

572

(3)

Psychology and its vicissitudes

575

(7)

The psychology of oppression

582

(3)

Psychological consequences of oppression

585

(5)

Towards an emancipatory psychology

590

(8)

Pitfalls and obstacles

598

(3)

Concluding remarks

601

(1)

Critical thinking tasks

601

(1)

Recommended readings

602

(1)

Bibliography

603

(42)

Index

645

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