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A research-based guide to political psychology that is filled with critical arguments from noted experts
Political Psychology is solidly grounded in empirical research and critical arguments. The text puts the emphasis on alternative approaches to psychological enquiry that challenge our traditional assumptions about the world. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the text contains a meaningful exchange of ideas that draw on the disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, media studies and philosophy. This important text offers a broader understanding of the different intellectual positions that academics may take towards political psychology.
Comprehensive in scope Political Psychology provides a historical context to the subject and offers a critical history of common research methods. The contributors offer insight on political thought in psychology, the politics of psychological language, narrating as political action, political decision-making and much more. This important text:
Offers contributions from a panel of international experts on the topic
Includes a review of some political ideas associated with the work of Karl Marx, Erich Fromm, R.D. Laing, Michel Foucault and others
Presents information on prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination in the context of mass migration
Reviews a wide range of relevant topics such as identity, social exclusion and foreign policy and more
Contains questions for group debate and discussion at the end of each chapter
Written for academics and students of political psychology, Political Psychology is a comprehensive resource that includes contributions from experts in a variety of fields and disciplines.
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Christopher J. Hewer is Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Psychology at Kingston University, London where he teaches critical social psychology and the psychology of art and film. His research interests focus on collective memory, shifting memorialization and forgetting in cultural discourse. Evanthia Lyons is Head of School and Professor of Social and Political Psychology at Kingston University, London, UK. Her research focuses on people's understanding of political processes and the factors that influence their engagement in conventional and unconventional political actions.
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A RESEARCH-BASED GUIDE TO POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY THAT IS FILLED WITH CRITICAL ARGUMENTS FROM NOTED EXPERTS Political Psychology is solidly grounded in empirical research and critical arguments. The text puts the emphasis on alternative approaches to psychological enquiry that challenge our traditional assumptions about the world. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the text contains a meaningful exchange of ideas that draw on the disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, media studies and philosophy. This important text offers a broader understanding of the different intellectual positions that academics may take towards political psychology. Comprehensive in scope Political Psychology provides a historical context to the subject and offers a critical history of common research methods. The contributors offer insight on political thought in psychology, the politics of psychological language, narrating as political action, political decision-making and much more. This important text:
Inhalt
List of Contributors xv
Preface xx
CHAPTER 1 Some Historical and Philosophical Considerations 1
Christopher J. Hewer
When People Come Together 3
Social Psychology 4
The Development of Religious Identities 5
Intersecting Histories: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 5
The Issue of Governance 8
Transformations in the Twentieth Century 8
The Social and Moral Order 10
The Search for Scientific Understanding 11
Psychology: A New Way of Seeing the World 12
The Influence of Political Philosophy on Social Psychology 14
Locating the Root of Human Behavior 15
Social Cognition 17
A Societal Approach to Political Psychology 18
Social Constructionism 19
The Social Construction of Reality 22
Summary 24
Glossary 24
Further Reading 26
Questions for Group Discussion 27
CHAPTER 2 A Critical History of Research Methods 28
Ron Roberts and Christopher J. Hewer
What Do We Want to Know About the World and Why? 30
How Can We Know the World? 31
Searching for Universal Laws of Behavior 32
The Computability Problem 33
The Historic Nature of Research Findings 35
The Origin of Statistics 37
The Construction of Norms, Normality, and Normalcy 38
Using Statistical Measures and Models for Political Purposes 40
The Null Hypothesis Significance Test 43
Bayesian Methods 45
The Issue of Replication 47
The File Drawer Effect 48
A Cautionary Note on Theory 48
Conclusions 50
Summary 50
Glossary 51
Further Reading 52
Questions for Group Discussion 53
CHAPTER 3 From Alienation to Estrangement: Political Thought and Psychology 54
Ron Roberts
Mechanistic Models 56
Karl Marx 57
Alienation 58
Erich Fromm 59
R. D. Laing 61
Mystification 61
Michel Foucault 62
Discursive Regimes, Power, and Freedom 63
Disciplinary boundaries 63
Politics and governance of the self 64
Svetlana Boym 66
Estrangement 66
Offmodern psychology 68
Art and dissent 69
Summary 70
Glossary 71
Further Reading 71
Questions for Group Discussion 71
CHAPTER 4 The Politics of Psychological Language: Discourse and Rhetoric 73
Simon Locke
Discursive Psychology, Rhetorical Psychology, and Cognitive Psychology 75
The Scientific Laboratory 76
The Validity of Experiments and Surveys 77
Language, Discourse, and Rhetoric 78
Arguing and Thinking 80
Relativism and Ideologyor the DPCA/RPCDA Fandango 81
Ideology 83
Critical Discourse Analysis 84
The Politics of Experience 85
Conspiracy Discourse 86
A Cognitive Approach to Conspiracy 87
Reinstating the Thinking Person 88
Summary 90
Glossary 90
Further Reading 91
Questions for Group Discussion 92
CHAPTER 5 Identity 93
Christopher J. Hewer and Evanthia Lyons
Identity and Human Relations 95
Categorization 95
Self and Society 96
Occupational Identity: Roles and Performance 97
Political Mobilization: National Identity and Nationalism 98
Identity Threats 101
Identity Politics 102
Image, Images, and Appearance 104
Political Identities 106
Social Identity Theory 106
Identity Process Theory 108
Discursive Approaches to Identity 109
Narrative Identities 111
Conclusions 111
Summary 112 ...