Outline of Theoretical Psychology - Critical Investigations - Grand Format

"This book accomplishes a double-task, addressing the heart and context of contemporary psychology ; it takes the syllabus requirements for conceptual and historical issues in psychology to a new level, providing an accessible and intelligently argued critique." — Ian Parker, Emeritus Professor of Management, UK "This volume is an important corrective to the restricted range of topics that have come to define theory in psychology.
Teo's keen evaluation of the critical and cultural dimensions of theory are an important introduction to a new analysis of subjectivity and will be a consequential tool for students and scholars alike." — Henderikus J. Stam, University of Calgary, Canada. Outline of Theoretical Psychology discusses basic philosophical problems in the discipline and profession of psychology. The author addresses such topics as what it means to be human in psychology ; how psychological knowledge is possible and what it consists of ; the role of social justice in psychology ; and how aesthetic experience could help us to understand the human condition.
Proposing possible solutions to a range of such issues, Thomas Teo situates theoretical questions within traditional branches of philosophical inquiry : ontology, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics. This book argues that in order to improve psychology as a discipline and in practice, psychologists must reconceive the unit of psychological analysis, looking beyond individual capacity and even experience.
By engaging with these basic philosophical problems, Teo demonstrates how psychology can avoid its common pitfalls and continue as a force for resistance and good.