Social Psychology: A Critical Agenda - Softcover

Stainton Rogers, Rex; Stenner, Paul; Gleeson, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745611834 ISBN 13: 9780745611839

Publisher: Polity, 1995

Synopsis

This is a textbook with a difference, introducing the central issues and concerns of social psychology within a framework of critical scrutiny, written by well known authors in this field.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This is a major textbook in social psychology which deliberately adopts a critical, unconventional approach.

Until recently social psychology seemed to have escaped relatively lightly from the climate of critical questioning which has characterized other areas of the social sciences. But this has changed: it is now possible to identify a clear forum of challenge, which could be described as "critical social psychology."

Social Psychology draws upon and consolidates this new current of thinking, while at the same time providing a wide-ranging and critical introduction to the field. It introduces students to the concepts, methods and debates in social psychology, but does so in a way that is questioning rather than dogmatic. The overall argument of the book is that social psychology has not uncovered the origins of social behaviour and experience but has "brought them into being" by virtue of the theories and narratives constructed by it.

Social Psychology is a textbook with a difference, introducing the central issues and concerns of social psychology within a framework of critical scrutiny. It is suitable for first and second year undergraduates in psychology and social psychology.

About the Author

Rex Stainton Rogers and Paul Stenner are the authors of Social Psychology: A Critical Agenda, published by Wiley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Polity
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0745611834
• ISBN 13: 9780745611839
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320