Why theory matters: Analytical strategies of Critical Psychology

Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)

关键词: Critical Psychology;    Psychological theories;    Subjectivity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0103-166X2015000300018

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Based on Critical Psychology from the Standpoint of the Subject the article describes analytical concerns and strategies of critical psychology. In a first step, the development of critical psychologies is located in current discussions on the production of knowledge, and three different typical approaches and major steps toward situated critique as a practice of mutual recognition are delineated. This shift, it is argued, has led to a historically new relevance of critique, and two basic analytical elements of critical research are introduced: Everyday conflictuality as the initiating moment of critique as well as the importance of theory for critical inquiry. On this basis a variety of analytic strategies and concepts are presented which inform Critical Psychology from the Standpoint of the Subject and suggest a constituent move from partial perspectives toward situated generalization.

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