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Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology

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  • Entries from international experts
  • Includes contributions from critical, international, and indigenous perspectives
  • The only major reference on this topic
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (477 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lxi
  2. A

    1. Abjection

      • Darrin Hodgetts, Ottilie Stolte
      Pages 1-3
    2. Abnormality, Overview

      • Robbie Duschinsky, Netta Chachamu
      Pages 3-8
    3. Aboriginal Peoples

      • Carrie Bourassa, Angelina Baydala
      Pages 8-11
    4. Abortion

      • Kate Sheese
      Pages 11-12
    5. Abuse, Overview

      • Jenna MacKay, Joshua Goodbaum
      Pages 13-18
    6. Achievement

      • Jamie Franco-Zamudio
      Pages 18-20
    7. Activism

      • Kate Sheese, Wen Liu
      Pages 20-24
    8. Activity Theory

      • Wolff-Michael Roth
      Pages 25-31
    9. Adjustment, Overview

      • Anastasia Korosteliov
      Pages 31-34
    10. Adolescence, Overview

      • Monica Payne
      Pages 34-40
    11. Adolescent Sexuality

      • Sara I. McClelland, Deborah L. Tolman
      Pages 40-47
    12. Adultism

      • Brenda A. LeFrançois
      Pages 47-49
    13. Advocacy, Overview

      • Kathleen M. Cumiskey
      Pages 49-54
    14. Aesthetics

      • Tone Roald
      Pages 55-57
    15. African Psychology, Critical Trends

      • Augustine Nwoye
      Pages 57-62
    16. Agency

      • Erin Thrift
      Pages 62-68
    17. Aggression, Overview

      • Barbod Salimi
      Pages 68-72
    18. AIDS/HIV

      • Susan Kippax
      Pages 72-76
    19. Alienation

      • Daniel Burston
      Pages 76-82

About this book

Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology is a comprehensive reference work and is the first reference work in English that comprehensively looks at psychological topics from critical as well as international points of view. Thus, it will appeal to all committed to a critical approach across the Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology, for alternative analyses of psychological events, processes, and practices. The Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology provides commentary from expert critical psychologists from around the globe who will compose the entries. The Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology will feature approximately 1,000 invited entries, organized in an easy to use A-Z format. The encyclopedia will be compiled under the direction of the editor who has published widely in the field of critical psychology and due to his international involvements is knowledgeable about the status of critical psychology around the world. The expert contributors will summarize current critical-psychologicalknowledge and discuss significant topics from a global perspective.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Canada

    Thomas Teo

About the editor

Thomas Teo is Associate Professor in the History and Theory of Psychology Program at York University and current editor of the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. He has published historical and theoretical articles in Theory & Psychology, New Ideas in Psychology, Canadian Psychology, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, History of Psychology, History of the Human Sciences, among other journals. The Critique of Psychology: From Kant to Postcolonial Theory, his latest monograph, was published in 2005. Varieties of theoretical psychology: International philosophical and practical concerns, his latest co-edited book, was published in 2009. He is Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Canadian Psychological Association (website: http://www.yorku.ca/tteo).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology

  • Editors: Thomas Teo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5583-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Behavioral Sciences

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5582-0Published: 31 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5583-7Published: 10 March 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CCXLVIII, 2106

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cross Cultural Psychology, History of Psychology

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