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Critical Psychology in Großbritannien

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Perspektiven kritischer Psychologie und qualitativer Forschung

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Das Feld der britischen „critical psychology“ unterscheidet sich von der deutschsprachigen kritischen Psychologie nicht nur durch eine deutlich stärkere universitäre Institutionalisierung, sondern auch durch andere theoretische und methodologische Schwerpunkte. Ian Parker liefert in seinem Beitrag daher eine Einführung in die vier bedeutsamsten Strömungen kritischer Psychologie in Großbritannien: diskursive Psychologie, kritische Gemeinde- und Gesundheitspsychologie, kritische Psychoanalyse/psychosocial studies und feministische Psychologie. Dabei zeigt er auf, dass viele dieser Strömungen in den 1970er/80er Jahren zwar als kritische Psychologien gestartet sind, seither jedoch zunehmend in die akademische Psychologie integriert wurden und in diesem Prozess letztlich zu deren Erneuerung und Stabilisierung beigetragen haben. Vor diesem Hintergrund problematisiert er das Verhältnis ‚alternativer‘ Psychologien zur akademischen Psychologie, die für ihn vier Formen annehmen kann: Gegen-Psychologie, Anti-Psychologie, Nicht-Psychologie und kritische Psychologie. Dabei plädiert er für eine dezidiert antikapitalistische kritische Psychologie, die auch die historische Konstitution ‚alternativer‘ Psychologien und deren sozio-ökonomische Funktion reflektieren müsse.

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    „An inmate who injured himself breaking out of a Colorado jail is suing on the grounds that guards should have done more to stop him escaping. Scott Gomez Jr. claims he was badly injured when he fell 40 feet while attempting to scale down the outside wall of the Pueblo County jail. Prison authorities […] did next to nothing to ensure that the jail was secure and that the plaintiff could not escape.“

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    „Scott Anthony Gomez, Jr. alleges that guards have sprayed him with pepper spray, shot him with a stun gun, and beaten and kicked him without provocation. He also claims that employees of the Pueblo County sheriff's department got other inmates to assault him. […] The lawsuit, which seeks an unspecified amount of money, claims authorities‚ did next to nothing to ensure that the jail was secure and that the Plaintiff could not escape.‘“

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Parker, I. (2017). Critical Psychology in Großbritannien. In: Heseler, D., Iltzsche, R., Rojon, O., Rüppel, J., Uhlig, T. (eds) Perspektiven kritischer Psychologie und qualitativer Forschung. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14020-5_3

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