Critical Social Psychology

An overview of key theoretical, political and empirical developments which addresses the need for a critical perspective in the field of social psychology. It covers such topics as: political critique in a postmodern world; the status of qualitative methods; and realism versus relativism. Much recent work in social psychology has questioned the assumptions and practices of traditional research and debate. Accessible and often passionately argued, this book pulls these new trends together in a major overview of the main theoretical, political and empirical developments. Assembling a group of leading figures in the field, the book addresses the need for a critical perspective in social psychology and examines the many levels of discussion that have informed that critique. The contributors encompass such key topics as: political analysis in a postmodern world; the status of qualitative methods; realism versus relativism; and the question of subjectivity from a critical perspective.