Re-envisioning Psychology: Debating Paradigmatic Foundations by Parul Bansal Har

Description: Re-envisioning Psychology by Parul Bansal Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This book studies the ideological nature of mainstream scientific psychology. It raises critical questions on dominant forms of psychological theorization and praxis based on their validity, social relevance and power privileges. Publisher Description This book studies the ideological nature of mainstream scientific psychology. It raises critical questions about the dominant forms of psychological theorization and praxis, based on their validity, social relevance and power privileges. Re-envisioning Psychology critically interrogates scientific images of the mind, individual, gender, development, society and culture that mainstream psychology promotes. The issues taken up in this book revolve around the pivotal concerns of psychologys scientific basis, its dominant quantitative research methodology, the construction of individual as the unit of analysis, the conceptualization of social, cultural and gender in relation to individualism, and the understanding of abnormality as shaped by the discourses of medical science and capitalism.Comprehensive and topical, the book will be useful to students, researchers, and teachers of psychology, applied psychology, social work, gender and women studies, and sociology. It will also be of interest to professional counsellors and psychotherapists. Author Biography Parul Bansal is Associate Professor of Psychology at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Indias premier liberal arts college, affiliated to the University of Delhi. She received a BA in psychology from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, and an MA and a doctorate degree in psychology from the University of Delhi. Her teaching career spans over 20 years, during which she has served as the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Lady Shri Ram College for Women twice. In addition, she has been actively involved with curriculum development and course writing at the University of Delhi and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). She has to her credit a well-received research text, Youth in Contemporary India: Images of Identity and Social Change, which uses a psychoanalytically informed qualitative research methodology. Her academic and research interests are in psychosocial studies of identity, intimacy, ideology and social change, critical psychology, psychoanalysis and mental health, and qualitative research methodology. She was awarded Shashikala Singh Gold Medal for being a topper of University of Delhi in her Masters. She has also received ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship to conduct her PhD work. She has published in several journals of international repute. Details ISBN 1032749946 ISBN-13 9781032749945 Title Re-envisioning Psychology Author Parul Bansal Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 342 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:159917526; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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