Global Pandemics and Epistemic Crises in Psychology: A Socio-Philosophical Approach

Synopsis

Using COVID-19 as a base, this groundbreaking book brings together several renowned scholars to explore the concept of crisis, and how this global event has shaped the discipline of psychology. It engages directly with the challenges that psychology continues to face when theorizing societal issues of gender, race, class, history, and culture, while not disregarding "lived" experiences. This edited volume offers a set of pathways to rethink psychology beyond its current scope and history to become more apt to the conditions, needs, and demands of the 21st century. The book explores topics like resilience, interpersonal relationships, mistrust in the government, and access to healthcare. Dividing the book into three distinct sections, the contributors first examine the current crisis within psychology, then go on to explore how psychology theorizes the subject and the other in a social world of perpetual political, economic, cultural, and social crises, and lastly consider the role of crises in the creation of new theorizing. This is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of theoretical and philosophical psychology, social psychology, community psychology, and developmental psychology.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

166 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000410273

Related ISBNs:

9780367688936, 9780367702793, 9781003145417

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/23/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Martin Dege and Irene Strasser

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Psychology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Martin Dege

Edited by:

Irene Strasser