Review of "Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives"

Review of "Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives"

The core focus of "Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives" is an interrelated set of European-based theories and perspectives that emphasize both the social context of the individual and the capacity of citizens to engage in strategic discursive and rhetorical agency. Through an expla...

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Main Author: Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Subjects:
critical
discourse
rhetoric
social identity theory
social representations
self-categorization theory
memory
narrative
public opinion
values
Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/342
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spelling doaj-3c9d90a3a7274e749349451fdb0bb55d2020-11-25T03:40:29ZengPsychOpenJournal of Social and Political Psychology2195-33252014-04-0121717610.5964/jspp.v2i1.342jspp.v2i1.342Review of "Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives"Paul Nesbitt-Larking0Department of Political Science, Huron University College, London, Ontario, CanadaThe core focus of "Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives" is an interrelated set of European-based theories and perspectives that emphasize both the social context of the individual and the capacity of citizens to engage in strategic discursive and rhetorical agency. Through an explanation of social representations, social identity, self-categorization and other theories, Tileagă raises questions about mainstream methodologies in political psychology and offers alternatives. The core achievements of the book consist of the integrated presentation of a range of critical European-based political psychology approaches as well as a subtle exploration of the interplay between the individual and the social.http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/342criticaldiscourserhetoricsocial identity theorysocial representationsself-categorization theorymemorynarrativepublic opinionvalues
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Review of "Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives"
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critical
discourse
rhetoric
social identity theory
social representations
self-categorization theory
memory
narrative
public opinion
values
author_facet Paul Nesbitt-Larking
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title_short Review of "Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives"
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series Journal of Social and Political Psychology
issn 2195-3325
publishDate 2014-04-01
description The core focus of "Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives" is an interrelated set of European-based theories and perspectives that emphasize both the social context of the individual and the capacity of citizens to engage in strategic discursive and rhetorical agency. Through an explanation of social representations, social identity, self-categorization and other theories, Tileagă raises questions about mainstream methodologies in political psychology and offers alternatives. The core achievements of the book consist of the integrated presentation of a range of critical European-based political psychology approaches as well as a subtle exploration of the interplay between the individual and the social.
topic critical
discourse
rhetoric
social identity theory
social representations
self-categorization theory
memory
narrative
public opinion
values
url http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/342
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