Political Psychology: Critical Perspectives

by Cristian Tileaga

This book provides an introduction to political psychology through a focus on European politics and topics. It describes a style of doing political psychology in Europe that has developed out of dialogue with as well as critique of North American approaches. By emphasising the theoretical and methodological diversity of political psychology, the book is intended to contribute to a greater understanding of the strength and utility of the field. • Opens up and extends the study of political psychology to a variety of socio-political contexts and manifestations of political behaviour • Clearly outlines the usefulness and promises of distinctive critical approaches in social and political psychology • Explicitly considers the role of language, communication, identity and social representations in the construction of political meanings. Political Psychology will appeal to upper-level students and scholars who seek to extend their knowledge of the complex relationship between psychology, politics and society.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Politics

246 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2013

Reviews

[إيمان · Rating 4 out of 5]

يطرح كريستيان تاليغا في هذا الكتاب أفكاره التي تهدف للنوع من اعادة الهيكلة لعلم النفس السياسي أولا لمواكبة التغيرات الطارئة على الساحة السياسية وثانيا لبيان ضرورة تفاعل هذا العلم مع غيره من العلوم المرتبطة به (كعلم الأعصاب) دون ان "يذوب" فيها. و يتناول مواضيع من قبيل الرأي العام اللاتسامح ,التطرف و العلاقة بين الجماعات...وقد خصص احد الفصول لتناول الذاكرة الجماعية و كيفية التأثير فيها...فيما كان موضوع الفصول الثلاث الأخيرة الخطاب السياسي...بصفة عامة الكتاب مفيد جدا و يحتوي على عدة معلومات هامة لكن قراءته تحتاج الى مجهود و تركيز كبيرين خاصة انه ذو طابع أكاديمي

[الشناوي محمد جبر · Rating 1 out of 5]

الكتاب موضوعه بعيد تماما عن اهتماماتي فلم يحظ من وقتي إلا بالقليل لتصفح بعض أبوابه وليس كلها

[CM · Rating 1 out of 5]

The critical perspective here is very much discursive psychology, a socio-cultural approach at odds with the experimental tradition for their exclusive focus on the constructive nature of language and culture. While this academic work covers a wider range of intriguing topics (values, social identity, social memory, intolerance, intergroup relation, public opinion,knowledge, etc) than a few other texts, each chapter, however promising the beginning paragraphs can be, is primarily written to advocate the adoption of this approach in Europe with little regard to actual psychological model-building or theorizing. When the author mentions leading models, much working knowledge is presumed in the reader's side.



To the undeterred, you may want to try Chapter 7 Discourse and Politics but with this noise-to-signal ratio, it's generally not a work for anyone seeking insight on politics and mind.