"...will prove to be provocative reading for psychologists interested in the social and historical construction of human consciousness." Harvard Educational Review

• Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Critical psychology: an overview Charles W. Tolman; 2. Critical psychology: historical background and task Wolfgang Maiers; 3. Societal and individual life processes Klaus Holzkamp; 4. Experience of self and scientific objectivity Klaus Holzkamp; 5. Psychoanalysis and Marxist psychology Klaus Holzkamp; 6. Emotion, cognition, and action potence Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 7. Action potence, education, and psychotherapy Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 8. Personality: self-actualization in social vacuums? Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 9. The concept of attitude Morus Markard; 10. Client interests and possibilities in psychotherapy Ole Dreier; 11. Play and Ontogenesis Karl-Heinz Brawn; 12. Functions of the private sphere in social movements Frigga Haug; Bibliography; Index.

"...will prove to be provocative reading for psychologists interested in the social and historical construction of human consciousness." Harvard Educational Review

• Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Critical psychology: an overview Charles W. Tolman; 2. Critical psychology: historical background and task Wolfgang Maiers; 3. Societal and individual life processes Klaus Holzkamp; 4. Experience of self and scientific objectivity Klaus Holzkamp; 5. Psychoanalysis and Marxist psychology Klaus Holzkamp; 6. Emotion, cognition, and action potence Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 7. Action potence, education, and psychotherapy Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 8. Personality: self-actualization in social vacuums? Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 9. The concept of attitude Morus Markard; 10. Client interests and possibilities in psychotherapy Ole Dreier; 11. Play and Ontogenesis Karl-Heinz Brawn; 12. Functions of the private sphere in social movements Frigga Haug; Bibliography; Index.

"...will prove to be provocative reading for psychologists interested in the social and historical construction of human consciousness." Harvard Educational Review

• Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Critical psychology: an overview Charles W. Tolman; 2. Critical psychology: historical background and task Wolfgang Maiers; 3. Societal and individual life processes Klaus Holzkamp; 4. Experience of self and scientific objectivity Klaus Holzkamp; 5. Psychoanalysis and Marxist psychology Klaus Holzkamp; 6. Emotion, cognition, and action potence Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 7. Action potence, education, and psychotherapy Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 8. Personality: self-actualization in social vacuums? Ute Holzkamp-Osterkamp; 9. The concept of attitude Morus Markard; 10. Client interests and possibilities in psychotherapy Ole Dreier; 11. Play and Ontogenesis Karl-Heinz Brawn; 12. Functions of the private sphere in social movements Frigga Haug; Bibliography; Index.