Isaac Prilleltensky is Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.

"…provides a penetrating and challenging critical analysis of psychology's role in maintaining the status quo … fascinating…" — The Community Psychologist

• PrefaceGeorge W. Albee Acknowledgments Part I. Psychology and the Status Quo 1. Introduction 2. The Status Quo and Its Preservation 3. Psychology in Modern Society 4. Ideology and Psychology 5. Framework of Analysis Part II. The Politics of Psychological Discourse 6. Psychoanalysis 7. Behaviorism 8. Humanism 9. Cognitivism 10. Abnormal Psychology 11. Industrial/Organizational Psychology 12. School Psychology Part III. Psychology and Social Ethics 13. Human Welfare and the Status Quo 14. Psychology and Social Change 15. Empowerment in Mainstream Psychology References Author Index Subject Index

Isaac Prilleltensky is Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.

"…provides a penetrating and challenging critical analysis of psychology's role in maintaining the status quo … fascinating…" — The Community Psychologist

• PrefaceGeorge W. Albee Acknowledgments Part I. Psychology and the Status Quo 1. Introduction 2. The Status Quo and Its Preservation 3. Psychology in Modern Society 4. Ideology and Psychology 5. Framework of Analysis Part II. The Politics of Psychological Discourse 6. Psychoanalysis 7. Behaviorism 8. Humanism 9. Cognitivism 10. Abnormal Psychology 11. Industrial/Organizational Psychology 12. School Psychology Part III. Psychology and Social Ethics 13. Human Welfare and the Status Quo 14. Psychology and Social Change 15. Empowerment in Mainstream Psychology References Author Index Subject Index