TY  - BOOK
AU  - Till Manderbach
AU  - Johanna Ruge
AU  - Peter Brook
AU  - Eileen Wengemuth
AU  - Sigga Waleng
PY  - 2024
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Beyond Adaptation
T2  - The Unity of Personal and Social Change in Critical Psychology and Cultural-Historical Theory
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1376338
N2  - This book discusses transformative approaches to psychology, social work, and education. Addressing these disciplines’ entanglements with oppressive structures, the contributors aim to reconcile individual support with social justice. In current times of accelerating crises, professionals often see only few opportunities to influence the conditions of their work. Thinking and acting beyond adaptation, authors from 7 countries provide inspiration for researchers, practitioners, and students who want to be more than brokers of a broken system. Cultural-Historical Theory is a powerful framework that can depict the dynamic of individual minds in society. Building on this, Critical Psychology has formulated an elaborate theory of human agency. Linking individual and social change needs such theorizing. This volume is a rare intellectual exchange by scholars drawing on these traditions. An alternative to both control science and abstract criticism, it inquires the capacity to act.
KW  - Critical psychology, Beyond Adaptation, The Unity of Personal and Social Change in Critical Psychology and Cultural-Historical Theory, cultural-historical theory, CHAT, social change, agency, transformation, human nature, subjectivity, co-research, action research, decolonization, mental health, social movements, foster care, Holzkamp, Leontiev, Vygotsky, Freire, Till Manderbach, Johanna Ruge, Peter Brook, Eileen Wengemuth, Sigga Waleng
LA  - English
ER  -