Autorentext

Matthew McDonald is a visiting research fellow in the Graduate School of Psychology, Assumption University, Bangkok..

Stephen Wearing is an associate professor in the Management Discipline Group at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Klappentext

Positive Psychology and its Discontents offers the first book-length critique of positive psychology and proposes an alternative, more productive vision for the movement which will appeal to both students and concerned practitioners.

Inhalt

Part One: Criticisms of Positive Psychology

One: Introduction

• Discovering Positive Psychology

• Outline of the Book Two: What Is Positive Psychology?

• Conception

• Key Founding Statements

• Popularity of Positive Psychology

• Topics of Study

• Contributions of Positive Psychology Three: Critiques of Positive Psychology

• Introduction

• Philosophy

• Ethnocentrism

• Positive-Negative Discourse

• Summary & Conclusion Four: Critiques of Applied Positive Psychology

• Introduction

• Self-Help

• Psychotherapy

• Social Work

• Workplace

• Education

• Military

• Summary & Conclusion Part Two: Re-envisioning Positive Psychology

Five: Continental Philosophy: An Alternative Philosophical & Theoretical Basis for Positive Psychology

• Introduction

• Existential Philosophy

• Humanistic Psychology

• Summary & Conclusion Six: Sociocultural Forces & Reflexivity

• Introduction

• Positive Psychology & Sociocultural Forces

• Positive Psychology & Reflexivity

• Summary & Conclusion Seven: Conclusion - Toward a Critical Positive Psychology