{"product_id":"9781032593548-growing-critical","title":"Growing Critical","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlternatives to Developmental Psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1996,\u003cem\u003e Growing Critical\u003c\/em\u003e takes a fresh look at infancy, childhood and adulthood and makes the startling claim that ‘development’ does not exist. John R. Morss surveys the range of contemporary alternatives in critical psychology from the early 1970s using developmental psychology as his focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1996, and now with a new preface, \u003ci\u003eGrowing Critical\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to critical psychology, focusing on development. It takes a fresh look at infancy, childhood and adulthood and makes the startling claim that ‘development’ does not exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Morss guides the reader from the early critical movements of the 1970s which gave rise to the ‘social construction of development’ through the wide range of more recent approaches. He looks in turn at Vygotsky’s ‘social context of development’, Harré’s ‘social constructionism’, Marxist critique of developmental psychology, psychoanalytic interpretations of development, and finally post-structuralist approaches following Foucault and Derrida. He surveys the range of alternative positions in the critical psychology of development and evaluates the achievements of Newman and Holzman, Broughton, Tolman, Walkerdine and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarxism, psychoanalysis and post-structuralism – as well as such movements as feminism – challenge our understanding of human development. Morss looks beyond the laboratory to Marx and Freud, to Lacan and Foucault. What sets \u003ci\u003eGrowing Critical\u003c\/i\u003e apart from orthodox psychology is the seriousness with which he has thought through the implications of these challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary and ‘reader-friendly’, \u003ci\u003eGrowing Critical\u003c\/i\u003e will be of value to both undergraduate and advanced students, as well as to anyone interested in human development, in psychology, sociology or education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56700058993014,"sku":"9781032593548","price":35.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38751362_9276d822-cfb2-4202-b082-9eb9fd273b42.jpg?v=1764293866","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032593548-growing-critical","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}