2015/01/01 by Thomas Teo · 1 voice
Health Professions · Psychology · #Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology #Community Health and Development #Social Representations and Identity
paper · doi:10.1037/a0038727
openalex publication_date 2015/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/27
Critical psychology has become a generative and international movement in the last 5 decades, with self-identifying critical psychologists emerging from around the globe with publications and contributions, both theoretical and practical, in many areas of psychology. This article provides an overview of current trends in critical psychology and elucidates historical sources and theoretical tenets. Presented are the relationship between individual subjectivity and society, the role of power in the discipline, the problem of subjectification, the importance of reflexivity and intersubjectivity in the context of research practices, methodologies of change for different contexts, and the ethical-political positions from which critical psychologists operate. Challenges to critical psychology, which include engagements with indigenous psychologies, new forms of internationalization, and advancing transdisciplinary work, are discussed.