Matthew Mcdonald, Michael Wearing

Positive Psychology and Its Discontents

Why Positive Psychology Fails and How It Might Succeed Again

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781138123489
• ISBN-10: 113812348X
• Artikelnr.: 48918033

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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