In this article, we approach the relationship between neoliberalism and psychological
science from the theoretical perspective of cultural psychology. In the first section, we trace …

This book, from one of international social work's leading radical educators, provides a richly
compelling argument for the profession to become more critical and dissenting. Addressing …

This ground-breaking and innovative textbook offers a uniquely global approach to the study
of social psychology. Inclusive and outward-looking, the authors consciously re-orientate the …

In post-digital capitalism, digital disconnection is not merely a “luxury” but also an obligation.
Aiming to re-contextualize digital disconnection outside of digital detox resorts, social media …

Self-help promises the chance of being “better”. Across multifarious platforms, including
books, apps and television shows, it offers hope that we can be our own agents of change …

Postfeminism and Body Image is a groundbreaking work that provides a poststructuralist
and psychosocial analysis of key issues at the intersections of body image, psychology and …

Positive Psychology has reconstructed how we understand happiness. The practices and
discourses it presents to perform that reconceptualization appear as if free from political …

and seminal scholarship on therapeutic cultures, popular psychology, and the happiness
industry. Bringing together studies of therapeutic cultures from sociology, anthropology …

Positivity discourses targeting women have become a global phenomenon. A body of
literature has responded to criticise their potential to psychologise and depoliticise efforts to …

In this paper, we revisit the persistent positivity imperative in Finnish youth education by
analysing findings from an on-going research project related to various educational …