Open AccessThe Political Effects of Social Psychology
Author(s) -
Tomás Ibáñez Gracia
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
quaderns de psicología/cuadernos de psicología
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2014-4520
pISSN - 0211-3481
DOI - 10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.519
Subject(s) - praxis , politics , character (mathematics) , epistemology , sociology , point (geometry) , theoretical psychology , political psychology , social science , psychology , social psychology , positive economics , political science , philosophy , law , economics , mathematics , geometry
Se examina la manera en que se ha planteado tradicionalmente la relación entre Psicología Social y Politica, y se sugiere un nuevo entendimiento de dicha relación basado en el carácter intrínsecamente socio-político de la Psicología Social. El análisis de los efectos políticos que se desprenden de la teorización y de la práctica psicosociológicas conduce a un cuestionamiento del tipo de saber que se elabora en esta disciplina. Este cuestionamiento se lleva a cabo utilizando una analogía con el principio de indeterminación de Heisenberg.The classical point of view concerning the relations between social psychology and politics is submitted to a close analysis. A new way of formulating this relationship is suggested on the grounds of the intrinsically socio-political character of social psychology. The analysis of the political effects which are produced by psychosociological theorization and praxis leads to a reconsideration of the kind of knowledge which is produced by social-psychologists. This reconsideration is based on an analogical application of Heisenberg's principle of indetermination