Damaged Life

Although the social process or modernization has been a major force in shaping psychology as a discipline, modernity in psychology has not been discussed at length. In this text, the author shows how seemingly remote issues impact on all our lives, how capitalist industrialization has had a bearing on family life, personal experience and intimate relationships. He explores the power relationship between Western civilization and third world countries and how it too shapes our personalities and psychologies. He also acknowledges that our world is not just modern, but postmodern and discusses the implicatons of postmodernist theory for psychology. This book should be useful reading by those studying or working with psychology and related disciplines such as sociology and social policy.