Turning psychology into a social science

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- A note on referencing -- 1 The opposite of rational is social, not irrational or crazy: How the 'social' got squeezed out of Western history -- Some background -- Why was the 'social' excluded? -- Labelling the 'non-rational' -- Science -- Mental health -- Economics -- Law and legal systems -- Government and bureaucracy -- Ecology -- Religion and spirituality -- Logic -- References -- 2 How are our behaviours shaped by societal 'systems' and 'structures'? -- How do we get from sociological to 'individual'? -- Is there even an individual? -- Where do societal systems and structures come from? -- How do societal systems and structures impact on 'individual' behaviour? -- Examples of deconstructing some 'psychological' structures and systems -- Grammar -- 'Personality' -- Social structures -- Patriarchy -- How do we intervene? -- References -- 3 The societal ecologies of modern life are our 'psychology' -- How can we link people's actions, talking, and thinking to the large societal contexts? -- A little bit of quick historical context -- Some social properties of early forms of resource distribution and social relationships (economics) -- What happened next in human history? The rise of modernity -- What are our current life contexts that shape our actions, talking, and thinking? -- What are these systems that shape our behaviours now? -- From society to individual behaviour -- The first basic consequences -- The specific systems built in order to manage large populations of strangers: welcome to your jungle -- How are we affected by these systems? -- Social relationships -- Economics and resource distribution -- Bureaucratic neoliberalism -- The bigger picture -- References.