John R Morss: 4 books

Book cover of Growing Critical

Growing Critical

Alternatives to Developmental Psychology

by John R. Morss
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013

Growing Critical is an introduction to critical psychology, focussing on development. It takes a fresh look at infancy, childhood and adulthood and makes the startling claim that 'development' does not exist. John Moss guides the reader from the early critical movements of the 1970s which gave rise...
Book cover of Deleuze and Psychology

Deleuze and Psychology

Philosophical Provocations to Psychological Practices

by Maria Nichterlein, John R. Morss
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016

An increasing number of scholars, students and practitioners of psychology are becoming intrigued by the ideas of Gilles Deleuze and of Felix Guattari. This book aims to be a critical introduction to these ideas, which have so much to offer psychology in terms of new directions as well as critique. Deleuze...
Book cover of International Law as the Law of Collectives
by John R. Morss
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016

This book is concerned with how we can make sense of the confusing landscape of individualistic explanation in international law. Arguing that international law lacks the vocabulary to deal with the collective dimension and therefore perpetuates an individualistic vocabulary, the book develops and...
Book cover of The Biologising of Childhood

The Biologising of Childhood

Developmental Psychology and the Darwinian Myth

by John R. Morss
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017

Originally published in 1990, this book looks at the history of developmental psychology in order to locate and evaluate the role played by biology in its most influential formulations. First Charles Darwin’s own writings on child development are examined. It is shown that Darwin endorsed...
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