This book critically examines three forms of contemporary psychology through analogy with humour associated with three different class perspectives: mainstream psychology; critical psychology; post psychology. By fusing the three psychologies with political and cultural critiques, the author demonstrates a new way of 'doing' psychology.

Preface Apologia Introduction Part One: Mainstream Psychology as Upper Class Prescriptions Chapter 1: Freud and social class Chapter 2: Hirschfeld, class and sexuality Chapter 3: Watsonian capitalism Chapter 4: Maslow and peak capitalism Chapter 5: Carl Rogers: the bolo tie 'internationalist'! Part Two: Critical Psychology as Middle Class Musings Chapter 6: Frankl: The inconvenient existentialist Chapter 7: Laing: The naughty existentialist! Chapter 8: For Foucault's sake Chapter 9: Billig: the sultan of critical psychology Chapter 10: Parker and critical psychology: OK, now what? Part Three: Postpsychology as Working Class Stutterings Chapter 11: Giambattista Vico, imagination and postpsychology Chapter 12: Joseph Dietzgen: (one of) our philosophers! Chapter 13: Alfred Sohn-Rethel and rabid capitalism Chapter 14: Erich Fromm and postpsychology Chapter 15: Antonin Artaud and embodiment Chapter 16: Vygotsky is postpsychology! Chapter 17: Bakhtin completes Vygotsky Chapter 18: Luria completes Bakhtin who completed Vygotsky! Discussion List of references