Psychology and Capitalism

The Manipulation of Mind

Published by Zer0 Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

Psychology and Capitalism is a critical and accessible account of the ideological and material role of psychology in supporting capitalist enterprise and holding individuals entirely responsible for their fate through the promotion of individualism.

About The Author

Ron Roberts, PhD, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, is Honorary Lecturer in Psychology at Kingston University, a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He studied at the universities of Sheffield, London and Leicester, and has held previous posts at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of Westminster, King’s College Medical School, University College London, St Bartholomew’s Medical School, Queen Mary College and the Tavistock Institute. He is the author of numerous articles as well as eight other books, including Just War: Psychology & Terrorism (2007), Reel to Real: Psychiatry at the Cinema (2011), The New Politics of Experience and The Bitter Herbs (2014), Psychology and Capitalism (2015) and The Off-Modern: Psychology estranged.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Zer0 Books (February 27, 2015)
  • Length: 125 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781782796534

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