The articles in the present issue of Theory & Psychology, from different theoretical positions and with somewhat varying goals in view, consider the means and consequences of cross-fertilization between psychology and Marxist theory. In this commentary the modes of communicating these issues across disciplinary boundaries are focused on, and some cross-fertilization is wished for. Of the topics in the articles, the discussions on false consciousness and repression, respectively, are highlighted as of particular interest for psychologists. Finally, parallels are drawn with attempts at integrating feminist theory and psychology.
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Foster, D. (1999). Racism, Marxism, psychology. Theory & Psychology, 9(3), 331-352.
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Goldberg, B. (1999). A psychology of need and the abstraction of `value': Creating demand in psychological practice. Theory & Psychology, 9(3), 353-366.
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Kaschak, E. (1992). Engendered lives: A new psychology of women's experience. New York: Basic Books.
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Lane, S. T. M. (1999). Ideology and consciousness. Theory & Psychology, 9(3), 367-378.
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Marecek, J. (1995). Feminism and psychology: Can this relationship be saved? In D. C. Stanton & A. J. Stewart (Eds.), Feminisms in the academy (pp. 101-132). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
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Osterkamp, U. (1999). On psychology, ideology and individuals' societal nature. Theory & Psychology, 9(3), 379-392.
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Pope, K.S. , & Brown, L. (1996). Recovered memories of abuse: Assessment, therapy, forensics. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Sampson, E. (1993). Celebrating the other: A dialogic account of human nature. Boulder, CO: Westview.
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