Michael E. Arfken
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Prince Edward Island
Canada
Biography
He did his Phd from Tennessee and is Assistant professor of Department of Psychology in UPEI, Canda.
Research Interest
Dr. Arfken's primary research interests are at the intersection of critical social theory and phenomenology. He is particularly interested in understanding how hermeneutic phenomenology and critical social theory challenge social psychological conceptualizations of social reality. In his research and teaching, he focuses on a wide range of topics including environmentalism, gender, economics, globalization, cultural diversity, qualitative research methods, social justice, and cognitive science.
Publications
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Arfken M. Recognition versus redistribution. InEncyclopedia of critical psychology 2014 (pp. 1643-1649). Springer New York.
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Arfken M. From the bourgeois individual to class struggle. Handbook of critical psychology. 2015 Apr 17:24.
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Arfken M. Socialism or psychology: Society at the crossroads. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. 2016 Dec 1;16(1):278-80.
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Arfken M. Marxism as a foundation for critical social psychology. InThe Palgrave handbook of critical social psychology 2017 (pp. 37-58). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
