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This book explores the discipline of psychology through in-depth dialogues with scholars�who have lived at the turbulent edges of mainstream psychology in the USA, and who have�challenged the most cherished theoretical frameworks. It includes researchers whose work has�been widely esteemed in recent decades, but has ultimately not been taken up to reconstitute�the theoretical direction of the field. This volume chronicles perspectives from select scholars�on the current states of their respective areas of the field, their understanding of how their�work has been metabolized, and their concerns about the conceptual frames that currently�set the theoretical boundaries of the discipline. These authors demand a reinterpretation of�thresholds to allow for a less monological emphasis in the adoption of particular frameworks,�and to demonstrate historical, social, economic and political consequences of their chosen�frameworks. The contents of the volume will assist theoreticians and clinicians in their�understanding of how particular kinds of knowledge are determined, accepted, and�produced in the field at large.Typham this is the title: Dialogues at the Edge of American Psychological Discourse Critical and Theoretical Perspectives