Dennis Fox
Dr. Fox examines the intersection of psychology, law, justice, and political theory. A member of the "critical psychology" movement, he critiques mainstream psychology's role in maintaining an unsatisfactory status quo, focusing especially on areas within psychological jurisprudence, the connection between law and injustice, and the relevance of anarchist theory to social psychology. In 1993 he co-founded the Radical Psychology Network (www.radpsynet.org), consisting of psychologists, students, and others in three dozen countries. In 2006 he was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies at Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, Israel, and a consultant in Law and Society at Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank. In 2009 he was a Fulbright Distinguished Lecturing Chair at York University, Toronto.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Ethics and Morality
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Law and Public Policy
- Political Psychology
- Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
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Video Gallery
Anarchism and Psychology Part 1
Anarchism and Psychology Part 2
Books:
- Fox, D., Prilleltensky, I., & Austin, S. (Eds.). (2009). Critical psychology: An introduction (2nd ed.). London: Sage Publications.
- Fox, D., & Prilleltensky, I. (Eds.). (1997). Critical psychology: An introduction. London: Sage.
Journal Articles:
- Fox, D. (2008). Confronting psychology's power: Comment on Prilleltensky. Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 232-237.
- Fox, D. (1999). Psycholegal scholarship's contribution to false consciousness about injustice. Law and Human Behavior, 23, 9-30.
- Fox, D. (1996). The law says corporations are persons, but psychology knows better. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 14, 339-359.
- Fox, D. (1994). Observations on disability evaluation in the social security administration. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 9, 237-246.
- Fox, D. (1993). Psychological jurisprudence and radical social change. American Psychologist, 48, 234-241.
- Fox, D. (1993). The autonomy-community balance and the equity-law distinction: Anarchy's task for psychological jurisprudence. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 11, 97-109.
- Fox, D. (1991). Social science's limited role in resolving psycholegal social problems. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 17, 159-166.
- Fox, D. (1985). Psychology, ideology, utopia, and the commons. American Psychologist, 40, 48-58.
- Fox, D. (1983). The pressure to publish: A graduate student's personal plea. Teaching of Psychology, 10, 177-178.
Other Publications:
- Fox, D. (in press). Critical and Radical Psychology. In D. J. Christie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Fox, D. (2011). Anarchism and psychology. Paper presented at North American Anarchist Studies Network, Toronto, Canada.
- Fox, D. (2009). Academic objectivity, political neutrality, and other barriers to Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation. In M. F. Salinas & H. Abu Rabi (Eds.), Pathways to Peace: Academic Outlooks on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press.
- Fox, D. (2004). Critical psychology, antiauthoritarianism/anarchism, law, and more. Babylonia. Interview, in Greek translation.
- Fox, D. (2000). The critical psychology project: Transforming society and transforming psychology. In Sloan (Ed.), Voices for critical psychology. Macmillan.
- Fox, D., & Prilleltensky, I. (1997). Introducing critical psychology: Values, assumptions, and the status quo. Chapter 1 in Critical Psychology: An Introduction London: Sage Publications.
- Sakolsky, R., & Fox, D. (2000). From "radical university" to handmaiden of the corporate state. Teachers for a Democratic Culture.
Courses Taught:
Dennis Fox
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
United States of America