PSYCHOLOGIA DYSKURSOWA. O CZYM MOWA?
DISCURSIVE PSYCHOLOGY. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

Summary/Abstract: this article is a presentation of discursive psychology (DP) – one of the approaches in discourse analysis. It is divided into four parts. Firstly, there is a general introduction to DP which includes its name, complex origins and its interesting status among other developments in social sciences. Secondly, this article attempts to answer the question “what is discourse psychology?”. Eight selected features of discourse psychology are indicated, which take into account its methodological specificity, research aspirations and achievements. the third part concerns the question: “what discourse psychology is not?”. the purpose of this section is to forestall some possible misconceptions about discursive psychology especially in its relationship to other fields such as psychology, sociology, and discourse analysis. this fourth and final part of the article comments on the relationship between the research possibilities discursive psychology opens up and the public engagement of social sciences. the article is designed to serve as an introduction to discursive psychology and attempts to make Polish sociology more acquainted with it.

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