»Kritische Psychologie mit kleinem q«

Abstract

This paper aims at connecting the Berlin school of Critical psychology with queer-feminist theories by focusing on the concept of the analysis of conditions-meanings-justifications (Bedingungs-Bedeutungs-Begründungsanalyse, BBBA). To this end, we will firstly exemplify basic aspects of the BBBA-concept, which forms an important analytical tool of Critical psychology. Secondly, we will present possible connecting lines to queer-feminist approaches. In so doing, we will argue that the concept of conditions offers links to feminist theories of New Materialism and critical economy. The concept of meaning contains parallels to the Foucauldian concept of discourse, which is central to many queer-feminist approaches. In turn, justification-analysis provides an opportunity to understand why subjects who live in similar material conditions and social constellations of meaning behave differently. The example of single mothers serves to illustrate the facets of the BBBA-concept and the conditions-meanings-justifications-analysis. In this way, we want to emphasize the potential of Critical psychology for queer feminist approaches.