In this theoretical article, we analyze from a critical cultural psychological perspective why neoliberalism is ill-suited to handle crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, we describe a process whereby neoliberalism motivates individualism, which in turn contributes to precarity, inequality, depoliticization, and penality, each of which have exacerbated the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conclude with a critique of how hegemonic practices in the field of psychological science are implicated in this process of neoliberal individualism and consider how the field might resist neoliberalism.

Tyler Jimenez

Harrison J. Schmitt

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

The Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JSPP) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal (without author fees), published online. It publishes articles at the intersection of social and political psychology that substantially advance the understanding of social problems, their reduction, and the promotion of social justice. It also welcomes work that focuses on socio-political issues from related fields of psychology (e.g., peace psychology, community psychology, cultural psychology, environmental psychology, media psychology, economic psychology) and encourages submissions with interdisciplinary perspectives.    JSPP is comprehensive and integrative in its approach. It publishes high-quality work from different epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and cultural perspectives and from different regions across the globe. It provides a forum for innovation, questioning of assumptions, and controversy and debate. JSPP aims to give creative impetuses for academic scholarship and for applications in education, policymaking, professional practice, and advocacy and social action. It intends to transcend the methodological and meta-theoretical divisions and paradigm clashes that characterize the field of social and political psychology, and to counterbalance the current overreliance on the hypothetico-deductive model of science, quantitative methodology, and individualistic explanations by also publishing work following alternative traditions (e.g., qualitative and mixed-methods research, participatory action research, critical psychology, social representations, narrative, and discursive approaches). Because it is published online, JSPP can avoid a bias against research that requires more space to be presented adequately.

The Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JSPP) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal (without author fees), published online. It publishes articles at the intersection of social and political psychology that significantly enhance the understanding of social issues, their mitigation, and the promotion of social justice. The journal welcomes research focusing on socio-political issues from related fields of psychology, such as peace psychology, community psychology, cultural psychology, environmental psychology, media psychology, and economic psychology, and encourages interdisciplinary perspectives. JSPP is comprehensive and integrative in its approach, publishing high-quality work from diverse epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and cultural perspectives across different regions of the globe. It provides a forum for innovation, questioning assumptions, and fostering controversy and debate. JSPP aims to inspire academic scholarship and applications in education, policymaking, professional practice, advocacy, and social action. The journal seeks to transcend the methodological and meta-theoretical divisions and paradigm clashes that characterize the field of social and political psychology, countering the current overreliance on the hypothetico-deductive model of science, quantitative methodologies, and individualistic explanations by also publishing work that follows alternative traditions, such as qualitative and mixed-methods research, participatory action research, critical psychology, social representations, narrative, and discursive approaches. Being an online publication, JSPP can avoid biases against research that requires more space for adequate presentation.

《Journal of Social and Political Psychology》是一本经过同行评审的开放获取期刊（无作者费用），在线发布。该期刊发表社会心理学与政治心理学交叉领域的文章，旨在深入理解社会问题、减少这些问题并促进社会公正。我们欢迎来自心理学相关领域（如和平心理学、社区心理学、文化心理学、环境心理学、媒体心理学、经济心理学）的研究，鼓励跨学科的视角。期刊的综合性和整体性使其能够发表来自不同认识论、方法论、理论和文化视角的高质量研究，涵盖全球不同地区的学者。期刊提供了一个创新、质疑假设以及争论和辩论的论坛，旨在为学术研究、教育、政策制定、专业实践、倡导和社会行动提供创造性的动力。期刊希望超越社会与政治心理学领域中存在的方法论和元理论分歧，以及范式冲突，反对当前对假设演绎模型、定量方法和个体解释的过度依赖，同时也发表遵循替代传统的研究（如定性和混合方法研究、参与性行动研究、批判心理学、社会表征、叙事和话语分析）。由于期刊在线发布，能够避免对需要更多空间充分呈现的研究的偏见。

Neoliberalism and pandemics: A critical cultural psychological perspective

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PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL	3