ABSTRACT
This chapter explains converging bodies of material both internal and external to psychology. It presents a discussion of some formal properties of dialectical thought with particular attention toward formulating the problem of psychosocial epistemology. The chapter provides a descriptive summary suggesting how important but unresolved sociocultural and historical problems associated with the Holocaust may be opened up via dialectical analysis. It highlights some prospective discussion of the role of dialectics in the forseeable future of social psychology. The Holocaust phenomena, in other words, turn out to be an imminent, powerful critique of social science because they defy interpretation according to established principles. The problem of psychosocial epistemology stands at the center of what is often referred to as 'post-Marxist dialectics', that is, the extension of dialectical analysis beyond the now-questionable material-economic and positivist science assumptions of Marxian thought.
