Abstract: The development of European Social Psychology (ESP) consists of two interrelated parts, which are its institutionalisation and its promotion of intellectual innovations. This essay aims at studying the development of ESP in these both sides. At first, the essay investigates the institutionalisation of ESP from Americanization to Europeanization, outlining in detail the activities and the publication systems sponsored by European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (EAESP). Based on the analysis, the essay then generalizes and presents the distinct characteristics of "Social Concern"of ESP, and the process of the hegemony deconstructing towards American Social Psychology. The essay concludes that the development of ESP in late 40 years, has successfully deconstructed the symbolic hegemony of American Social Psychology, and forged a new European- American alliance of symbolic hegemony in international social psychology. The essay also shows some lessons from the developmentof ESP for the Renaissance of Chinese Social Psychology in the future.

Key words: European Social Psychology, social concern, Tajfel, Moscovici, EAESP