Meaning in Action
Constructions, Narratives, and Representations
Sugiman, T.; Gergen, K.J.; Wagner, W.; Yamada, Y. (Eds.)
2008, VIII, 354 p. 16 illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-4-431-74679-9
119,95
Table of contents
About this book
Traditional psychology has long been concerned with cognition, motivation, emotion, and the mind in general?the mind being held responsible for individual behavior in society?and scholars of social and cultural psychology have worked in relative isolation. Meaning in Action is a bold departure as it places culture at the center of human functioning and posits that it is not the independent mind that gives rise to human action but participation in a world of socially created meanings. Each chapter illuminates the socially grounded view of the individual. Investigations into the power of shared meanings, norms, and moralities in everyday life, as well as individual and social narratives, point to their pivotal significance in human relationships. Among other topics, it provides new insights into forgiveness, infant adoption, trauma, supranational identity, and prejudice. The book offers an alternative to the widely dominant vision of psychological functioning and draws on a wide variety of current movements to present a deeply challenging and globally integrative view of human behavior.
Written for:
Scientists, practitioners and graduate students in psychology, sociology, education
Keywords:
- Cultural psychology
- Narrative
- Social construction
- Social representation
