Semiotic Construction Of The Self In Multicultural Societies

Author : Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429574887

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Semiotic Construction of the Self in Multicultural Societies by Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia Pdf

Semiotic Construction of the Self in Multicultural Societies elaborates on a holistic theory on the self, by means of integrating social representation theory, dialogical self theory and particular ideas from Vygotskyan developmental psychology in one framework. This book sends a humanistic message by indicating the power of inexhaustible human imagination that empowers individuals to strive for knowing the unknown, checking limits of their abilities and challenging (distancing) and at the same time, affectively and semiotically engaging (undistancing and recreating) their heritage cultures. It provides theoretical elaborations and innovations through the example of the case study of Georgian society and particular cases of proculturation. The theoretical and empirical explorations of proculturation experiences allow ways of tracing the rebuilding of the bridges between psychological and anthropological sciences, paving a path towards transdisciplinary approaches. This book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of social psychology, semiotics and multicultural studies.

Author : Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783031063015

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A Theory of Proculturation by Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia Pdf

In each connection with new cultural contexts a new hybrid state of cultural adaptation is constructed enabling people to adjust to new conditions by creating innovative solutions for the self. This book aims to provide a brief presentation of innovative cultural psychological theory of proculturation reflecting and oriented on the understanding of semiotic and developmental dynamics of higher mental phenomena while engaging alien signs through intercultural communication. The exploration and theoretical understanding of developmental dynamics (such as self and identity construction) of people who live in immigration or multicultural, or even multi-ethnic societies, the research builds its new focus in contrasts with the acculturation theories currently present in social psychology. The theory of proculturation has been built in opposition to cross-cultural psychological theories as well as mainstream theories of acculturation research dominated by bidimensional theoretical models. Instead, this theory is constructed based on theoretical explorations which are rooted in cultural semiotics and developmental psychological paradigm on human psychology.

Author : Benjamin Lee,Greg Urban
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110859225

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Semiotics, Self, and Society by Benjamin Lee,Greg Urban Pdf

Author : Björn Boman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783031516368

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Parallelization by Björn Boman Pdf

This SpringerBrief is an extension of the article "Parallelization: the fourth leg of cultural globalization theory" (Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 2021) by Dr. Björn Boman. The original article consisted of four main examples of parallelization, and has been expanded to include chapters on Korea, Russia-Ukraine, and Georgia. This book points to the relations between oppositely directed processes and the need for theoretical modelling of complex societal processes.

Author : Hubert J. M. Hermans
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781108844406

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Liberation in the Face of Uncertainty by Hubert J. M. Hermans Pdf

This book uses Dialogical Self Theory to respond to the challenges of climate change, well-being, and disenchantment of the world.

Author : Kevin R. Carriere
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783031076190

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Psychology in Policy by Kevin R. Carriere Pdf

This book takes an insider perspective of the psychological issues of creating policy. Instead of considering what the products of policy are - often the case in psychological and political science work - this book examines the individual processes present in proposing and engaging with policy. The individual who engages with the policy and its meanings, the individual who resists the policy through conformity, and the individual who writes the policy for their own ideological purposes are all political actors in a psychological system. This book puts forward a cultural political psychology as the psychological study of the process of values, policy, and power dynamics. Through exploring public policy through private policy generation and individual interaction, this book pushes theoretical understandings of policy and activism in new ways. Centering on an individual’s own values in facing various policy restrictions from governments, parents, or peers, the importance of examining collective actions and also collective inactions of individuals is noted and expanded on in the text. The book provides applications of its arguments through examining the processes of unionization and actualized democracy. It seeks to point out new research avenues, including the hypogeneralization of values, one’s exclusion through activism, and everyday revolutions. This book addresses the centrality of the individual and meaning-making systems when considering where policy, politics, and psychology intersect. This book is primarily addressed to psychologists and political scientists interested in how to make change in public policy. While the experiences within the book are United States-centric, the thoughts and theories behind them are meant to be applicable to a wide variety of political systems. As there is currently very little literature on the topic, this book seeks to fill the gap and offer concise information on such an important dimension of cultural and political psychology. It is expected that the book will be of great interest for researchers in these areas, as well as for graduate-level students. In particular, this book will be relevant to researchers and students working on political psychology, public policy, development, community psychology, social representations, semiotics, activism, and social movements, to name a few.

Author : Jaan Valsiner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031525315

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The Moonlight Doctor by Jaan Valsiner Pdf

Author : Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351391177

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History, Trauma and Shame by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Pdf

History, Trauma and Shame provides an in-depth examination of the sustained dialogue about the past between children of Holocaust survivors and descendants of families whose parents were either directly or indirectly involved in Nazi crimes. Taking an autobiographical narrative perspective, the chapters in the book explore the intersection of history, trauma and shame, and how change and transformation unfolds over time. The analyses of the encounters described in the book provides a close examination of the process of dialogue among members of The Study Group on Intergenerational Consequences of the Holocaust (PAKH), exploring how Holocaust trauma lives in the ‘everyday’ lives of descendants of survivors. It goes to the heart of the issues at the forefront of contemporary transnational debates about building relationships of trust and reconciliation in societies with a history of genocide and mass political violence. This book will be great interest for academics, researchers and postgraduate students engaged in the study of social psychology, Holocaust or genocide studies, cultural studies, reconciliation studies, historical trauma and peacebuilding. It will also appeal to clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and psychoanalysts, as well as upper-level undergraduate students interested in the above areas.

Author : Constance De Saint Laurent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429877650

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Social Thinking and History by Constance De Saint Laurent Pdf

Social Thinking and History demonstrates that our representations of history are constructed through complex psychosocial processes in interaction with multiple others, and that they evolve throughout our lifetime, playing an important role in our relation to our social environment. Building on the literature on social thinking, collective memory, and sociocultural psychology, this book proposes a new perspective on how we understand and use our collective past. It focuses on how we actively think about history to construct representations of the world within which we live and how we learn to challenge or appropriate the stories we have heard about the past. Through the analysis of three studies of how history is understood and represented in different contexts – in political discourses in France, by intellectuals and artists in Belgium, and when discussing a current event in Poland – its aim is to offer a rich picture of our representations of the past and the role they play in everyday life. This book will be of great interest toacademics, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of psychology, memory studies, sociology, political science, and history. It will also make an interesting read for psychologists and human and social scientists working on collective memory.

Author : Katrin Kullasepp
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781315519593

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On Becoming a Psychologist by Katrin Kullasepp Pdf

On Becoming a Psychologist explores the professional identity construction of psychology students, examining their entry into the psychology profession from a socio-cultural perspective. The book brings together socio-cultural approaches and Dialogical Self Theory to gain comprehensive insight into the developmental processes behind the formation of professional identity. It conceptualises the process of becoming a psychologist as an intrapersonally and interpersonally unique semiotic process of self-regulation that unfolds through dialogical relations with the individual’s socio-cultural surroundings. Building on empirical research, the book outlines the results of a longitudinal study of a cohort of psychology students throughout their studies and following their graduation. The study sheds light on how professional role expectations are negotiated between the different aspects of the self, with a particular focus on how the self is positioned throughout the course of professional education. Offering a unique perspective on the socio-cultural construction of professional identity, this book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers and graduate students in the fields of cultural psychology, applied psychology and social psychology.

Author : Brady Wagoner,Ignacio Brescó de Luna,Vlad Glaveanu
Publisher : IAP
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781641131773

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The Road to Actualized Democracy by Brady Wagoner,Ignacio Brescó de Luna,Vlad Glaveanu Pdf

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others” once remarked Winston Churchill. In this day and age this quotation resonates more than ever. This book explores democracy from the perspective of social and cultural psychology, highlighting the importance of the everyday basis of democratic practices. This approach takes us beyond the simple understanding of democracy in its institutional guise of free elections and public accountability, and towards a focus on group dynamics and personal characteristics of the democratic citizen, including their mentalities, habits and ways of relating to others. The book features discussions of the two-way street between democracy and dictatorship; conflicts within protests, ideology and public debate; and the psychological profile of a democratic citizen and its critique. While acknowledging the limitations of today’s democratic systems, this volume aims to re-invigorate democracy by bringing psychology to the table of current debates on social change and citizenship.

Author : Yanmei Han
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819987535

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The Linguistic Landscape in China by Yanmei Han Pdf

Author : Angela Uchoa Branco,Maria Cláudia Lopes-de-Oliveira
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319705064

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Alterity, Values, and Socialization by Angela Uchoa Branco,Maria Cláudia Lopes-de-Oliveira Pdf

This book elaborates on issues regarding alterity, values, and human development in different educational contexts, serving from young children to adolescents to adults, and it claims for the need of educational contexts to consider their responsibilities regarding the development of the sociomoral dimension of human beings. The authors, experienced theorists and researchers sharing a cultural psychological perspective, provide a fresh understanding of educational institutions, and elaborate on how initiatives aiming at promoting dialogical practices and ethical orientation within educational contexts can be productive. They provide teachers, researchers, psychologists and parents, as well as the general public, with useful knowledge in order to contribute to theoretical and practical advances concerning education and human development.

Author : Cyril Orji
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498200752

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A Semiotic Approach to the Theology of Inculturation by Cyril Orji Pdf

This book argues that though it is a difficult and delicate task, inculturation is still a requisite demand of a World Church and that without it the church is unrecognizable and unsustainable. The book also suggests that the past failures of inculturation experiments in Africa can be overcome only by critically applying the science of semiotics, which can serve as an antidote to the nature of human knowing and reductionism that characterized earlier attempts to make Christianity African to the African. Drawing from the semiotic works of C. S. Peirce, Clifford Geertz, and Bernard Lonergan, the book shows why semiotics is best suited to an African theology of inculturation and offers ten pinpointed precepts, identified as "Habits," which underline the attentiveness, reasonableness, and responsibility required in a semiotic approach to a theology of inculturation. The "Habits" are also akin to the imperatives inherent in the notion of catholicity--that catholicity is not identified with uniformity but with reconciled diversity, and also that catholicity demands different forms in different places, times, and cultural settings.

Author : Kristina Bedijs,Christiane Maaß
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110314755

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Manual of Romance Languages in the Media by Kristina Bedijs,Christiane Maaß Pdf

This manual provides an extensive overview of the importance and use of Romance languages in the media, both in a diachronic and synchronic perspective. Its chapters discuss language in television and the new media, the language of advertising, or special cases such as translation platforms or subtitling. Separate chapters are dedicated to minority languages and smaller varieties such as Galician and Picard, and to methodological approaches such as linguistic discourse analysis and writing process research.