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Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a model of time for the life course and a melody of life as a melody, which they describe as "playing while being serious" and "playing under the influence".
Abstract: Preface: from dispute to collaboration Introduction: melodies of living Part I. Time for Development: 1. Solidity of science and fullness of living: a theoretical expose 2. Imagination and the life course 3. Moving through time: imagination and memory as semiotic processes 4. Models of time for the life course Part II. Spaces for Development: 5. Social framing of lives: from phenomena to theories 6. Stability and innovation in adults narrating their lives: insights from psychotherapy research 7. Paradoxes of learning Part III. Beyond Time and Space: Imagination: 8. We are migrants! 9. Playing while being serious: the lifelong game of development - and its tools 10. Playing under the influence: activity contexts in their social functions 11. 'Old age' as living forward 12. Epilogue: the course of life as a melody.
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TL;DR: Holquist as mentioned in this paper discusses the history of realism and the role of the Bildungsroman in the development of the novel in Linguistics, philosophy, and the human sciences.
Abstract: Note on Translation Introduction by Michael Holquist Response to a Question from the Novy Mir Editorial Staff The Bildungsroman and Its Significance in the History of Realism (Toward a Historical Typology of the Novel) The Problem of Speech Genres The Problem of the Text in Linguistics, Philology, and the Human Sciences: An Experiment in Philosophical Analysis From Notes Made in 1970-71 Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences Index

2,824 citations

27 Apr 2011
TL;DR: With this translation, Buhler's ideas on many problems that are still controversial and others only recently rediscovered, are now accessible to the English-speaking world.
Abstract: Karl Buhler (1879-1963) was one of the leading theoreticians of language of this century. His masterwork Sprachtheorie (1934) has been praised widely and gained considerable recognition in the fields of linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and the psychology of language. The work has, however, resisted translation into English partly because of its spirited and vivid style, partly because of the depth and range of analysis, partly because of the great erudition of the author, who displays a thorough command of both the linguistic and the philosophical traditions. With this translation, Buhler's ideas on many problems that are still controversial and others only recently rediscovered, are now accessible to the English-speaking world.Contents: The work is divided into four parts. Part I discusses the four “axioms” or principles of language research, the most famous of which is the first, the “organon model”, the base of Buhler's instrumental view of language. Part II treats the role of indexicality in language and discusses deixis as one determinant of speech. Part III examines the symbolic field, dealing with context, onomatopoeia and the function of case. Part IV deals with the elements of language and their organization (syllabification, the definition of the word, metaphor, anaphora, etc).The text is accompanied by: Translator's preface; Introduction (by Achim Eschbach); Glossary of terms and Bibliography of cited works (both compiled by the translator); Index of names, Index of topics.

495 citations

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01 Sep 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, Markova presents an ethics of dialogicality as an alternative to the narrow perspective of individualism and cognitivism that has traditionally dominated the field of social psychology.
Abstract: Dialogue has become a central theoretical concept in human and social sciences as well as in professions such as education, health, and psychotherapy. This 'dialogical turn' emphasises the importance of social relations and interaction to our behaviour and how we make sense of the world; hence the dialogical mind is the mind in interaction with others - with individuals, groups, institutions, and cultures in historical perspectives. Through a combination of rigorous theoretical work and empirical investigation, Markova presents an ethics of dialogicality as an alternative to the narrow perspective of individualism and cognitivism that has traditionally dominated the field of social psychology. The dialogical perspective, which focuses on interdependencies among the self and others, offers a powerful theoretical basis to comprehend, analyse, and discuss complex social issues. Markova considers the implications of dialogical epistemology both in daily life and in professional practices involving problems of communication, care, and therapy.

95 citations

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TL;DR: The authors reviewed the debate and introduced the recent concepts of position exchange and symbolic resources, focusing on the societal side of culture, on the way in which social situations shape people's experiences.
Abstract: Internalization, the process by which culture becomes mind, is a core concept in cultural psychology. However, since the 1990s it has also been the source of debate. Critiques have focused on the underlying metaphor of internal-external as problematic. It has been proposed that appropriation provides a better conceptualization, a term that focuses attention more on behavior and less on psychological processes. The present article reviews the debate and introduces the recent concepts of position exchange and symbolic resources. Position exchange focuses on the societal side of culture, on the way in which social situations shape people’s experiences. Symbolic resources focus on culture in terms of specific elements, such as books, films, and so on, which also shape people’s experiences. The key idea common to both position exchange and symbolic resources is that people move through culture, both physically and psychologically. Moving through culture shapes a series of experiences across the lifecourse, and...

56 citations

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16 Feb 2017
TL;DR: The Constructive Mind as mentioned in this paper is an integrative study of the psychologist Frederic Bartlett's life, work and legacy, where Wagoner contextualises the development of key ideas in relation to his predecessors and contemporaries.
Abstract: The Constructive Mind is an integrative study of the psychologist Frederic Bartlett's (1886–1969) life, work and legacy. Bartlett is most famous for the idea that remembering is constructive and for the concept of schema; for him, 'constructive' meant that human beings are future-oriented and flexibly adaptive to new circumstances. This book shows how his notion of construction is also central to understanding social psychology and cultural dynamics, as well as other psychological processes such as perceiving, imagining and thinking. Wagoner contextualises the development of Bartlett's key ideas in relation to his predecessors and contemporaries. Furthermore, he applies Bartlett's constructive analysis of cultural transmission in order to chart how his ideas were appropriated and transformed by others that followed. As such this book can also be read as a case study in the continuous reconstruction of ideas in science.

55 citations

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27 Oct 2008
TL;DR: Du roman experimental as mentioned in this paper, Lettre a la jeunesse, Le naturalisme au theatre, L’argent dans la litterature, De la critique, La Republique et la Litterature
Abstract: Du roman experimental — Lettre a la jeunesse — Le naturalisme au theatre — L’argent dans la litterature — Du roman — De la critique — La Republique et la Litterature

67 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a patient put together her set of narratives using the tool of Self-Investigation and then showed how the set changed after six months, as expressed in a second self-investigation, through qualitative microanalysis of the diaries written by the patient during psychotherapy and the description of what was happening at the same time to the therapeutic relationship.
Abstract: Narrative constructivism places emphasis on how therapy can be used for rewriting patients' stories through the construction of more adaptive narratives, assisting patients in overcoming their conflicts and tackling the world's complexities. In this article, we shall use the analysis of a clinical case to show how a patient put together her set of narratives using the tool of Self-Investigation. We shall then show how the set changed after six months, as expressed in a second Self-Investigation. Finally, we shall describe the process by which this change took place, through the qualitative microanalysis of the diaries written by the patient during psychotherapy and the description of what was happening at the same time to the therapeutic relationship. It emerges that the patient's negative emotions diminished in intensity, and dependent characters, suffering from guilt feelings, gave way in the texts to narratives in which the self acts independently and without feeling it is harming others if it accompli...

67 citations

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TL;DR: Although contemporary psychology claims that the self is related to one's social and material world, elaborations of how this process occurs are few as mentioned in this paper, as it is developmental in nature, as it enta
Abstract: Although contemporary psychology claims that the self is related to one’s social and material world, elaborations of how this process occurs are few. The process is developmental in nature, as it enta

66 citations

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TL;DR: The authors argue that difficulties in proper understanding of social representations theory stem from its underlying dialectical assumptions, such as aggregate and systemic concepts of sociality, individual agency, the role of social practice, among others.
Abstract: Voelklein and Howarth's article characterizes social representations theory (SRT) in the light of criticism from British discursive psychology and focuses on a number of critical issues that are consistently misinterpreted in theoretical interpretations of SRT. I argue that on a more general level, difficulties in proper understanding of SRT stem from its underlying dialectical assumptions. Some critical points related to SRT that are most often misinterpreted are discussed: aggregate and systemic concepts of sociality, individual agency, the role of social practice, among others.

64 citations

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TL;DR: This paper applied dialogical sequence analysis, a microanalytic method for tracing recurring maladaptive patterns, to study assimilation in the psychotherapy of a woman treated for mild depression in two weekly sessions plus a 3-month follow-up session.
Abstract: The authors applied dialogical sequence analysis, a microanalytic method for tracing recurring maladaptive patterns, to study assimilation in the psychotherapy of a woman treated for mild depression in two weekly sessions plus a 3-month follow-up session The very first exchange (four speaking turns each by client and therapist) enacted a pattern in which the client responded to her own potential vulnerability by adopting a controlling caretaker position Subsequent therapeutic work delineated component positions in this pattern, which was recurrent and maladaptive, leading to an insight reached midway through the second session From the client's reports, it appeared that she used her new understanding to assimilate her problematic controlling side, giving her greater flexibility in her relationships and greater scope for meeting her own needs for care She seemed to progress across three of the eight developmental stages postulated by the assimilation model: problem statement–clarification, und

64 citations

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Is there one course of human development or many?

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