The Dialogical Self: Meaning as Movement - Hardcover

Hermans, Hubert J. M.; Kempen, Harry J.G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123423201 ISBN 13: 9780123423207

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Contemporary research in personality, social psychology and sociology has renewed an interest in the "self". This volume argues that the "self" may consist fo multiple "selves", any of which may interact with each other in a dialogical fashion. The "self" is presented as a non-unitary embodiment that transcends the limits of individualism and rationalism. Beginning with philosophical discussion of the "self", this volume discusses the decentralization of the "self" in narrative psychology, the retreat of the omniscient narrator in literary sciences, the genesis of self-knowledge in children and the concept of modern society as a multiplicity of collective voices.

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Review:

"The summaries and analyses of theories are clear, and clearly related to their philosophical context... The text is chock-full of ideas and connections and makes many compelling arguments."
--REVIEW
"In offering a method of self-investigation grounded in narrative, and by arguing so forcefully for a fundamentally different relationship between researcher and research participant than has traditionally existed in psychological research and practice, Hermans therefore takes an important step, I think toward a more humane and liberating psychology."
--MARK B. TAPPAN, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
"Readers of the October 1993 issue of the Journal of Analytical Psychology who enjoyed Hermans & Kempen's essay on the dialogical self will welcome the extended treatment of the subject matter in this book."
--THE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0123423201
• ISBN 13: 9780123423207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218