Discursive Psychology: Classic and contemporary issues (Explorations in Social Psychology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415721601 ISBN 13: 9780415721608

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Discursive Psychology is the first collection to systematically and critically appraise the influence and development of its foundational studies, exploring central concepts in social psychology such as attitudes, gender, cognition, memory, prejudice, and ideology. The book explores how discursive psychology has accommodated and responded to assumptions contained in classic studies, discussing what can still be gained from a dialogue with these inquiries, and which epistemological and methodological debates are still running, or are worth reviving.

International contributors look back at the original ideas in the classic papers, and consider the impact on and trajectory of subsequent work. Each chapter locates a foundational paper in its academic context, identifying the concerns that motivated the author and the particular perspective that informed their thinking. The contributors go on to identify the main empirical, theoretical or methodological contribution of the paper and its impact on consequent work in discursive psychology, including the contributors’ own work. Each chapter concludes with a critical consideration of how discursive psychology can continue to develop.

This book is a timely contribution to the advance of discursive psychology by fostering critical perspectives upon its intellectual and empirical agenda. It will appeal to those working in the area of discursive psychology, discourse analysis and social interaction, including researchers, social psychologists and students.

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About the Author

Cristian Tileagă is Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK.

Elizabeth Stokoe is Professor of Social Interaction in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415721601
• ISBN 13: 9780415721608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Tileagă Cristian, Stokoe Elizabeth