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Pursuit Of Meaning: Advances In Cultural And Cross Cultural Psychology

Kenneth J. Gergen

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The fields of cross-cultural and cultural psychology both acknowledge the role of culture' for the constitution of a meaningful practice. There are notable differences as well as remarkable commonalities between nomologically oriented cross-cultural psychology on the one hand and interpretive cultural psychology on the other. Contributions to this book discuss recent theoretical and methodological approaches from both fields in order to explore their joint potential for an advancement of the concept of culture, for the theoretical conceptualization and methodical completion of comparative cultural studies and the scientific understanding of cultural difference. This volume includes contributions by Ernest E. Boesch, Kenneth J. Gergen, Rom Harré, Gustav Jahoda and Jaan Valsiner.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner

Release: April 05, 2006

ISBN: 3899422341

ISBN 13: 9783899422344

Pursuit Of Meaning: Advances In Cultural And Cross Cultural Psychology

Kenneth J. Gergen

0/5 ( ratings)

The fields of cross-cultural and cultural psychology both acknowledge the role of culture' for the constitution of a meaningful practice. There are notable differences as well as remarkable commonalities between nomologically oriented cross-cultural psychology on the one hand and interpretive cultural psychology on the other. Contributions to this book discuss recent theoretical and methodological approaches from both fields in order to explore their joint potential for an advancement of the concept of culture, for the theoretical conceptualization and methodical completion of comparative cultural studies and the scientific understanding of cultural difference. This volume includes contributions by Ernest E. Boesch, Kenneth J. Gergen, Rom Harré, Gustav Jahoda and Jaan Valsiner.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner

Release: April 05, 2006

ISBN: 3899422341

ISBN 13: 9783899422344

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