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Cultural Psychology
Carl Ratner
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Description for Cultural Psychology
Paperback. Series: Path in Psychology. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; JMH; JMR; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
This book seeks to deepen our understanding of the cultural aspects of human psychology. These are aspects of psychology that originate in, are formed by, reflect, perpetuate, and modify social processes and factors outside the individual mind. My motivation in pursuing cultural psychol ogy is both scientific and political. I believe that construing psychology as a cultural phenomenon is the scientifically correct way to understand psychology; a cultural analysis of psychology can also provide crucial insights for political action to improve human life. The scientific and political aspects of cultural psychology are inter dependent and reciprocally reinforcing. The scientific identification ... Read more
This book seeks to deepen our understanding of the cultural aspects of human psychology. These are aspects of psychology that originate in, are formed by, reflect, perpetuate, and modify social processes and factors outside the individual mind. My motivation in pursuing cultural psychol ogy is both scientific and political. I believe that construing psychology as a cultural phenomenon is the scientifically correct way to understand psychology; a cultural analysis of psychology can also provide crucial insights for political action to improve human life. The scientific and political aspects of cultural psychology are inter dependent and reciprocally reinforcing. The scientific identification ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Series
Path in Psychology
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461351900
SKU
V9781461351900
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99-15
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