Social Representations and the Development of Knowledge (Hardcover, New)

This volume raises for the first time developmental issues in relation to the theory of social representations, which Serge Moscovici introduced to account for the influence of social life on psychological processes. Moscovici describes a society's values, ideas, beliefs and practices as social representations that function both as rule systems structuring social life and as codes facilitating communication. The editors' introduction identifies the need to expand the theory of social representations to consider developmental changes in social beliefs, in individual understanding, and in the process of communication. Individual chapters examine change in nursery school life, gender, social divisions in society, images of childhood, emotion, intelligence and psychology. Moscovici's final chapter considers the contribution of these developmental perspectives. The book will interest specialists and students within the human and social sciences, including developmental and social psychology, sociology, and communication studies.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1990
First published:	1990
Editors:	Gerard Duveen • Barbara Lloyd
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-36368-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology
LSN:	0-521-36368-3
Barcode:	9780521363686

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