Psychology and the Question of Agency (Hardcover)

Disciplinary psychology has failed to achieve a coherent conception of human agency. Instead, it oscillates between two differing conceptions of agency that are equally untenable: a scientistic, reductive approach to choice and action, and an instrumental approach that celebrates a romantic notion of free will. This book examines theoretical, philosophical psychology and argues for a historically and socioculturally situated human capacity for choosing and acting in ways not entirely determined by culture and/or biology. The authors present a detailed developmental theory of how agentic capability emerges from the pre-reflective activity of humans in a real physical and social world.

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY series, Alternatives in Psychology
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	May 2003
Authors:	Jack Martin • Jeff Sugarman • Janice Thompson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-0-7914-5725-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality
LSN:	0-7914-5725-7
Barcode:	9780791457252

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