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Self-Observation in the Social Sciences (Paperback)
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Notwithstanding the mythical demise of "introspection,"
self-observation has always been an integral aspect of the social
sciences. In the century following the "behavioral revolution,"
psychology has seen a reduction not so much in the frequency as in
the rigor with which self-observation is practiced. A great deal of
self-observation has been renamed or obscured (as, for example,
"self-report"), but this has served only to defer and impoverish
important theoretical and technical work. This volume, which
contributes to the development of a rigorous theory of
self-observation, is organized around three general objectives: to
re-animate a discourse on self-observation through a historical
analysis of various self-observation traditions; to outline and
begin to address some of the unique theoretical challenges of
self-observation; and to elaborate some of the technical and
practical details necessary for realizing a program of research
dedicated to self-observation. In the first section of the book,
three historians of psychology trace the evolution of
self-observation. In the second, three scholars who are currently
working in contemporary traditions of self-observation discuss the
basic theoretical and practical challenges involved in conducting
self-observation research. In the final two sections of the book,
scholars from the phenomenological and narrative traditions trace
the history, theory, and practice of self-observation in their
respective traditions. Self-Observation in the Social Sciences
continues the fine tradition set by Transaction's History and
Theory of Psychology series edited by Jaan Valsiner. It is of
interest to psychologists and to those who study methodology within
the social sciences.
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