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Understanding the Self (Paperback)
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Understanding the Self (Paperback)
Series: Published in Association with The Open University
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`I judge this book to be something of a triumph. It provides many
valuable insights into how social psychologists work within
different paradigms and with quite different assumptions....
Throughout, the writing is clear, central issues are constantly
re-examined, and sight is never lost of the whole "task" of the
book... it addresses central issues both adventurously and
provocatively. Students who use it are lucky to have such a feast
provided, and they are bound to find the material both challenging
and stimulating... there is much more about self issues in this
text than in any comparable social psychology text. And that, in
itself, is a major achievement' - Self & Society `An absolutely
terrific book - very innovative and in some ways really
revolutionary: a wonderfully thoughtful volume... designed to teach
people not just about social psychology, but how to think social
psychology' - Jerome Bruner, New York University `This is the most
forward looking text I have ever encountered. Where most textbooks
are composed of dry summaries of past accomplishments, the present
volume draws students into dialogue on cutting-edge issues. Both
teachers and students will be enriched' - Kenneth Gergen,
Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania This accessible, broad-based and
authoritative textbook explores theories and research relating to
the self for students of personality and social psychology. A
feature of the book is that it is designed to provoke reflection in
readers, both on their own experience and on the nature of social
psychological understanding. It engages with contemporary debates
about the nature of self by contrasting original and leading-edge
treatments from five perspectives: biological;
cognitive-experimental; experiential; social constructionist; and
psychodynamic. The concluding chapter explores how these
perspectives interrelate, through a discussion of the dilemmas of
self and identity in modern society. Understanding the Self is one
of three books which form the core of the Open University's course
Social Psychology: Personal Lives, Social Worlds.
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