Engelsted .:. The Societal Subject

Engelsted, Niels et al. [Hrsg.],
The Societal Subject. Aarhus: University Press, 1993. (4), 296 Seiten. Broschur. Grossoktav. 239 x 170 mm.

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* Edited by Niels Engelsted, Mariane Hedegaard, Benny Karpatschof and Aksel Mortensen. - Rücken gebleicht, obere Ecke leicht bestossen.
Bestell-Nr.158350 | ISBN: 87-7288-113-5

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Engelsted | Psychologie | Soziologie | Sozialpsychologie

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THE SOCIETAL SUBJECT
Edited by Niels Engelsted Mariane Hedegaard Benny Karpatschof Aksel Mortensen
No person is an island, but essentially a part in the greater whole we call society. Yet, every person is an individual and a subject in her own nght. The duality of this statement - expressed in the title of this book - is one of the primary challenges to psychology.
This duality is also the point of departure for the theoretical work launched by the great Russian psychologists L.S. Vygotsky and A.N. Leontiev, and known as the Social Historical School and Activity Theory.
The contributions from fifteen Danish psychologists presented in the book relate, directly or indirectly, to this work. They introduce new theoretical reflections and ideas on the principles of mind on the societal subject.
The book has three parts: On foundations of mind, On mind society, and On growing up in society. Many aspects of psychology are treated from the domains of general psychology, cognitive psychology, personality theory, social psychology, organisational, developmental, and educational psychology.
Beneath this diversity the contributions share a common aim: the attempt to transcend the limitations of the traditional partitions of psychology, and the barrier between psychology and the social sciences.

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CONTENTS
Niels Engelsted: At a crossroads An introduction 1

On foundations of mind
Henrik Poulsen: Conation, cognition, and consciousness 17
Jens Mammen: The elements of psychology 29
Mogens Hansen: The conscious body: Birth of consciousness — A theoretical synthesis 45
Erik Axel & Relating subject and society
Morten Nissen: — A critical appraisal 67

On mind and society
Preben Bertelsen: The psychodynamics of activities and life projects 83
Erik Schultz: Methods, focus of interest, and theory in humanistic research 109
Mads Hermansen: A platform for modern didactics in a postmodern society — and an example 131
Arne Poulsen: Activity and the disembedding of human capacities in modernity 141
Ole Elstrup Rasmussen: Conceptualizing fundamental social processes — The path to the comprehension of entrepeneurship? 165
Benny Karpatschofr. Societal anomia and the psychological turn of the mass 201

On growing up in society
Aksel Mortensen: Notes on communication, Activity
Theory and Zone of Proximal Development 229
Kirsten Baltzer: Where does personality go, when the child goes to school?
Mariane Hedegaard & Seth Chaiklin: Foundations for investigating the role of culture in Danish school teaching 259
Sven Mørch & Søren Frost: Pedagogical intervention and youth development. Theory and practice in a pedagogical youth—evalution project 273

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Copyright: Aarhus University Press, 1993
Word-processing by Niels Engelsted
Cover design by Sigge Stenild
Printed on acid-free paper by the Alden Press, Oxford

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