Sociogenesis Reexamined

ISBN-13: 9781461276227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 284 str.

Willibrord De Graaf; Robert Maier

Opis

Sociogenesis Reexamined offers the foundation for an inter- disciplinary social scientific approach towards the development of persons in their historical and societal contexts. The editors have organized herein the opportunity for exchange and theoretical confrontation on the theme of mechanisms in sociogenesis. Stemming from a workshop that took place at the Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht in December 1990, the editors and contributors attempt to begin the refinement and reworking of the concept of sociogenesis. Two possible branches in the definition of sociogenesis are presented in the introduction as a useful guide in mapping existing approaches. The text is then divided into four parts: theoretical and historical foundations; new conceptual approaches; analysis of existing frameworks; empirical case studies. Systematic perspectives for research in the field are offered. For developmental and social psychologists, anthropologists, researchers and graduate students, this groundbreaking work will surely initiate much elaboration and innovation in the study of sociogenesis.

Spis treści

Sociogenesis Reexamined: An Introduction.- 1. Theoretical and Historical Foundation of Sociogenesis.- 1. Competition and Cooperation: Are They Antagonistic or Complementary?.- 2. Sociogenesis of Language: Perspectives on Dialogism and on Activity Theory.- 3. Bidirectional Cultural Transmission and Constructive Sociogenesis.- 2. New Conceptual Approaches.- 4. The Sociogenesis of Processes of Sociogenesis, and the Sociogenesis of Their Study.- 5. Iconology and Imagination: Explorations in Sociogenetic Economies.- 6. The Concept of Sociogenesis in Cultural-Historical Theory.- 7. Questioning the Mechanism of Sociogenesis.- 3. Analysis of Existing Theoretical Frameworks.- 8. The Constructive Function of Language in the Baby’s Development from Sensorimotor Adaptation to Humanity.- 9. On Learning and Tradition: A Comparative View.- 10. Sociogenesis: Subject-Forms Between Inertia and Innovation.- 4. Empirical Case Studies.- 11. Becoming a Conscientious Objector: The Use of Arms and Institutional Accounting Practices.- 12. Sociogenesis and Children’s Pretend Play: A Variation on Vygotskian Themes.- 13. Psychosocial Perspective on Cognitive Development: Construction of Adult-Child Intersubjectivity in Logic Tasks.- 14. Circumcision and Psychogenesis: Concepts of Individual, Self, and Person in the Description and Analysis of Initiation Rituals of Male Adolescents.

O autorze

In Sociogenesis Reexamined, the editors and contributors attempt to begin the refinement and reworking of the concept of sociogenesis. The text is divided into four parts: theoretical and historical foundations; new conceptual approaches; analysis of existing frameworks; empirical case studies. For developmental psychologists, social psychologists, researchers and graduate students, this groundbreaking work will surely initiate much elaboration and innovation in the study of sociogenesis.