People and societies : Rom Harre and designing the social sciences / / edited by Luk Van Langenhove

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827997803321
• Autore: Harre Rom.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-27973-X; 1-135-27974-8; 1-282-57207-5; 9786612572074; 0-203-86088-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in sociology
• Altri autori (Persone): LangenhoveLuk van
• Disciplina: 302
• Soggetti: Social psychology; Social sciences - Philosophy; Science - Social aspects - Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Rom Harré and the exploration of the human umwelt; Part I Epistemological and ontological foundations for the social sciences; 2 Studying the social realm in a scientific way: Introduction to Part I; 3 The Anthropomorphic Model of Man; 4 Ametaphysics for conversation: Speech-acts in people-space; 5 The second cognitive revolution; Part II Conversations as the primary social reality; 6 Conversation as the primary social reality: Introduction to Part II; 7 Using cognitive tools to perform cognitive tasks; 8 Grammar and cognition; 9 Varieties of positioning10 Social sources of mental content and order; Part III Persons as discursive realizations; 11 Persons as discursive realizations: Introduction to Part III; 12 On being a person: Problems of self; 13 Agency and personality; 14 Discursive transformations of the body; 15 Individual lives as social trajectories; Part IV The discursive dimension of societies; 16 The discursive dimension of societies: Introduction to Part IV; 17 Cultural stereotypes and positioning theory; 18 Crews, clubs, crowds, and classes: 'The social' as a discursive ; category; 19 Social reality and the myth of social structure20 A social psychology of social change; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Rom Harré has pushed the boundaries of our thinking about people and societies and has challenged the orthodox philosophy of science and social psychology. His countless books and articles have inspired generations of scholars in philosophy, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science and social theory. The diversity of his work makes that some see him as a leading figure in the critical realist school of philosophy of science, other as a key player in developing a social constructionist approach to psychology. The present volume brings together a careful selection of his key writings and pr