Transforming Social Representations

摘要: Common sense is, be definition, familiar to us all. Science, for some of is remote. In Transforming Social Representations , Caroline Purkhardt explores the way we understand dynamics social knowledge and means by which change reality. She argues that this necessitates a perspective from individualistic mechanistic assumptions Cartesian science evolutionary Hegelian framework. This not only emphasises cultural historical dimensions phenomena but also illuminates dynamic nature individuals. As consequence, discipline psychology must itself transformed, recognising active participation scientists in construction scientific knowledge. will interest those working psychology, history philosophy sociology.