Cultural psychology : a perspective on psychological functioning and social reform /
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| Author / Creator: | Ratner, Carl. |
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| Imprint: | Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006. |
| Description: | xvii, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5808594 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Psychology, Culture, Politics, Science
- 1. Introduction to Macro Cultural Psychology
- Mainstream Psychology Versus Macro Cultural Psychology
- Culture Comprises the Explanatory Constructs of Psychological Phenomena
- Culture
- Macro Cultural Psychology
- Ontological Principles
- Dialectics
- Functionalism
- Differences Between Macro Cultural Psychology and Other Approaches to Culture and Psychology
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Cultural Psychology
- Methodology
- Macro Cultural Psychology, Social Reform, and Personal Growth: Integrating Science, Politics, and Therapy
- Intellectual Origins of Macro Cultural Psychology
- 2. Macro Culture
- Enumerating and Defining Macro Culture
- Macro Cultural Factors Are More Than Aggregates of Individuals
- The Principles and Objectives That Unify and Direct a Macro Factor May Not Be in the Thoughts and Motives of Individuals Who Function Within It
- The Social, Physical, and Conceptual Characteristics of Macro Factors Are Consciously Administered and Enforced by Social Bodies Because They Are Pivotal to Social Regularity
- In Most Societies, Macro Factors Are Normally Regulated and Promulgated by a Powerful Elite
- Individuals Introduce Certain Variations as They Implement Macro Factors-However Variations Must Be Limited if Social Regularity Is to Be Maintained
- Macro Cultural Factors Are Specific to Particular Societies
- Macro Cultural Factors Are Integrated Within a System
- Within a Social System, Certain Macro Factors Are More Influential Than Others
- The Components of a Social System Are Distinct at the Same Time That They Are Integrated
- Macro Cultural Factors Unify the Behavior and Psychology of Disparate Individuals
- Macro Cultural Factors Are the Product of Social Struggle
- Macro Cultural Factors Are Actual Practices, Not Official Pronouncements and Policies
- Part II. Principles of Macro Cultural Psychology
- 3. The Dialectical Integration of Psychological Phenomena and Macro Cultural Factors
- Macro Cultural Factors Were the Impetus for Humans to Develop Psychological Capacities
- Macro Cultural Factors Are the "Operating System" of the Mind
- Psychological Phenomena Are Part of Macro Cultural Factors
- Macro Cultural Factors Organize Psychological Phenomena
- Macro Factors Are a Goal, or Telos, of Psychological Phenomena
- Macro Factors Are Structuring Frameworks of Psychological Phenomena
- Macro Factors Are Resources That Individuals Draw On
- The Cultural Organization of Psychology Is Not a Mechanical Process, But Depends on Subjective Activity
- Macro Cultural Factors Imbue Psychological Phenomena With Concrete Characteristics
- Cross-Cultural Similarities in Psychology Are Compatible With the Cultural Nature of Mind
- Psychological Phenomena Promote Macro Cultural Factors
- Psychology Is a Macro Cultural Factor
- The Relation of Psychology to Other Macro Cultural Factors Is a Unity of Differences
- Psychology Mediates Reactions to Other Macro Cultural Factors
- Society Is Composed of Diverse Macro Factors That Generate Diverse Psychological Characteristics Among Individuals and Within a Given Individual
- Macro Cultural Factors Act on Psychological Phenomena in Complex Ways
- One Macro Factor May Be Composed of Several Associated Elements That Collectively Affect Psychological Phenomena
- One Macro Factor May Affect Many Psychological Phenomena
- Several Macro Cultural Factors May Contribute to One Psychological Phenomenon
- Psychological Effects That Appear in One Macro Cultural Factor May Be a Function of Other Macro Factors
- Macro Cultural Factors Are Explanatory Constructs of Psychological Phenomena
- Macro Cultural Psychology Is a Distinctive, Universal Social Science
- Part III. Applications of Macro Cultural Psychology to Research Methodology, Social Reform, and Personal Growth
- 4. Research Methodology for Macro Cultural Psychology
- The Cultural Character of Psychology Can Be Discerned Only in the Lived Psychology of People
- Research on the Macro Cultural Organization of Psychological Phenomena Emphasizes Concrete Qualities of Macro Cultural Factors and Psychological Phenomena
- Qualitative Methodology Is Necessary for Investigating the Macro Cultural Organization of Psychology
- Positivistic Methodology, Employed in Cross-Cultural Psychology, Has Limited Value for Macro Cultural Psychology
- 5. Macro Cultural Psychology, Social Reform, and Psychological Change
- The Need for Social Reform in Order to Enhance Psychological Functioning
- Evidence That Changing Macro Cultural Factors Alters Psychological Functioning
- A Psychological Perspective on the Direction for Social Reform
- The Possibility of Social Reform
- The Need for Comprehensive Social Reform
- Psychological Change Is Necessary to Facilitate Social Reform
- 6. Macro Cultural Psychology and Personal Growth
- 7. Scientific and Political Deficiencies of Psychological Theories/Constructs That Minimize Macro Culture
- Traditional Psychological Constructs
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Individualistic Cultural Psychology
- Epilogue: A Philosophy of Science and a Social Philosophy for Macro Cultural Psychology
- Social Constructionism
- Ontological and Epistemological Principles
- Social Philosophy
- Critical Realism
- Ontological and Epistemological Principles
- Social Philosophy
- References
- Endnotes
- Author Index
- Subject Index