Description
Book SynopsisThe word 'position' has long been used in the field of social psychology. The study of local moral orders as ever-shifting patterns of rights and obligations of speaking and acting has come to be called positioning theory. This book presents an overview of positioning theory.
Table of Contents1. The dynamics of social episodes: R. Harré and L. van Langenhove.
2. Introducing positioning theory: R. Harré and L. van Langenhove.
3. Positioning and personhood: B. Davies and R. Harré.
4. Preparing for positive positioning: D. Howie.
5. Reflexive positioning: autobiography: L. van Langenhove and R. Harré.
6. Reflexive positioning: culture and private discourse: Sui-lan Tan and F. M. Moghaddam.
7. Positioning and the recovery of social identity: S. Sabat and R. Harré.
8. Positioning and the writing of science: L. van Langenhove and R. Harré.
9. Positioning in technology: L. van Langenhove and R. Bertolink.
10. Positioning as the production and use of stereotypes: L. van Langenhove and R. Harré.
11. Strategies of positioning in 'national' discourse: L. Berman.
12. Positioning as display of cultural identity: D. Carbaugh.
13. Positioning in intergroup relations: Sui-lan Tan and F. M. Moghaddam.
14. New directions for positioning theory: R. Harré and L. van Langenhove.
References.
Index.
