{"product_id":"psychology-and-the-conduct-of-everyday-life-9781138815124","title":"Psychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePsychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life\u003c\/em\u003e moves psychological theory and research practice out of the laboratory and into the everyday world. Drawing on recent developments across the social and human sciences, it examines how people live as active subjects within the contexts of their everyday lives, using this as an analytical basis for understanding the dilemmas and contradictions people face in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly chapters gather the latest empirical research to explore the significance of context as a cross-disciplinary critical tool; they include a study of homeless Maori men reaffirming their cultural identity via gardening, and a look at how the dilemmas faced by children in difficult situations can provide insights into social conflict at school. Later chapters examine the interplay between everyday life around the world and contemporary global phenomena such as the rise of the debt economy, the hegemony of the labor market, and the inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book addresses key and missing questions at the cutting edge of psychological research and social theory. It presents a generative theoretical and methodological approach to the study of everyday practice – relevant and inspiring not only for psychologists, but for scholars across the social sciences.\" \u003cbr\u003e– \u003cb\u003eJean Lave, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Schraube and Højholt have done psychologists a great service; we can now move out of the laboratory and into the actual contexts where people conduct their everyday lives together. This impressive book provides us with theoretical, methodological, and empirical ideas about what a psychology that is relevant to human life might look like. I recommend it to all students, researchers, and practitioners of the discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Svend Brinkmann\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a remarkable and fascinating collection, putting in place a radical new way for psychology to relate to people. For a sociologist committed to starting with and remaining with people's everyday lives, it is wonderful to discover a psychology that takes the same route. We can be friends, we can learn from one another, and here’s a book that gives us a place to start. It provides a conceptual framework, applications to psychological practice, approaches to and examples of research, and it all adds up to an important innovation.\" \u003cbr\u003e– \u003cb\u003eDorothy Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Each chapter is a thought-provoking, intellectual adventure that serves as a fresh perspective within psychological theorizing and research. Challenging mainstream conceptualizations and providing examples of alternative ways to conduct research, this book is a must read for academics interested in the conduct of everyday life.\" \u003cem\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eI. I. Katzarska-Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e, Transylvania University, CHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book addresses key and missing questions at the cutting edge of psychological research and social theory. It presents a generative theoretical and methodological approach to the study of everyday practice – relevant and inspiring not only for psychologists, but for scholars across the social sciences.\" \u003cbr\u003e– \u003cb\u003eJean Lave, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Schraube and Højholt have done psychologists a great service; we can now move out of the laboratory and into the actual contexts where people conduct their everyday lives together. This impressive book provides us with theoretical, methodological, and empirical ideas about what a psychology that is relevant to human life might look like. I recommend it to all students, researchers, and practitioners of the discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Svend Brinkmann\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a remarkable and fascinating collection, putting in place a radical new way for psychology to relate to people. For a sociologist committed to starting with and remaining with people's everyday lives, it is wonderful to discover a psychology that takes the same route. We can be friends, we can learn from one another, and here’s a book that gives us a place to start. It provides a conceptual framework, applications to psychological practice, approaches to and examples of research, and it all adds up to an important innovation.\" \u003cbr\u003e– \u003cb\u003eDorothy Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction - Towards a Psychology of Everyday Living \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Højholt \u0026amp; Ernst Schraube\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Conduct of Everyday Life: Implications for Critical Psychology \u003ci\u003eOle Dreier\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Conduct of Everyday Life in Subject-Oriented Sociology: \u003ci\u003eConcept and Empirical Research Karin Jurczyk, Günter G. Voß \u0026amp; Margit Weihrich\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Conduct of Everyday Life as a Basic Concept of Critical Psychology \u003ci\u003eKlaus Holzkamp\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Maze and the Labyrinth: Walking, Imagining and the Education of Attention \u003ci\u003eTim Ingold\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Embodying the Conduct of Everyday Life: From Subjective Reasons to Privilege \u003ci\u003eThomas Teo\u003c\/i\u003e 7. The Ordinary in the Extra-Ordinary: Everyday Living Textured by Homelessness \u003ci\u003eDarrin Hodgetts, Mohi Rua, Pita King \u0026amp; Tiniwai Te Whetu\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Situated Inequality and the Conflictuality of Children’s Conduct of Life \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Højholt\u003c\/i\u003e 9. \"There is No Right Life in the Wrong One\": Recognizing this Dilemma is the First Step Out of It \u003ci\u003eUte Osterkamp\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Everyday Life in the Shadow of the Debt Economy \u003ci\u003eC. George Caffentzis\u003c\/i\u003e 11. From Crisis to Commons: Reproductive Work, Affective Labor, and Technology in the Transformation of Everyday Life \u003ci\u003eSilvia Federici\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Frozen Fluidity: Digital Technologies and the Transformation of Students Learning and Conduct of Everyday Life \u003ci\u003eErnst Schraube \u0026amp; Athanasios Marvakis\u003c\/i\u003e 13. The Politics of Hope: Memory-Work as a Method to Study the Conduct of Everyday Life \u003ci\u003eFrigga Haug\u003c\/i\u003e 14. Collaborative Research with Children: Exploring Contradictory Conditions of the Conduct of Everyday Life \u003ci\u003eDorte Kousholt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769074614615,"sku":"9781138815124","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/psychology-and-the-conduct-of-everyday-life-9781138815124","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}