{"product_id":"representations-of-the-social-9780631215349","title":"Representations of the Social","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis broad--ranging volume introduces social representation theory to a general readership, explaining how humans construct a framework of shared references which defines how we think about our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Social psychology urgently needs greater rapprochement between its theories. This valuable volume directly addresses this need. With the social representations paradigm as their starting point, Deaux and Philogene have assembled a diverse selection of 24 essays. American readers especially will benefit from the book's many European authors and wide-ranging bibliography.\" \u003ci\u003eThomas F. Pettigrew, University of California, Santa Cruz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This brilliant collection of essays is going to become a seminal reader for cultural psychologists on both sides of the Atlantic.\" \u003ci\u003eRichard A. Shweder, University of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book consists of an excellent and highly diverse collection of essays\" \u003ci\u003eIvana Markova, University of Stirling, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, Vol.13, No.5, September-October 2003\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Framing the Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction. (Gina Philogene and Kay Deaux).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Why a Theory of Social Representations? (Serge Moscovici).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Doing Social Representation Research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. A Theory of Methods. (Gina Philogene).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. A Structural Approach to Social Representations. (Jean-Claude Abric).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The King is Naked. Critical Advertisement and Fashion: The Benetton Phenomenon: Annamaria Silvana de Rosa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Social Positioning and Social Representations. (Alain Clemence).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Human Rights Studied as Normative Social Representations. (Willem Doise).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. From Race to Culture: The Emergence of African American. (Gina Philogene).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Social Representation and Social Construction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Functional Aspects of Social Representation. (Saadi Lahlou).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Killer Tomatoes! Collective Symbolic Coping with Biotechnology. (Wolfgang Wagner and Nicole Kronberger).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Social Representations, Public Life and Social Construction. (Sandra Jovchelovitch).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Social Representations: Catching a Good Idea. (Hazel Rose Markus and Victoria C. Plaut).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. What We Do and Don't Know about the Functions of Social Representations. (John T. Jost and Gabriel Ignatow).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Social Representation and Social Categorization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Social Categorization: Towards Theoretical Integration. (Martha Augoustinos).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The When and the Why of How: From Mental Representation to Social Representations. (Fabio Lorenzi-Cioldi).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Attitudes, Social Representations and Beyond. (George Gaskell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Social Cognition, Social Representations, and the Dilemmas of Social Theory Construction. (Arie W. Kruglanski).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Social and Societal Pragmatism: Susan Fiske.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: Social Representation and Social Identification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Representations, Identities, Resistance. (Gerard Duveen).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Social Representational Constraints upon Identity Development. (Glynis M Breakwell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Identity, Language and Representations: A Natural System at Work. (Marisa Zavalloni).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Social Identities and Social Representations: A Question of Priority? (Marilynn B. Brewer).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Meaning and Making: Some Comments on Content and Process. (Kay Deaux).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Epilogue. (Kay Deaux and Gina Philogene).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403427291479,"sku":"9780631215349","price":52.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631215349.jpg?v=1730483440","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/representations-of-the-social-9780631215349","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}