Description
Book SynopsisSerge Moscovici first introduced the concept of social representations into contemporary social psychology nearly forty years ago. Since then the theory has become one of the predominant approaches in social psychology, not only in continental Europe, but increasingly in the Anglo-Saxon world as well. While Moscovici''s work has spread broadly across the discipline, notably through his contributions to the study of minority influences and of the psychology of crowds, the study of social representations has continued to provide the central focus for one of the most distinctive and original voices in social psychology today.
This volume brings together some of Moscovici''s classic statements of the theory of social representations, as well as elaborations of the distinctive features of this perspective in social psychology. In addition the book includes some recent essays in which he re-examines the intellectual history of social representations, exploring the diverse way
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'Serge Moscovici has been a steady and brilliant influence for the good in social psychology. Even when you don't agree with him, he's still worth listening to attentively.' Jerome Bruner, New York University
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: the Power of Ideas by Gerard Duveen.
Chapter 1: The Phenomenon of Social Representations.
Chapter 2: Society and Theory in Social Psychology.
Chapter 3: The History and Actuality of Social Representations.
Chapter 4: The Concept of Themata (with G. Vignaux).
Chapter 5: The Dreyfus Affair, Proust and Social Psychology.
Chapter 6: Social Consciousness and its History.
Chapter 7: Ideas and the Development: a Dialogue between Serge Moscovici and Ivana Markova.
References.
Index
