Rappard / van Strien / Mos Annals of Theoretical Psychology

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4615-2982-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 8, 292 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Annals of Theoretical Psychology

This volume and its companion, to be published as Volume 9 in the Annals series, had their origin in a visit by the first editor to our Center in 1983, a year prior to our initiating publication of the Annals. Some three years later, Hans Rappard formally proposed to edit, together with the historian of psychology in the Netherlands, Pieter van Strien, an Annals volume devoted to history and theory. Rappard emphasized, however, that it was to be "not just a volume on the relation between history of psychology and theoretical psychology, but rather a volume on the relevance of history to theory, or psychology in general. In other words, how and what could 'doing history' contribute to (theoretical) problems that face contemporary psychology. " Another four years passed before commitments from the twenty-seven contributors were received. The plan was to publish a single volume devoted to history and theory, however, the length of six major papers, eighteen commentaries, and replies to commentaries, necessitated a decision to publish the manuscript in two volumes. It was not an easy decision especially as the contributors and editors had achieved an integrity of theme and content that is unusual for edited volumes. Moreover, in view of the manuscript's long past, we felt little inclination to extend its history.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rappard, Hans van

van Strien, Pieter J.

Mos, Leendert P.

Baker, William J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. History and theory: Introduction.- 1. History and theory: Introduction.- 2. Psychological objects, practice, and history.- 2. Psychological objects, practice, and history.- Rhetoric, society, and the historiography of psychology.- History from the top down.- Contextualizing Danziger within sociological theory.- History, practice, and psychological objects: Reply to commentators.- 3. History and the psychological imagination.- 3. History and the psychological imagination.- Perspectival structure and dynamics of knowledge.- The uses of history.- Towards a closer proximity of psychology and history: Reply to commentators.- 4. The historical practice of theory construction.- 4. The historical practice of theory construction.- History, theory and social groups: A critical enhancement of the Denkgebäude of Pieter J. van Strien.- Theory in historical context.- A view from “social psychology of science”.- Historizing theory and theorizing history: Reply to commentators.- Author index.- Topic index.- of previous volumes.