Dialogicality and Social Representations: The Dynamics of Mind

by Ivana Markova and Ivana Marková

Book Overview

The theory of social knowledge developed in this book is based on dialogicality and the theory of social representations. It is argued that dialogicality, the capacity of the human mind to conceive, create and communicate about social realities in terms of, or in opposition to, otherness, is the sine qua non of the human mind. Social representations are sharply distinguished from mental and collective representations. Being embedded in history and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521022762
• ISBN13: 9780521022767
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"