Historical Dimensions of Psychological Discourse

by Kenneth J. Gergen

Book Overview

In this volume, prominent American and European scholars explore the historical shaping of psychological discourse. Speaking from several disciplinary standpoints, attention is directed to the ideological, intellectual, political, economic and literary forces that enter into the cultural construction of mental life. In its explorations, the volume not only challenges the reality of the taken for granted world of everyday life, but raises fundamental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521480213
• ISBN13: 9780521480215
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"