Exploring the Complexities of Human Action - Couverture rigide

Raeff, Catherine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0190050438 ISBN 13 : 9780190050436

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2020

Synopsis

Exploring the Complexities of Human Action offers a bold theoretical framework for thinking systematically and integratively about what people do as they go about their lives. Raeff sets the stage for conceptualizing human action by first constructively questioning some conventional practices and assumptions in psychology, such as fragmenting, aggregating, and objectifying. She then articulates an alternative systems conceptualization of action that emphasizes multiple and interrelated processes, and characterizes human action in terms of the complexities of holism, dynamics, variability, and multi-causality.

The book also applies this theoretical framework to varied human issues, including mind-body connections, art, diversity, extremism, and freedom. This approach provides a vision of humanity that promotes complex and empathic understanding of human beings that can bring people together to pursue common goals.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Catherine Raeff is Professor of Psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her publications include the books Always Separate, Always Connected: Independence and Interdependence in Cultural Contexts of Development and Exploring the Dynamics of Human Development: An Integrative Approach.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0190050438
• ISBN 13: 9780190050436
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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