内容简介
Thetheoryofsocialknowledgedevelopedinthisbookisbasedondialogicalityandthetheoryofsocialrepresentations.Itisarguedthatdialogicality,thecapacityofthehumanmindtoconceive,createandcommunicateaboutsocialrealitiesintermsof,orinoppositionto,otherness,isthesinequanonofthehumanmind.Socialrepresentationsaresharplydistinguishedfrommentalandcollectiverepresentations.Beingembeddedinhistoryandculture,socialrepresentationsmanifestthemselvesinpublicdiscoursesandsocialthinkingaboutphenomena,whichtouchinsomefundamentalwaysuponsocialrealities,e.g.political,ecologicalorhealthrelated.Thetheoryofsocialrepresentationsplacescommunicationandtheconceptofchangeinthecentreofsocialpsychology.IvanaMarková'sbookisuniqueinbringingtogethertheconceptofdialogueandsocialknowledgeandwillmakeanimportantcontributiontosocialpsychology,socialandhumansciencesandcommunicationstudies.
作者简介
IvanaMarkováwasborninCzechoslovakiabuthaslivedintheUKsince1967.SheisProfessorofPsychologyattheUniversityofStirlingandhasbeenavisitingprofessorattheUniversitiesofOslo,Bern,Paris,Linkoping,MexicoandBologna.ShedirectsthreeinternationalresearchgroupsintheEuropeanLaboratoryofSocialPsychologyattheMaisondesSciencesdel'HommeinParis.SheisalsoaFellowoftheBritishAcademy,aFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburghandoftheBritishPsychologicalScoiety.PreviousbooksincludeParadigms,ThoughtandLanguage(1982),HumanAwareness(1987),MutualitiesofDialogueed.(1995).