The Cultural Psychology of Self: Place, Morality, and Art in Human Worlds

Sampul Depan
Routledge, 2001 - 263 halaman
Philosophers and psychologists both investigate the self, but often in isolation from one another. "The Cultural Psychology of the Self" brings together these two areas in an exploration of the self and its function. How do we position ourselves in the worlds we inhabit? And how do we find our way around them? Ciaran Benson argues that the skills in navigating human worlds are primary requirements for being a successful human being, and that the main function of our psychological system is to position ourselves in relation to others. "Who I am is a function of where I am": Benson suggests that we can better understand ourselves as locative systems. He investigates the way we orient ourselves in the world and the language we use to describe our position, whether it may be in space or time.

Tentang pengarang (2001)

Ciaran Benson is Professor of Psychology at University College Dublin, Ireland.

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