Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living
- Hardcover
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 430pp. Rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Stamp from Northumbra University Library to edges of text block. Stamp abd barcode sticker to front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental and sociocultural psychology, psychotherapy, learning sciences and geronto-psychology. In particular, the book highlights semiotic processes, specific to human development, that allow us to draw upon past experiences, to choose among alternatives and to plan our futures. Imagination is an important outcome of semiotic processes and enables us to deal with daily constraints and transitions, and promotes the transformation of social representation and symbolic systems - giving each person a unique style, or 'melody', of living. The book concludes by questioning the methodology and epistemology of current life course studies.(Publisher).
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental and sociocultural psychology, psychotherapy, learning sciences and geronto-psychology. In particular, the book highlights semiotic processes, specific to human development, that allow us to draw upon past experiences, to choose among alternatives and to plan our futures. Imagination is an important outcome of semiotic processes and enables us to deal with daily constraints and transitions, and promotes the transformation of social representation and symbolic systems - giving each person a unique style, or 'melody', of living. The book concludes by questioning the methodology and epistemology of current life course studies.(Publisher).
Details
Title
Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living
Author
Zittoun, Tania; Valsiner, Jaan; Vedeler, Dankert; Salgado, Joao; Goncalves, Miguel M.; Ferring, Dieter
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
Date
2013