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Thanks Mary-- Interesting summary. Interesting bibliography as a way to see how the large common meme pool is drawn upon to create this account. mike On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Mary van der Riet <VanDerRiet@ukzn.ac.za>wrote: > Sociocultural Subjectivities: Progress, Prospects, Problems > Suzanne R. Kirschner > Theory Psychology 2010;20 765-780 > http://tap.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/6/765 > > Strongly constitutive sociocultural perspectives in psychology have > become more developed and influential in recent decades, particularly > during the past 15 years. These approaches include constructionist, > discursive, relational, dialogical, and neo-Vygotskian theories. They > diverge from one another in some respects, but are alike in that they > all consider psychological processes, such as mind and self, to emerge > out of social, cultural, and historical contexts. This paper explores > some central themes and commitments that inhere in these approaches, > particularly with regard to how subjectivity is historically and > relationally constituted. It emphasizes the importance of further > legitimizing them within psychology and adjacent disciplines. It also > points out some current limitations, suggesting that they risk what > social theorist Dennis Wrong called an “oversocialized” conception > of human beings. > > > > Mary van der Riet; School of Psychology; University of KwaZulu-Natal > Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209 > > email: vanderriet@ukzn.ac.za > tel: 033 260 6163; fax: 033 2605809 > > > Please find our Email Disclaimer here: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/ > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca