Meaning in Action Constructions, Narratives, and Representations
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Meaning in Action Constructions, Narratives, and Representations
Toshio Sugiman, Kenneth J. Gergen, Wolfgang Wagner, Yoko Yamada (Eds.)
Meaning in Action Constructions, Narratives, and Representations
With 16 Figures
Toshio Sugiman, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Yoshida-Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Kenneth J. Gergen, Ph.D. Professor, Swarthmore College 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA Wolfgang Wagner, Ph.D. Professor, Johannes Kepler University Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria Yoko Yamada, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Cover: An image of mixed, interdependent growth against a distant, shining horizon, symbolizing the interdependence and intertwining of all human relationships.
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Contents
The Social Turn in the Science of Human Action T. Sugiman, K.J. Gergen, W. Wagner, and Y. Yamada . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part I: The Power of Meaning 1
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Reflections on the Diversity of Knowledge: Power and Dialogue in Representational Fields S. Jovchelovitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Discourse and Representation in the Construction of Witchcraft W. Wagner, A. Mecha, and M. do R. Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Culture, Psychotherapy, and the Diasporic Self as Transitoric Identity: A Reply to Social Constructionist and Postmodern Concepts of Narrative Psychotherapy B. Zielke and J. Straub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Generative Inquiry in Therapy: From Problems to Creativity D.F. Schnitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Constructing Trauma and Its Treatment: Knowledge, Power and Resistance C. Quosh and K.J. Gergen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part II: Constructing Meaning in Everyday Life 6
Moralities We Live by: Moral Focusing in the Context of Technological Change N. Kronberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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