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1 online resource (347 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory |
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Routledge library editions. Social theory.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One Presuppositions of field-theories in social science; 1 Certain observations on field-theory in physics; 2 Gestalt psychology as field-theory; 3 Basic assumptions of Lewin''s topological psychology: psychological field-theory, part one; 4 Basic assumptions of Lewin''s dynamic psychology: psychological field-theory, part two; Part Two The path followed by field-theory from individual psychology to social science |
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5 Moving from the unit of consciousness to the multi-personal field, by way of ''psychological induction''6 The social field as an interpersonal space of conflict and tension; 7 Contributions to the theory of the ''role-field''; Part Three The field-theory in social science versus the theories of system and structures; 8 A criticism of the ''system'' of structural functionalism and of the departure from ''elements''; 9 A first attempt at the field-theory of society as a whole; 10 Thoughts on structure and change; Part Four Social field-theories concerned with fields of opinion and interests |
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11 Fields of opinion as a basis for norm- and role-formation12 Multi-person fields, image-fields and the norm-field of society; 13 Interest-fields and fields of social conflict; Part Five Further applications of the field-concept, and field-theoretical methods in social sciences; 14 Field-ideas as applied in cultural anthropology; 15 On the educational concept of field; 16 The theory of level of aspiration, and ''opportunities for climbing'' in the social field; 17 ''Field-models'' in the sense of a ''formal field-method'', together with final conclusions concerning the methodology; Appendix |
| Summary |
This is an important account of the development of the 'field-theory' approach in the social sciences. Harald Mey concentrates on the writers from the 1930s to the present day who have used this approach to the study of the individual and of society, and gives a clear exposition of such 'field-theory' application in its many differing forms. In addition, the author shows how a concept which was initially useful in the physical sciences came to be used first by psychologists, and subsequently by sociologists and others in related disciplines, in their search for answers to the problems prese |
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NotesBibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
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Field theory (Social psychology)
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Social psychology.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Psychology, Social
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social psychology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Field theory (Social psychology)
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Social psychology
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Social sciences -- Philosophy
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317651871 |
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1317651871 |
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