Everyday discourse and common sense : the theory of social representations
by
 
Wagner, Wolfgang, 1949-

Title
: 
Everyday discourse and common sense : the theory of social representations

Author
: 
Wagner, Wolfgang, 1949-

ISBN
: 
9781403933041

Personal Author
: 
Wagner, Wolfgang, 1949-

Publication Information
: 
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Physical Description
: 
xxi, 450 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents
: 
Foreword / Serge Moscovici -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Everyday life, knowledge and rationality -- 3. Universes of everyday knowledge -- 4. Introducing social representations -- 5. The topography of modern mentality -- 6. The organisation and structure of social representations -- 7. Dynamics of social representations -- 8. Discourse, transmission and the shared universe -- 9. Action, objectification and social reality -- 10. Epistemological aspects of social representation theory -- 11. Methods in social representation research.

Abstract
: 
"Thinking and talking in everyday life differs from thinking and talking in more formal contexts, and that difference is not always taken into account in social psychology. What is needed is an approach that sets the man and woman in the street as competent actors in their own right, rather than just pinpointing their alleged cognitive shortcomings. This book proposes the theory of social representations, which allows us to articulate collective and individual psychological processes, as a solution."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
: 
Social perception.
 
Social psychology.
 
Sociolinguistics.

Added Author
: 
Hayes, Nicky.

Electronic Access
: 
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005047563-d.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005047563-b.html
 
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005047563-t.html


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