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Primer in Critical Personalism: A Framework for Reviving Psychological Inquiry and for Grounding a Socio-Cultural Ethos

Primer in Critical Personalism: A Framework for Reviving Psychological Inquiry and for Grounding a Socio-Cultural Ethos

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Series: Advances in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

CognitionGeneral PsychologyHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 103245055X
ISBN13: 9781032450551
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 1 2024
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

This insightful book offers contemporary psychologists and other social theorists an understanding of the comprehensive system of thought developed by the German scholar William Stern (1871-1938) known as critical personalism.

Expanding the author's ongoing efforts in this area, the book considers, firstly, how critical personalism could ground a needed revival of psychological science, a need created by the field's gradual transformation, through its widespread adoption of aggregate statistical methods of investigation, into a discipline better characterized as 'psycho-demography.' Consistent with Stern's own view of the potential of critical personalism vis-a-vis socio-ethical concerns, the book then explores how the framework could facilitate a transcendence of thinking about racial and other social relationships beyond currently prevailing narratives about personkinds into narratives that are actually about persons. This part of the book includes a chapter discussing Stern's own historical efforts in this direction, serving to highlight the non-individualistic nature of critically personalistic thinking. Throughout, Lamiell constructs a clear case for the merits and applicability of critical personalism in modern psychology and social thought.

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