The Storied Nature of Human Life

The Life and Work of Theodore R. Sarbin

Karl E. Scheibe, Frank J. Barrett (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 321 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-48789-2 (ISBN)

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This book sheds new light on the life and the influence of one of the most significant critical thinkers in psychology of the last century, Theodore R. Sarbin (1911-2005). In the first section authors provide a comprehensive account of Sarbin's life and career. The second section consists in a collection of ten publications from the last two decades of his career. The essays cover topics such as the adoption of contextualism as the appropriate world view for psychology, the establishment of narrative psychology as a major mode of inquiry, and the rejection both mechanism and mentalism as suitable approaches for psychology. The book is historically informed and yet focused on the future of psychological theory and practice.
It will engage researches and scholars in psychology, social scientists and philosophers, as well general readership interested in exploring Sarbin's theories.

Karl E. Scheibe is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Wesleyan University, USA.Frank J. Barrett is Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA.

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Part One: The Life and Work of Theodore R.Sarbin.- 1. A Sketch of Theodore R. Sarbin's Life.- 2. Sarbin's Way: Overcoming Mentalism and Mechanism in Psychology.- Part Two: A Selection of Works from the Autumn Harvest.- Introduction: How and why these works were selected.- 3. The Narrative as Root Metaphor for Psychology.- 4. The Narrative Turn in Social Psychology.- 5. Believed-in Imaginings: A Narrative Approach.- 6. The Role of Imagination in Narrative Construction.- 7. Emotions as Narrative Emplotments.- 8. The Dramaturgical Approach to Social Psychology: The Influence of Erving Goffman.- 9. The Poetics of my Identities.- 10. Hypnosis: A Fifty-Year Perspective.- 11. The Deconstruction of Stereotypes: Homosexuals and Military Policy, Sexual Orientation and the Military.- 12. Honor as a Moral Category: A Historical-Linguistic Analysis.- Afterword: Sarbin's importance for contemporary work on narrative psychology.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.11.2017
Zusatzinfo	XV, 321 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Schlagworte	Behavioral Science and Psychology • contextualism Psychology • Erving Goffman • History of psychology • History of Science • hypnosis • Hypnotic susceptibility • Mechanism Psychology • Mentalism Psychology • Narrative Psychology • Personality and Social Psychology • Psychological methodology • Psychological Methods/Evaluation • Psychology • Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality • psychopathology • role theory • Theodore R. Sarbin • The Psychology of Sexual Orientation and the Milit • The Psychology of Sexual Orientation and the Military
ISBN-10	3-319-48789-2 / 3319487892
ISBN-13	978-3-319-48789-2 / 9783319487892
Zustand	Neuware