
Foundations of Dialectical Psychology
- 1st Edition - January 28, 1979
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Klaus F. Riegel
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 4 5 3 1 - 7
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 5 8 8 0 8 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 6 8 7 3 - 6
Foundations of Dialectical Psychology is a compilation of the writings of Klaus F. Riegel on dialectical psychology. The book presents chapters discussing such topics as the… Read more

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Request a sales quoteFoundations of Dialectical Psychology is a compilation of the writings of Klaus F. Riegel on dialectical psychology. The book presents chapters discussing such topics as the dialectics of human development; history of dialectical psychology; temporal organization of dialogues; and the analysis of the concept of crisis and its underlying philosophical model and ideology. Psychologists and students will find the book invaluable.
ContentsPreface1 The Dialectics of Human Development Critique of Traditional Psychology Prerequisites of a Dialectical Psychology Toward a Dialectical Interpretation of Development and Aging A Manifesto for Dialectical Psychology 2 Historical Introduction Paradigmatic Developmental Orientations Open and Closed Developmental Systems Dialectics in Soviet Psychology Conclusions3 Dialectical Operations: The First and Final Period of Cognitive Development Dialectical Operations Conclusions4 The Relational Basis of Language Comparison between Monetary and Linguistic Systems The Relational Basis of Language Conclusions5 The Temporal Organization of Dialogues Subject-Object Relation Situational Dialogues Developmental Dialogues Conclusions6 The Recollection of the Individual and Collective Past Developmental Recollections Historical Recollections Historical Interpretations Developmental Science as Action7 Adult Life Crises Contradictions and Development Crises and Development Preview Contradictions and Crises in Adult Life Breaking of Paradigmatic Crises by Exceptional Individua1s Structural Stratifications in History Extrascientific Bases of the Concept of "Crises" Conclusions8 The Dialectics of Time The Concept of Change Inner-Biological Changes Individual-Psychological Changes Cultural-Sociological Changes Music, Time, and Dialectical Logic Conclusions ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject IndexContents
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 28, 1979
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 218
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483245317
- Hardback ISBN: 9780125880800
- eBook ISBN: 9781483268736
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