| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) |
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Theory and history in the human and social sciences |
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Theory and history in the human and social sciences.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Introduction: What is Action Research? -- Part 1: The emergence of Action Research -- Chapter 2. The Founding Fathers - Moreno, Collier, Lewin -- Chapter 3. Pragmatic and Participatory Action Research the Northern and Southern Traditions -- Part 2: Subjectivity, Democracy, and Action Research -- Chapter 4. The Lewinian Tradition -- Chapter 5. The Northern Tradition of pragmatic Action Research -- Chapter 6. The Southern Tradition -- Part 3: Klaus Holzkamp and the Concept of Subjectivity -- Chapter 7. What is German Critical Psychology? -- Chapter 8. Subjectivity and Democracy in the Tradition of German Critical Psychology -- Part 4: Action Research and Practice Research -- Chapter 9. New grounds for Action Research? |
| Summary |
This book examines the theoretical developments in the field of Action Research from a historical perspective. The central focus of the investigation is the concepts of democracy and subjectivity as defined by the fields various traditions. To address this issue, this book offers a thorough investigation of the theoretical and historical underpinnings of Action Research in order to argue that such a clarification allows for a transcendence of the distinction between theory and practice in political action. This transcendence will be achieved with the theories of the German critical psychologist Klaus Holzkamp and his interpretation of subjectivity and democracy. Holzkamp establishes a comprehensive mode of change based on the contradiction of existing possibilities for action and restrictions in a concretely given empirical situation. This book is aimed at History of Psychology Classes, Social Workers, Activism Researchers, Undergraduate Courses in Critical Thinking and Political Action, and Decolonial Theory in Psychology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 19, 2023) |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Research.
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Action research.
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Action research
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Psychology -- Research
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Democràcia.
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Subjectivitat.
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Psicologia.
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| Genre/Form |
Llibres electrònics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031311970 |
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3031311973 |
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