Handbook of Dialogical Self Theory

by Hermans, Hubert J. M.; Gieser, Thorsten

• ISBN13: 9781107006515
• ISBN10: 1107006511
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-31
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

In a boundary crossing and globalizing world, the personal and social positions in self and identity become increasingly dense, heterogeneous and even conflicting. In this Handbook scholars of different disciplines, nations and cultures (East and West) bring together their views and applications of Dialogical Self Theory in such a way that deeper commonalities are brought to the surface. As a 'bridging theory', Dialogical Self Theory reveals unexpected links between a broad variety of phenomena, such as self and identity problems in education and psychotherapy, multicultural identities, child-rearing practices, adult development, consumer behaviour, the use of internet and the value of silence. Researchers and practitioners present different methods of investigation, both qualitative and quantitative, and also highlight applications of Dialogical Self Theory.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. viii
List of tables	p. ix
Notes on the contributors	p. x
Epigraph	p. xiv
Introductory chapter: history, main tenets and core concepts of dialogical self theory	p. 1
Theoretical contributions	p. 23
Introduction	p. 25
Positioning in the dialogical self: recent advances in theory construction	p. 29
Time and the dialogical self	p. 46
Developmental origins of the dialogical self: early childhood years	p. 64
Self-making through synthesis: extending dialogical self theory	p. 82
Multiculturalism, multiple identifications and the dialogical self: shifting paradigms of personhood in sociocultural anthropology	p. 98
Acculturation and the dialogical formation of immigrant identity: race and culture in diaspora spaces	p. 115
Psychodrama: from dialogical self theory to a self in dialogical action	p. 132
Identity construction among transnational migrants: a dialogical analysis of the interplay between personal, social and societal levels	p. 151
Negotiating with autonomy and relatedness: dialogical processes in everyday lives of Indians	p. 169
Dialogicality and the internet	p. 185
Schizophrenia and alterations in first-person experience: advances offered from the vantage point of dialogical self theory	p. 200
The dialogical self in the new South Africa	p. 215
Methods for studying the dialogical self	p. 235
Introduction	p. 237
Dialogicality and personality traits	p. 241
Spatial organization of the dialogical self in creative writers	p. 253
Cognitive architecture of the dialogical self: an experimental approach	p. 264
Voicing inner conflict: from a dialogical to a negotiational self	p. 284
Narrative processes of innovation and stability within the dialogical self	p. 301
Methodological approaches to studying the self in its social context	p. 319
Domains of application	p. 335
Introduction	p. 337
The use of I-positions in psychotherapy	p. 341
Dialogically oriented therapies and the role of poor metacognition in personality disorders	p. 356
Reconstructing the self in the wake of loss: a dialogical contribution	p. 374
Creating dialogical space in psychotherapy: meaning-generating chronotope of ma	p. 390
Therapeutic applications of dialogues in dialogical action therapy	p. 405
The depositioning of the I: emotional coaching in the context of transcendental awareness	p. 423
The dialogical self and educational research: a fruitful relationship	p. 439
The self in career learning: an evolving dialogue	p. 454
Navigating inconsistent consumption preferences at multiple levels of the dialogical self	p. 470
Epilogue: a philosophical epilogue on the question of autonomy	p. 488
Index	p. 497
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