Dialogicality and Social Representations The Dynamics of Mind [Hardcover]

Develops a theory of social knowledge based on dialogicality and social representation.This book develops a theory of social knowledge based on dialogicality, the capacity of the human mind to conceive and communicate about social reality in relation or opposition to otherness, and the theory of social representations. It argues that dialogicality is the sine qua non of the human mind and change is at the centre of all social phenomena. Ivana Markova's new book is unique in bringing together the concept of dialogue and social knowledge and will be an important contribution to social psychology and discourse and communication studies.This book develops a theory of social knowledge based on dialogicality, the capacity of the human mind to conceive and communicate about social reality in relation or opposition to otherness, and the theory of social representations. It argues that dialogicality is the sine qua non of the human mind and change is at the centre of all social phenomena. Ivana Markova's new book is unique in bringing together the concept of dialogue and social knowledge and will be an important contribution to social psychology and discourse and communication studies.This book develops a theory of social knowledge based on dialogicality (the capacity of the human mind to conceive and communicate social reality in relation or opposition to otherness) and the theory of social representations. It argues that dialogicality is the sine qua non of the human mind and change is at the center of all social phenomena. Ivana Markova's new book brings together the concept of dialogue and social knowledge and will be an important contribution to social psychology and discourse and communication studies.Preface; 1. An epistemological problem for social psychology; 2. Thinking and antinomies; 3. Linguistic and dialogical antinomies; 4. Thinking through the mouth; 5. Social representations: old and new; 6. Dialogical triads and three-component processes; 7. Understanding tlÃ"