Cultural Psychology: Theory and Method

by Carl Ratner

Book Overview

This book seeks to deepen our understanding of the cultural aspects of human psychology. These are aspects of psychology that originate in, are formed by, reflect, perpetuate, and modify social processes and factors outside the individual mind. My motivation in pursuing cultural psychol- ogy is both scientific and political. I believe that construing psychology as a cultural phenomenon is the scientifically correct way to understand psychology; a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461351901
• ISBN13: 9781461351900
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"