Dialogical Self in a Complex World: The Need for Bridging Theories.

Hubert J. M. Hermans

doi:10.5964/ejop.v11i1.917

Abstract

Dialogical Self in a Complex World: The Need for Bridging Theories.

Highlights

In the last decades, we notice that psychology is more and more ‘infiltrated’ by the neurosciences, first in the form of cognitive neuroscience, but later in the shape of social neuroscience, affective neuroscience, and even cultural neuroscience
I’m working on Dialogical Self Theory (Hermans & Gieser, 2012) that we have presented as a ‘bridging theory’
Its spatial nature is expressed in the verbs positioning and counter-positioning while its temporal manifestations are expressed in the form of positioning and repositioning

Summary

Introduction

We notice that psychology is more and more ‘infiltrated’ by the neurosciences, first in the form of cognitive neuroscience, but later in the shape of social neuroscience, affective neuroscience, and even cultural neuroscience. Neurosciences, sociology, and cultural anthropology, all interested in the self from divergent perspectives, result in the view that the self is highly complex as a social, societal, brain-based, and body-based construct.

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