Toward a study of culture suitable for (Frontiers in) cultural psychology

Tuğçe Kurtiş,Glenn Adams

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00392

Abstract

Toward a study of culture suitable for (Frontiers in) cultural psychology

Highlights

“The mutual constitution of culture and mind is a topic of central importance across all of areas of psychology.”
The other direction of this dynamic process refers to the psychological constitution of cultural worlds
Others—that resonate with their particular beliefs and desires. This dynamic conception of culture and mind is evident in work that considers the mutual constitution of moral understandings and sleeping practices (Shweder et al, 1995); motivational orientations and constructions of success and failure situations (Kitayama et al, 1997); affective orientations and children’s books (Tsai et al, 2007); personal identity and societal master narratives (Hammack, 2011); or national identity and constructions of history (Carretero, 2011). Despite this non-essentialist vision, much of the work that carries the label of cultural psychology continues to reflect and reproduce problematic reifications of culture and self

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Introduction

“The mutual constitution of culture and mind is a topic of central importance across all of areas of psychology.” With this mission statement, Frontiers in Cultural Psychology declares mutual constitution— the process by which mind and culture “live together, require each other, and dynamically, dialectically, and jointly make each other up” (Shweder, 1990; p.1)—as the unifying theme of its otherwise diverse contributions. One direction of this dynamic process refers to the cultural constitution of mind. The other direction of this dynamic process refers to the psychological constitution of cultural worlds.

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