Harry J G Kempen
Biographic Data
| ID | 116085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harry J G Kempen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harry J G |
| FAMILY NAME | Kempen |
| SIGNATURE | KEMPEN H J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 134 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Categorical thinking is the target
Categorical thinking is the target
Moving cultures
Mind as Body Moving in Space
Critics of psychology's view on personality and self as western and ethnocentric and those with a growing interest in what is called the cultural self both tend to advocate social constructionism as the better paradigm. In social constructionism, however, the production of cultures and concomitant selves seems to start from an empty human biology. For a corrective to this Cartesian `thinking above the body', I return to Vico's `wholly corporeal i…
Body, Mind and Culture
Elaborating on Wertsch's central argument, our thesis is two-fold: (a) mediated action is dialogical; (b) dialogue as a basic feature of the human condition far exceeds the boundaries of verbal conversation. In discussing the difference between logical and dialogical relationships, Bakhtin's 'ventriloquation' is defined as a collective voice. Emphasis is given to the role of the body in pseudo-and pre-hnguistic dialogues. Finally, the central arg…
Imaginal Dialogues in the Self
The story a person tells about his or her life is viewed as a polyphonic novel. This metaphor implies that the self is multivoiced; that is, there is no single “I” as an agent of self‐organization but several, relatively independent “I” positions that complement and contradict each other in dialogical relationships. From this perspective the role ofimaginal figures in the organization of the self is analyzed. A theory and method are presented all…
The dialogical self
The dialogical self
Imaginal Dialogues in the Self
The story a person tells about his or her life is viewed as a polyphonic novel. This metaphor implies that the self is multivoiced; that is, there is no single “I” as an agent of self‐organization but several, relatively independent “I” positions that complement and contradict each other in dialogical relationships. From this perspective the role ofimaginal figures in the organization of the self is analyzed. A theory and method are presented all…
Body, Mind and Culture
Elaborating on Wertsch's central argument, our thesis is two-fold: (a) mediated action is dialogical; (b) dialogue as a basic feature of the human condition far exceeds the boundaries of verbal conversation. In discussing the difference between logical and dialogical relationships, Bakhtin's 'ventriloquation' is defined as a collective voice. Emphasis is given to the role of the body in pseudo-and pre-hnguistic dialogues. Finally, the central arg…
Mind as Body Moving in Space
Critics of psychology's view on personality and self as western and ethnocentric and those with a growing interest in what is called the cultural self both tend to advocate social constructionism as the better paradigm. In social constructionism, however, the production of cultures and concomitant selves seems to start from an empty human biology. For a corrective to this Cartesian `thinking above the body', I return to Vico's `wholly corporeal i…
Moving cultures
Categorical thinking is the target
Categorical thinking is the target
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Representations and Identity (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Dialogical self (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Categorical variable (2 works)