Benjamin S Bradley
Biographic Data
| ID | 172047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin S Bradley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin S |
| FAMILY NAME | Bradley |
| SIGNATURE | BRADLEY B S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Sturt University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Deconstruction reassigned? ‘The child’, antipsychology and the fate of the empirical
I approach the achievements of Burman’s Deconstructing Developmental Psychology (DDP) by contrasting them with: (a) the (non-)‘deconstructive’ work of Foucault; and (b) Burman’s other critical writings. Questions are thus raised about DDP’s stance to antidevelopmentalism, antipsychology, deconstruction and the cultural specificity of critique, thereby accentuating the significance of DDP’s commitment to feminism. Following consideration of DDP’s …
Commentary: The Vygotskian Family in the Supreme Court of Practice
The unification of psychology has proven a perennial problem. Vygotsky's solution was to reverse the usual predominance of theory over practice, making practice the `supreme judge' of truth. Matusov's goal appears to be a more modest one: the integration of cultural-historical and sociocultural Vygotskians into a harmonious `family'. Analysing the aporias of Matusov's text, I argue that what unites these two groups of Vygotsky's heirs is a common…
Women's first experiences of childbirth: Two hospital settings compared
This study analyses expectations, experiences and the aftermath of childbirth from interviews conducted with 60 mothers nine months after their first child was born. Half had given birth in a 'family birthing centre' (FBC) and half had used the conventional delivery suite (CDS). Findings showed that the two groups of women had different antenatal orientations to the birth, different experiences of the labour, different experiences of motherhood a…
Commentary: The Vygotskian Family in the Supreme Court of Practice
The unification of psychology has proven a perennial problem. Vygotsky's solution was to reverse the usual predominance of theory over practice, making practice the `supreme judge' of truth. Matusov's goal appears to be a more modest one: the integration of cultural-historical and sociocultural Vygotskians into a harmonious `family'. Analysing the aporias of Matusov's text, I argue that what unites these two groups of Vygotsky's heirs is a common…
Women's first experiences of childbirth: Two hospital settings compared
This study analyses expectations, experiences and the aftermath of childbirth from interviews conducted with 60 mothers nine months after their first child was born. Half had given birth in a 'family birthing centre' (FBC) and half had used the conventional delivery suite (CDS). Findings showed that the two groups of women had different antenatal orientations to the birth, different experiences of the labour, different experiences of motherhood a…
Commentary: The Vygotskian Family in the Supreme Court of Practice
The unification of psychology has proven a perennial problem. Vygotsky's solution was to reverse the usual predominance of theory over practice, making practice the `supreme judge' of truth. Matusov's goal appears to be a more modest one: the integration of cultural-historical and sociocultural Vygotskians into a harmonious `family'. Analysing the aporias of Matusov's text, I argue that what unites these two groups of Vygotsky's heirs is a common…
Deconstruction reassigned? ‘The child’, antipsychology and the fate of the empirical
I approach the achievements of Burman’s Deconstructing Developmental Psychology (DDP) by contrasting them with: (a) the (non-)‘deconstructive’ work of Foucault; and (b) Burman’s other critical writings. Questions are thus raised about DDP’s stance to antidevelopmentalism, antipsychology, deconstruction and the cultural specificity of critique, thereby accentuating the significance of DDP’s commitment to feminism. Following consideration of DDP’s …
Educational and Psychological Assessments (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)