Ian Moll
Biographic Data
| ID | 3811916 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Moll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Moll |
| SIGNATURE | MOLL I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2891-7163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
When Reality Comes Knocking at Your Discourse
Michel Foucault has put forward a number of concepts, notably “the imaginary”, “discursive formation” and “dispositif”, that have been used by various writers to understand the “fourth industrial revolution” (4IR). This article suggests that such concepts in his early writing (1954–1975) are misleading because they entail the idea that the 4IR is a discourse that acquires “materiality” only to the extent that it is enunciated in various human and…
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The hegemonic construal of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ portrays rapid technological developments as a bold, new industrial revolution. Since there is sparse evidence of any such revolution across the totality of social, political, cultural and economic institutions, locally and globally, the focus must turn to how this ideological frame functions to further the interests of social and economic elites worldwide. This article examines the wa…
The Myth of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
This article argues that there is no such phenomenon as a Fourth Industrial Revolution. It derives a framework for the analysis of any industrial revolution from a careful historical account of the archetypal First Industrial Revolution. The suggested criteria for any socioeconomic transformation to be considered an industrial revolution are that it must encompass a technological revolution; a transformation of the labour process; a fundamental c…
Contents, Vol. 37, 1994
Reclaiming the Natural Line in Vygotskγ’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Contemporary writings on Vygotsky have not given adequate attention to his particular recognition of natural constraints in cognitive development. This article examines his notion of two main lines of psychological development – the natural and the cultural – in the light of contemporary Marxist debates concerning the relation between the ‘material’ and the ‘social’. It argues that an adequate account of Vygotsky’s theory must ground the social c…
Psychology, Biology and Social Relations
Contemporary psychologists seem to pull in two theoretical directions, namely the reduction of mind to brain and the dissolution of mind in society. Against these dominant trends, this article employs the tools of critical realism to argue for the resuscitation in the discipline, psychology, of an ontologically distinct, psychological concept of mind. This ‘mind’ is conceived here as a real, ontologically emergent property. Its distinctive proper…
Psychology, Biology and Social Relations
Contemporary psychologists seem to pull in two theoretical directions, namely the reduction of mind to brain and the dissolution of mind in society. Against these dominant trends, this article employs the tools of critical realism to argue for the resuscitation in the discipline, psychology, of an ontologically distinct, psychological concept of mind. This 'mind' is conceived here as a real, ontologically emergent property. Its distinctive proper…
African Psychology
There is in Africa (not least in South Africa) an important debate amongst psychologists, as amongst philosophers, concerning the possibility of an indigenous African psychology. One version of the debate engages the proposition that “African psychology” is a myth, in the sense that there is no domain of knowledge that is unique to a particular geographical region and its people. Another version regards it as an obvious reality, in that there is …
Is the Individual Anything Other Than Culture
Cultural People and Cultural Contexts
The issue of 'cultural relativism' that has framed much of cross-cultural psychology or social and cultural anthropology poses interesting problems which are analysed as triggered by the papers by Cole (1995) and Wertsch (1995). Cultural psychology may benefit from a consistent assertion that people are basically the same, that they have the same basic cognitive processes, despite different forms of cultural experience. This, of course, supposes …
African Psychology
There is in Africa (not least in South Africa) an important debate amongst psychologists, as amongst philosophers, concerning the possibility of an indigenous African psychology. One version of the debate engages the proposition that “African psychology” is a myth, in the sense that there is no domain of knowledge that is unique to a particular geographical region and its people. Another version regards it as an obvious reality, in that there is …
The Myth of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
This article argues that there is no such phenomenon as a Fourth Industrial Revolution. It derives a framework for the analysis of any industrial revolution from a careful historical account of the archetypal First Industrial Revolution. The suggested criteria for any socioeconomic transformation to be considered an industrial revolution are that it must encompass a technological revolution; a transformation of the labour process; a fundamental c…
Cultural People and Cultural Contexts
The issue of 'cultural relativism' that has framed much of cross-cultural psychology or social and cultural anthropology poses interesting problems which are analysed as triggered by the papers by Cole (1995) and Wertsch (1995). Cultural psychology may benefit from a consistent assertion that people are basically the same, that they have the same basic cognitive processes, despite different forms of cultural experience. This, of course, supposes …
Cultural People and Cultural Contexts
The issue of 'cultural relativism' that has framed much of cross-cultural psychology or social and cultural anthropology poses interesting problems which are analysed as triggered by the papers by Cole (1995) and Wertsch (1995). Cultural psychology may benefit from a consistent assertion that people are basically the same, that they have the same basic cognitive processes, despite different forms of cultural experience. This, of course, supposes …
Is the Individual Anything Other Than Culture
African Psychology
There is in Africa (not least in South Africa) an important debate amongst psychologists, as amongst philosophers, concerning the possibility of an indigenous African psychology. One version of the debate engages the proposition that “African psychology” is a myth, in the sense that there is no domain of knowledge that is unique to a particular geographical region and its people. Another version regards it as an obvious reality, in that there is …
Psychology, Biology and Social Relations
Contemporary psychologists seem to pull in two theoretical directions, namely the reduction of mind to brain and the dissolution of mind in society. Against these dominant trends, this article employs the tools of critical realism to argue for the resuscitation in the discipline, psychology, of an ontologically distinct, psychological concept of mind. This ‘mind’ is conceived here as a real, ontologically emergent property. Its distinctive proper…
Psychology, Biology and Social Relations
Contemporary psychologists seem to pull in two theoretical directions, namely the reduction of mind to brain and the dissolution of mind in society. Against these dominant trends, this article employs the tools of critical realism to argue for the resuscitation in the discipline, psychology, of an ontologically distinct, psychological concept of mind. This 'mind' is conceived here as a real, ontologically emergent property. Its distinctive proper…
Contents, Vol. 37, 1994
Reclaiming the Natural Line in Vygotskγ’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Contemporary writings on Vygotsky have not given adequate attention to his particular recognition of natural constraints in cognitive development. This article examines his notion of two main lines of psychological development – the natural and the cultural – in the light of contemporary Marxist debates concerning the relation between the ‘material’ and the ‘social’. It argues that an adequate account of Vygotsky’s theory must ground the social c…
The Myth of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
This article argues that there is no such phenomenon as a Fourth Industrial Revolution. It derives a framework for the analysis of any industrial revolution from a careful historical account of the archetypal First Industrial Revolution. The suggested criteria for any socioeconomic transformation to be considered an industrial revolution are that it must encompass a technological revolution; a transformation of the labour process; a fundamental c…
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The hegemonic construal of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ portrays rapid technological developments as a bold, new industrial revolution. Since there is sparse evidence of any such revolution across the totality of social, political, cultural and economic institutions, locally and globally, the focus must turn to how this ideological frame functions to further the interests of social and economic elites worldwide. This article examines the wa…
When Reality Comes Knocking at Your Discourse
Michel Foucault has put forward a number of concepts, notably “the imaginary”, “discursive formation” and “dispositif”, that have been used by various writers to understand the “fourth industrial revolution” (4IR). This article suggests that such concepts in his early writing (1954–1975) are misleading because they entail the idea that the 4IR is a discourse that acquires “materiality” only to the extent that it is enunciated in various human and…
Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Industrial Revolution (3 works) · Law (3 works)