Strife of Systems Tension between Organismic and Developmental Points of View
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20401618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Kaplan (Clark University, Massachusetts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 431-443 |
| Publication date | 1992-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-3543 • E-ISSN: 1461-7447 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959354392024002 |
| OpenAlex | W2067433803 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
Having worked with Heinz Werner (Werner & Kaplan, 1963/ 1983) to articulate the organismic-developmental approach to psychological phenomena, the author, in this paper, attempts critically to reflect upon the tensions and oppositions between the two components of that ostensibly unitary approach: the organismic-holistic component, which emphasizes the sovereignty and autonomy of sociocultural and, ultimately, individual `entities' in matters of the Good, the True and the Beautiful, and the developmental component, which stresses system (cultural and individual)-transcending norms or standards for the assessment and ranking of diverse `forms of life' or `modes of mentation'. These tensions between immanence and transcendence continue to be manifested in the sometimes violent and virulent oppositions between socioculturalists-historicists-relativists, on the one hand, and objectivists, on the other, and in current intra-societal debates over `multiculturalism', Eurocentrism, rights of self-determination, etc
Autonomy · Epistemology · Eurocentrism · Holism · Immanence · Multiculturalism · Political science · Politics · Premise · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Sovereignty · Unitary state · Anthropology · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Ego Development and Educational Practices · Law · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
The concept of development
Consciousness and Society
Meditations on Genesis
Mechanism, Organism, and Society
Philosophy, Science and the Sociology of Knowledge
Knowledge as Interpretation
Science and the Modern World
The Concept of Ideology
The Primitive World and Its Transformations
The Developmental Approach to Cognition
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2011 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |