The Primary Sources of Meaning of a Secondary Symbol
The Case of the Constitution and Ms. Murphy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6338458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larry Baas, Larry R Baas (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 687 |
| Publication date | 1984-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3791237 |
| OpenAlex | W2324428283 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Harold Lasswell noted that the vague, diffuse, and distant symbols of the secondary political world, such as the Constitution, are often elaborated and take on personal meaning to the individual as a result of a process of displacement of some image from the primary world. In a previous, intensive study, it was demonstrated how this process operated with reference to a benevolent and deferential view of the U.S. Constitution. The purpose of this study is to extend this analysis and examine how this same process operates in an individual with a negative view of the Constitution. The results indicate that while the views of the Constitution held by the subject in the previous and the present study are quite different, the process by which the symbol takes on meaning is quite similar and can be explained in terms of the Lasswellian law of primary affect
Constitution · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Political science · Primary (astronomy · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Q Methodology Applications · Social Psychology
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
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