Vladimer Gamsakhurdia

Semiotic Construction of the Self in Multicultural Societies (eBook, ePUB)

A Theory of Proculturation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Semiotic Construction of the Self in Multicultural Societies elaborates on a holistic theory on the self, by means of integrating social representation theory, dialogical self theory and particular ideas from Vygotskyan developmental psychology in one framework.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429574887
• Artikelnr.: 60058399

Autorenporträt

Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia is an Assistant Professor at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia. He got Georgian national "Dimitri Uznadze award in social sciences" in 2019. His interests are associated with theoretical and empirical explorations of self and identity construction, proculturation, and persons' relations with cultures.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. 1. Considering semiotic dynamics of social representation. 2. Overcoming fragmentation - Semiotic dynamics of the self's construction. 3.Theory of Proculturation. 4. Proculturation as a systemic phenomenological process. 5. Considering methodological preconditions for proculturation studies. Part II. 6. - Historical roots of Georgianness - Ethnic positioning through reintegrative proculturation. 7. Constructing social representations as sign-complexes - from historical foundations towards contemporary Georgianness. 8. The case of emigrant's proculturation - semiotic jump in the human development. 9. Conclusions: Proculturation of the Self in context