Jean Piaget and Neuchâtel : the learner and the scholar / edited by Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont and Jean-Marc Barrelet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perret-Clermont, Anne Nelly.

Barrelet, Jean-Marc.

Pro Helvetia (Foundation)

Standardized Title:

Jean Piaget et Neuchâtel. English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980.

Piaget, Jean.

Neuchâtel (Switzerland : Canton)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Neuchâtel (Switzerland : Canton).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hove [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2008.

Summary:

Jean Piaget is widely acknowledged as one of the most important scholars of the 20th century. His passionate philosophical search for an understanding of the nature of knowledge led him to make major contributions to the study of child development and epistemology. But how did his early life in Neuchatel inspire him to embark on this search?

Taking a socio-historical and cultural perspective, this book outlines the development of Piaget's understanding of major issues regarding mind, faith, science, logic, peace, and social rights in a time of anxiety and world wars. The international and multidisciplinary contributors investigate Piaget the adolescent as he begins his quest for autonomy of reason and sets out to create his own explanatory system for cognitive growth. The latter part of the book goes on to consider the early reception of Piaget's work in different cultural contexts and his impact on issues of psychology and educational reform.

Piaget's theoretical system can be seen as an expression of the values he developed during his childhood and adolescence as he searched for the conditions of reciprocal relationships and rational dialogues. Jean Piaget and Neuchatel demonstrates that in today's climate, the questions Piaget addressed remain very relevant and invite new enquiries from different standpoints. This book will therefore be of interest to psychologists, educators, and philosophers.

Contents:

Part I Growing up in Neuchatel 1

1 Neuchatel / Jean-Marc Barrelet 3

2 Neuchatel, Jean Piaget's home town / Jean-Pierre Jelmini 15

3 Arthur Piaget (1865-1952): Background of Jean Piaget's father / Maurice De Tribolet 25

4 Early schooling / Anne-Francoise Schaller-Jeanneret 36

5 Studies at the University of Neuchatel / Jean-Paul Schaer 51

6 Did Jean Piaget's 'conversion' from malacology to psychology happen in the Faculty of Arts? / Marie-Jeanne Liengme Bessire, Sylvie Beguelin 62

7 Jean Piaget, 'friend of nature' / Fernando Vidal 75

8 Christian and social commitment / Charles Thomann 89

9 Grandchamp and Pierre Bovet / Carlo Robert-Grandpierre 97

Part II A savant of his age 107

10 The socio-intellectual genealogy of Jean Piaget / Tania Zittoun, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, Jean-Marc Barrelet 109

11 An intellectual and technological panorama of Piaget's world / John Rijsman 119

12 The new education / Jurgen Oelkers 137

13 The intellectual journey after the Neuchatel period / Jean-Jacques Ducret 148

14 The reception of Piaget's early ideas in the Soviet Union / Rene Van Der Veer 167

15 The great images of Jean Piaget / Daniel Hameline 186

Epilogue: Piaget, his elders and his peers / Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont 202.

Notes:

"Swiss Arts Council; Prohelvetia."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781841696577

1841696579

OCLC:

136780865