Narration, identity, and historical consciousness / edited by Jürgen Straub.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Straub, Jürgen, 1958- editor.

Series:

Making sense of history.

Making sense of history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Philosophy.

History.

Consciousness.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghan Books, 2005.

Summary:

A generally acknowledged characteristic of modern life, namely the temporalization of experience, inextricable from our intensified experience of contingency and difference, has until now remained largely outside psychology’s purview. Wherever questions about the development, structure, and function of the concept of time have been posed – for example by Piaget and other founders of genetic structuralism – they have been concerned predominantly with concepts of "physical", chronometrical time, and related concepts (e.g., "velocity"). All the contributions to the present volume attempt to close this gap. A larger number are especially interested in the narration of stories. Overviews of the relevant literature, as well as empirical case studies, appear alongside theoretical and methodological reflections. Most contributions refer to specifically historical phenomena and meaning-constructions. Some touch on the subjects of biographical memory and biographical constructions of reality. Of all the various affinities between the contributions collected here, the most important is their consistent attention to issues of the constitution and representation of temporal experience.

Contents:

Narration, Identity, and Historical Consciousness; Contents; Preface to the Series; Foreword; Part I. THEORETICAL POSITIONS AND REFLECTIONS; CHAPTER 1. Narrative Psychology and Historical Consciousness; CHAPTER 2. Past and Present as Narrative Constructions; CHAPTER 3. Telling Stories, Making History; CHAPTER 4. Narrative, Moral Identity, and Historical Consciousness; CHAPTER 5. Narrative Truth and Identity Formation; Part 2. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NARRATIVE COMPETENCE AND HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS

CHAPTER 6. The Concept of Time and the Faculty of Judgment in the Ontogenesis of Historical ConsciousnessCHAPTER 7. Historical Consciousness; Part 3. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH/CASE STUDIES; CHAPTER 8. Empirical Psychological Approaches to the Historical Consciousness of Children; CHAPTER 9. The Psychological Study of Historical Consciousness; CHAPTER 10. Biography-A Dream?; CHAPTER 11. Authenticity and Authority; CHAPTER 12. Albert Speer's Memories of the Future; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781845450397

1845450396

9781571817778

1571817778

9781782388609

1782388605

OCLC:

607638000