Exploring the Complexities of Human Action - Hardcover

Raeff, Catherine

 
9780190050436: Exploring the Complexities of Human Action
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0190050438 ISBN 13: 9780190050436
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Exploring the Complexities of Human Action offers a bold theoretical framework for thinking systematically and integratively about what people do as they go about their lives. Raeff sets the stage for conceptualizing human action by first constructively questioning some conventional practices and assumptions in psychology, such as fragmenting, aggregating, and objectifying. She then articulates an alternative systems conceptualization of action that emphasizes multiple and interrelated processes, and characterizes human action in terms of the complexities of holism, dynamics, variability, and multi-causality.

The book also applies this theoretical framework to varied human issues, including mind-body connections, art, diversity, extremism, and freedom. This approach provides a vision of humanity that promotes complex and empathic understanding of human beings that can bring people together to pursue common goals.

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About the Author

Catherine Raeff is Professor of Psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her publications include the books Always Separate, Always Connected: Independence and Interdependence in Cultural Contexts of Development and Exploring the Dynamics of Human Development: An Integrative Approach.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0190050438
ISBN 13 
9780190050436
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
456