The Routledge International Handbook of Dialectical Thinking

The Routledge International Handbook of Dialectical Thinking is a landmark volume offering a multi-disciplinary compendium of the research, theory and practice that defines dialectical thinking, its importance and how it develops over the lifespan.

For the first time, this handbook brings together theory and research on dialectical thinking as a psychological phenomenon from early childhood through the human lifespan. Grounding dialectical thinking in multiple philosophical traditions stemming from antiquity, it explores current psychological models of such thought patterns and shows how these can be applied in everyday life and across multiple disciplines, including philosophy, physics, mathematics and international relations. The handbook explains the nature of dialectical thinking, why it is important and how it can be developed in children and in adults. It concludes with a final chapter depicting a discussion among the authors, exploring the question "how could dialectical thinking be the antidote to dogma"

Written by a group of international scholars, this comprehensive publication is an essential reference for researchers and graduate students in psychology and the social sciences, as well as scholars interested in integrating different perspectives and issues from a wide variety of disciplines.

Nick Shannon is a British Chartered Occupational Psychologist who consults with a wide variety of private and public sector organizations seeking to develop the strength of their leadership by providing human resource consulting, executive assessment, coaching, mentoring and senior team facilitation.

Michael F. Mascolo, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Merrimack College and the Academic Director of Compass, a year-long self-cultivation program for first-year college students. His work focuses on the elaboration of a relational-developmental understanding of what it means to be human.

Anastasia Belolutskaya is the Head of the Laboratory of Professional Competence Assessment and Adult Development at Moscow City University (Research Institute of Urban Studies and Global Education) and has a PhD in psychology. She is also a lecturer at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Psychological Department).