The Social Mind: Language, Ideology, and Social Practice - Rilegato

Gee, James Paul

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ISBN 10: 0897892488 ISBN 13: 9780897892483

Casa editrice: Bergin & Garvey, 1992

Riassunto

Stepping beyond cognitive science's new theory of connectionism, Gee formulates a dynamic social theory of mind and meaning. With penetrating analyses, he illustrates how such psychological entities as memories, beliefs, values, and meanings are not formed in isolation but in a social or cultural context that is inherently ideological or political. As he moves toward his conclusion showing what socio-culturally situated linguistics would look like and points to some of the implications for human development, education, and society inherent in this view of linguistics, Gee persuasively demonstrates how people often construct self-deceptive stories that advantage themselves or their group.

In the first half of the book, Gee lays the groundwork for the overall theory of language, mind, and society that is developed in the two concluding chapters. He develops a concept of meaning as being rooted in cultural models, introduces a connectionist view of the mind/brain, and argues that memory is a social phenomenon. Then Gee sketches together a theory of mind and society and the nature of socio-cultural-based psychology. He explicitly displays how language fits within social practices and exemplifies claims about the political and ideological nature of social practices. This is a thought-provoking contribution for courses dealing with discourse, narrative, social linguistics, education, social theory, cognitive science, social cognition, and linguistics in anthropology.

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Informazioni sull?autore

JAMES PAUL GEE is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is the recipient of numerous awards and major grants for his work in linguistics. He is the author of many articles and two previous books, the most recent of which is Social Linguistics and Literacies.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Bergin & Garvey
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0897892488
• ISBN 13: 9780897892483
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile