The Epistemological Significance of the Theory of Social Representations

Marková, Ivana

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“…Central to SRT is the ability of social actors to debate their ideas. Marková (2008) has argued that "through 'representing' humans search for meanings and through 'representing' they construct, maintain and transform their reality" (p. 473).…”

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“…Possibilities for agency and resistance in participation All representations contain the possibilities for alternative ways of thinking and knowing (Marková, 2008) as thinking is only possible through tensions and contradictions (Billig, 1987;Moloney, Hall and Walker, 2005). Rose, Efraim, Gervais, Joffe, Jovchelovitch and Morant (1995) place oppositional themes at the heart of SRT and argue that without this focus on oppositions social psychology could not account for the "diversity, tension and even conflict in modern life" (p.4).…”

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Social Representations and the Politics of Participation

Howarth¹,

Andreouli²,

Kessi³

2014

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology

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Recent work has called for the integration of different perspectives into the field of political psychology (e.g., Haste, 2012). This chapter suggests that one possible direction that such efforts can take is studying the role that social representations theory can play in understanding political participation and social change. Social representations are systems of common-sense knowledge and social practice; they provide the lens through which to view and create social and political realities, mediate people's relations with these socio-political worlds and defend cultural and political identities. Social representations are therefore key for conceptualising participation as the activity that locates individuals and social groups in their socio-political world. Political participation is generally seen as conditional to membership of socio-political groups and therefore is often linked to citizenship. To be a citizen of a society or a member of any social group one has to participate as such. Often political participation is defined as the ability to communicate one's views to the political elite or to the political establishment (Uhlaner, 2001), or simply explicit involvement in politics and electoral processes (Milbrath, 1965). However, following scholars on ideology (Thompson, 1990;Eagleton, 1991) and social knowledge (Jovchelovitch, 2007), we extend our understanding of political participation to all social relations and also develop a more agentic model where individuals and groups construct, develop and resist their own views, ideas and beliefs. We This chapter is divided into four parts: the first lays out social representations theory (SRT); the second highlights the ways in which SRT offers a contextualised and dynamic approach to the politics of participation; the third part examines the role of recognition in shaping the participation of different social groups; the final part explores the possibilities for agency and resistance in contexts of contested participation. We conclude with a discussion of the benefits of incorporating social representations theory into Political Psychology.

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Social Representations and the Politics of Participation

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Kessi³

2014

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“…This has important consequences for the understanding of the crisis in psychology, which is still deeply inhabited by this conception of science or its implications, as some authors have clearly demonstrated (see e.g. Marková 2008). From sociology of science we know that not only the general population as a whole shares social representations, but also scholars set their thinking and scientific work within the frame of the same representations.…”

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To Think Human out of the Machine Paradigm: Homo Ex Machina

Kohler

2010

Integr. psych. behav.

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This article attempts to show that the metaphorical conception of human being as a machine takes a very specific epistemological standpoint. To make short the complex task of considering the implication of this paradigm for psychological and behavioral sciences, three important mismatches between the machine and the living human will be considered. Experience, agency and plasticity of human being are excluded in the scientific models and research activities when they are situated in the machine paradigm. For this reason, I claim that the machine paradigm does not offer the relevant frame for integrating results from various domains or approaches within human sciences, even if it can sometimes produce relevant scientific knowledge in certain domain at the scale of detailed investigation. Due to the importance of overcoming the fragmentation of scientific knowledge to solve the crisis in psychology, an "organic paradigm" should be elaborated which provides a new epistemological framework.

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“…Argumentan que la teoría tiene una "fundación" profunda y que la epistemología dialéctica en que se basa es significativamente diferente de la epistemología empírica y mecánica convencional (Raudsepp, 2005). Como teoría sobre el conocimiento social, crea sus propios conceptos específicos, apropiados para el estudio de los fenómenos sociales, que es necesario entender e interiorizar para que la teoría pueda alcanzar todo su potencial (Marková, 2008). Muchas de las críticas recibidas proceden del contexto británico, como señalan Voelklein y Howarth (2005).…”

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Implicaciones del marco teórico de lo imaginario en la Psicología Social

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En el presente estudio abordaremos dos de las principales concepciones sobre los mecanismos implicados en la construcción significativa del mundo. Hablamos de la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales (TRS), formulada desde la psicología, y del marco teórico de lo imaginario, formulado principalmente desde la antropología y la filosofía. Procederemos exponiendo, primero, la TRS y, posteriormente, los acercamientos al marco teórico de lo imaginario desde diferentes disciplinas, para señalar las aportaciones que ofrece este último a la psicología social, aportaciones éstas que complementan las de la TRS. Así, este estudio tiene como objetivos realizar un análisis teórico de la TRS y del marco teórico de lo imaginario y especificar las contribuciones e implicaciones del marco teórico de lo imaginario a la psicología social (y, más concretamente, a la psicología cultural) de modo a observar cómo el concepto de imaginario social incluye y trasciende al de representación social(RS). Consideraremos las implicaciones ontológicas, epistemológicas, metodológicas y para la salud de la utilización del marco teórico de lo imaginario en la psicología cultural. En este sentido, propondremos la adopción de dicho concepto por la psicología, considerando que el mismo es fundamental por su capacidad explicativa, comprensiva, interpretativa y crítica.

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The Epistemological Significance of the Theory of Social Representations

Cited by 76 publications

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Social Representations and the Politics of Participation

Social Representations and the Politics of Participation

To Think Human out of the Machine Paradigm: Homo Ex Machina

Implicaciones del marco teórico de lo imaginario en la Psicología Social

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