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Andy Blunden presents a critical review of theories of Concepts in cognitive psychology, analytical philosophy, linguistics, conceptual change theory and other disciplines. The problems in these disciplines has led many to abandon the idea of Concepts altogether, particularly those taking an interactionist approach. Blunden responds with an historical review focussing on the idealist philosophy of Hegel, its reception and transformation in the development of positive science and finally the cultural psychology of Lev Vygotsky. He then proposes an approach to Concepts which draws on Activity Theory. Concepts are equally subjective and objective, units of consciousness and of the cultural formation of which one is a part. This continues the author’s earlier work in An Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity (Brill 2010).
Concepts. --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Concept formation --- Abstraction --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Perception --- Psychology --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy
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Collaborative Projects - An Interdisciplinary Study presents research in disciplines ranging from Education, Psychotherapy and Social Work to Literacy and anti-poverty Project Management to Social Movement studies and Political Science. All the contributions are unified by use of the concept of 'project'. 'Project' is 'leading activity' for Child Development, whilst 'life project' may play a crucial role in personal development and Psychotherapy; the social fabric of a community can be understood as woven from projects which may be sustained by NGOs, or develop from social movements to institutions. Giving concrete content to the concept of 'project' in each domain of research, opens a prospect of a genuinely interdisciplinary human science. Contributors are: Igor Arievitch, Michael Arnold, Lynn Beaton, William Blanton, Andy Blunden, Michael Cole, Brecht De Smet, Natalia Gajdamaschko, Virginia Gordon, Manfred Holodynski, Naja Berg Hougaard, Vera John-Steiner, Elena Kravtsova, Gennadiy Kravtsov, Ron Lubensky, Morten Nissen, Jennifer Power, Mike Rifino, Keiko Matsuura, Francisco Medina, Anna Stetsenko, Greg Thompson, Chiel van der Veen, Eduardo Vianna, Lynne Wolbert, and Helena Worthen.
Social sciences --- Critical theory. --- Interdisciplinary research. --- IDR (Research) --- Research, Interdisciplinary --- Transdisciplinary research --- Research --- Critical social theory --- Critical theory (Philosophy) --- Critical theory (Sociology) --- Negative philosophy --- Criticism (Philosophy) --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- Sociology --- Frankfurt school of sociology --- Socialism --- Social science research --- Research.
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In The Origins of Collective Decision Making , Andy Blunden identifies three paradigms of collective decision making – Counsel, Majority and Consensus, discovers their origins in traditional, medieval and modern times, and traces their evolution over centuries up to the present. The study reveals that these three paradigms have an ethical foundation, deeply rooted in historical experiences. The narrative takes the reader into the very moments when individual leaders and organisers made the crucial developments in white heat of critical moments in history, such as the English Revolution of the 1640s, the Chartist Movement of the 1840s and the early Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. This history provides a valuable resource for resolving current social movement conflict over decision making.
Group decision making --- Political sociology. --- Deliberative democracy. --- Social history. --- Group decision making. --- Descriptive sociology --- History --- Sociology --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Social conditions --- Social history --- Discursive democracy --- Democracy --- Collective decision making --- Decision-making, Group --- Decision making --- Sociological aspects
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"Hegel for Social Movements by Andy Blunden is an introduction to the reading of Hegel intended for those already active in social movements. It introduces Hegel's ideas in a way which will be useful for those fighting for social change, and while some familiarity with philosophy would be an advantage for the reader, the main pre-requisite is a commitment to the practical pursuit of ideal aims. The book covers the whole sweep of Hegel's writing, but focuses particularly on the Logic and Hegel's social theory - the Philosophy of Right. Blunden brings to his exposition an original interpretation of Hegel's Logic as the logic of social change, utilizing his expertise in Vygotsky's cultural psychology and Soviet Activity Theory"
Social movements --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Social psychology --- Philosophy. --- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, --- Hegel, Giorgio Guglielmo Frederico --- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich --- Political and social views. --- Hēgeru, --- Hei-ko-erh, --- Gegelʹ, Georg, --- Hījil, --- Khegel, --- Hegel, G. W. F. --- Hegel, --- Hei Ge Er, --- Chenkel, --- Hīghil, --- הגל, --- הגל, גאורג וילהלם פרידריך, --- הגל, גיאורג וילהלם פרידריך, --- הגל, ג.ו.פ, --- היגל, גורג ווילהלם פרדריך, --- היגל, גיורג וילהלם פרידריך, --- 黑格尔, --- Hegel, Guillermo Federico, --- Hegel, Jorge Guillermo Federico, --- Heyel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, --- Higil, Gʼūrg Vīlhim Frīdrīsh, --- هگل, --- هگل، گئورگ ويلهم فريدريش, --- Social movements - Philosophy --- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, - 1770-1831 - Political and social views --- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, - 1770-1831
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"Andy Blunden's Hegel Marx & Vygotsky, Essays in Social Philosophy presents his novel approach to social theory in a series of essays. Blunden aims to use the cultural psychology of Lev Vygotsky and the Soviet Activity Theorists to renew Hegelian Marxism as an interdisciplinary science. This allows psychologists and social theorists to share their insights through concepts equally valid in either domain. The work includes critical reviews of the works of central figures in Soviet psychology and other writers offering fruitful insights. Essays on topics as diverse as vaccine scepticism and the origins of language test out the interdisciplinary power of the theory, as well as key texts on historical analysis, methodology and the nature of the present conjuncture"--
Economics --- Philosophy --- Social sciences --- Philosophy. --- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, --- Marx, Karl, --- Vygotskiĭ, L. S.
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"Andy Blunden completes his immanent critique of Activity Theory, begun in 2010 with An Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity. A summary of the ontological foundations of Activity Theory introduces a critical review of the work of activity theorists across the world with a focus of applications in medical and educational contexts, and concluded with a review of the ethics of collaboration. Blunden expands the domain of Activity Theory to address the pressing problems facing humanity today and activities lacking in clear objects, collaboration in voluntary projects and social movements, the life projects of individuals and emerging practices. Blunden brings an understanding of Marxist and Hegelian philosophy to bear on the application of Activity Theory to problems of social change"--
Mind and body. --- Psychology --- History.
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Andy Blunden presents an immanent critique of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, the current of psychology originating from Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934). Tracing the roots of this theory from Goethe, Hegel and Marx, the author draws out the principles with which Vygotsky developed a theory of the mind in which the individual and their social situation form a single Gestalt, transcending the problems of mind-body dualism. Blunden follows the efforts of later members of the School to resolve outstanding problems in Vygotsky’s work. This includes a critical appropriation of Leontyev’s Activity Theory and Michael Cole’s cross-cultural research on the role of context in learning. The outcome is a concept of activity which transcends the division between individual and social domains in human sciences.
Mind and body. --- Psychology --- History. --- Vygotskiĭ, L. S. --- Vygotskii, L. S.
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