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The Myth of Social Action, first published in 1996, is a powerful critique of the sociology of the time and a call to reject the prevailing orthodoxy. Arguing that sociological theory had lost its way, Colin Campbell mounts a case for a new 'dynamic interpretivism' a perspective on human conduct which is more inkeeping with the spirit of traditional Weberian action theory. Discussing and dismissing one by one the main arguments of those who reject individualistic action theory, he demonstrates that this has been wrongly rejected in favour of the interactional, social situationalist approach now dominating sociological thought.

Action theory. --- Sociology --- Goal-directed action --- Goal-directed behavior --- Theory, Action --- Psychology --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy --- Social Sciences --- Action theory --- Sociology - Philosophy

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Act (Philosophy) --- Acte (philosophie de l'action) --- Action (Philosophie de l') --- Action (Philosophie) --- Action (Philosophy) --- Action theory --- Activité (philosophie) --- Agir (philosophie) --- Goal-directed action --- Goal-directed behavior --- Handeling (Filosofie) --- Handelingstheorie --- Philosophie de l'action --- Theory [Action ] --- Théorie de l'action --- #PBIB:2001.2 --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Act (Philosophy). --- Action theory. --- Theory, Action --- Logic --- Developmental psychology --- Psychology --- Sociology --- Agent (Philosophy)

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Action research --- Education --- Action theory --- Research --- #PBIB:2001.4 --- Educational research --- Goal-directed action --- Goal-directed behavior --- Theory, Action --- Psychology --- Sociology --- Social action --- Social sciences --- Philosophy --- Education - Research --- Théorie de l'action --- Éducation --- Recherche --- Action theory. --- Research. --- Opvoeding

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Activity theory is an interdisciplinary approach to human sciences that originates in the cultural-historical psychology school, initiated by Vygotsky, Leont'ev, and Luria. It takes the object-oriented, artifact-mediated collective activity system as its unit of analysis, thus bridging the gulf between the individual subject and the societal structure. This 1999 volume includes 26 chapters on activity theory by authors from ten countries. In Part I of the book, central theoretical issues are discussed from different points of view. Some topics addressed in this part are epistemology, methodology, and the relationship between biological and cultural factors. Part II is devoted to the acquisition and development of language. This part includes a chapter that analyzes writing activity in Japanese classrooms, and a case study of literacy skills of a man with cerebral palsy. Part III contains chapters on play, learning, and education, and Part IV addresses the meaning of technology and the development of work activities. The final part covers issues of therapy and addiction.

Action theory --- Intentionalism --- Act psychology --- Action psychology --- Psychology --- Goal-directed action --- Goal-directed behavior --- Theory, Action --- Sociology --- Congresses --- Philosophy --- Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Educational psychology --- Psycholinguistics --- Historische en vergelijkende pedagogiek. --- Congresses. --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology

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This book is a collection about cultural-historical activity theory as it has been developed and applied by Yrjö Engeström. The work of Engeström is both rooted in the legacy of Vygotsky and Leont'ev and focuses on current research concerns that are related to learning and development in work practices. His publications cross various disciplines and develop intermediate theoretical tools to deal with empirical questions. In this volume, Engeström's work is used as a springboard to reflect on the question of the use, appropriation, and further development of the classic heritage within activity theory. The book is structured as a discussion among senior scholars, including Y. Engeström himself. The work of the authors pushes on classical activity theory to address pressing issues and critical contradictions in local practices and larger social systems.

Action theory. --- Intentionalism. --- Act (Philosophy) --- Learning. --- Learning process --- Comprehension --- Education --- Action (Philosophy) --- Agent (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Act psychology --- Action psychology --- Psychology --- Goal-directed action --- Goal-directed behavior --- Theory, Action --- Sociology --- Engeström, Yrjö, --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology --- Engestrom, Yrjo,