{"product_id":"human-development-in-the-life-course-melodies-of-living-hardback-9780521769389","title":"Human Development in the Life Course; Melodies of Living (Hardback) 9780521769389","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHuman Development in the Life Course\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMelodies of Living\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book shows how individuals develop a unique style or 'melody' of living, beyond physical and social constraints.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTania Zittoun (Author), Jaan Valsiner (Author), Dankert Vedeler (Author), João Salgado (Author), Miguel M. Gonçalves (Author), Dieter Ferring (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521769389, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 November 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e446 pages, 47 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'An exceptionally interesting book about the uniqueness of each human being. The volume centres on human development and its trajectories, meaning-making and imagination. This highly original collection of essays will attract cultural scholars and those who search for new ways of doing human and social science.' Ivana Markova, University of Stirling\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDrawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental and sociocultural psychology, psychotherapy, learning sciences and geronto-psychology. In particular, the book highlights semiotic processes, specific to human development, that allow us to draw upon past experiences, to choose among alternatives and to plan our futures. Imagination is an important outcome of semiotic processes and enables us to deal with daily constraints and transitions, and promotes the transformation of social representation and symbolic systems - giving each person a unique style, or 'melody', of living. The book concludes by questioning the methodology and epistemology of current life course studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface: from dispute to collaboration\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: melodies of living\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Time for Development: 1. Solidity of science and fullness of living: a theoretical exposé\u003cbr\u003e 2. Imagination and the life course\u003cbr\u003e 3. Moving through time: imagination and memory as semiotic processes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Models of time for the life course\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Spaces for Development: 5. Social framing of lives: from phenomena to theories\u003cbr\u003e 6. Stability and innovation in adults narrating their lives: insights from psychotherapy research\u003cbr\u003e 7. Paradoxes of learning\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Beyond Time and Space: Imagination: 8. We are migrants!\u003cbr\u003e 9. Playing while being serious: the lifelong game of development - and its tools\u003cbr\u003e 10. Playing under the influence: activity contexts in their social functions\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'Old age' as living forward\u003cbr\u003e 12. Epilogue: the course of life as a melody.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Child \u0026amp; developmental psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Child \u0026amp; developmental psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Child%20\u0026amp;%20developmental%20psychology%20%5BJMC%5D%22\"\u003eJMC\u003c\/a\u003e], Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265057870104,"sku":"9780521769389","price":71.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521769389i.jpg?v=1692019120","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/human-development-in-the-life-course-melodies-of-living-hardback-9780521769389","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}