ISBN:
9781138939394
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (248 p)
Series Statement:
Psychology Revivals
Parallel Title:
Print version Working at the Interface of Cultures : Eighteen Lives in Social Science
DDC:
303.48/2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Behind the mask of objective science lie the dynamics of what happens to scientists who go to live and work in another culture. Those who work and study in an alien culture often find themselves changed in ways that affect their scientific work. How does this challenge, stimulate, provoke, suggest and inspire advances and novelty in their theories, methods and instruments?Originally published in 1997, each of the essays in this title explores these issues through the experiences of a distinguished practitioner, describing the process of intellectual growth and development. Chosen for their ext
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 What kind of game in a far-away forest?; 2 A natural experiment: Nature runs an untidy laboratory; 3 Always something new out of Africa; 4 Raised in a collectivist culture, one may become an individualist; 5 The Archimedes effect; 6 Indigenising Westernised Chinese psychology; 7 In search of my Brahman; 8 The making, unmaking and remaking of a psychologist; 9 Tales that wag the dog: Globalisation and the emergence of postmodern psychology
Description / Table of Contents:
10 The double life of a bilingual: A cross-cultural perspective11 Crossing the Bosphorus: Toward a socially relevant and culturally sensitive career in psychology; 12 Cruising the world: A nomad in Academe; 13 Enculturation of a semi-alien: Journeyings in the construction and reconstruction of identity; 14 Bridging spiritual sojourns and social science research in native communities; 15 Two decades of chasing the dragon: A Canadian psychologist assesses his career in Hong Kong; 16 The Haji Baba of Georgetown; 17 An intercultural journey: The four seasons; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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