Exploring the Social Dimensions of Human Life | YEAR
| Humans are social animals, living through interaction with each other. Individuals, therefore do not think in isolation. Instead, they construct frameworks of shared references that define how to think about the world around them. Such shared references can be viewed as social representations. This seminar seeks to demonstrate how societal phenomena, while being inextricably social, require an analysis of behavior as well as other psychological processes. Toward that objective the seminar will focus on introducing social representation theory in order to learn how this original approach in social psychology has been applied empirically to a broad range of concrete situations. This combination provides us with insights into key aspects of modern life. The interdisciplinary orientation of the social representation paradigm allows us to shed new light on a variety of societal phenomena such as madness, religion, gender, war, intelligence, food, money, and race. For this advanced seminar, courses in the social sciences are required. |
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